* Astronomy

Calar Alto participates in a multi-observatory effort to study the most luminous quasar ever observed. The object, radio quasar 3C 454.3 in the constellation Pegasus, experienced during 2005 a strong optical outburst that made it observable even with amateur instrumentation (reaching R = 12 ma...

ATel 9724: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in KUG 1201+220

The New Halfa (L4) meteorite fell in Ash Sharqiyah, Sudan, on the 8th November, 1994. A total mass of 12 kg was recovered. 15° 22'N, 35° 41'E

ATel 9722: NIR Brightening of the Blazar candidate MASTER OTJ203431.37+641048.8

Kuaizhou-1 scheduled to launch in December China plans to launch Kuaizhou-1 solid-fuelled carrier rocket in December, a breakthrough in its commercial rocket launches. The news was announced Wednesday at the 11th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong...

ATel 9721: VERITAS Discovery of VHE Emission from RGB J2056+496

ATel 9719: XMMU J010147.5-715550, another luminous supersoft X-ray source with a Be optical counterpart

On the 7th November, 1492, a 127-kg stone meteorite crashed to Earth around noon in a wheat field near Ensisheim, Alsace. The Ensisheim Meteorite is the oldest meteorite with a known impact date. The meteorite was fixed to the wall with iron crampons to prevent it from wandering at night or departi...

ATel 9718: ASASSN-16mw: Discovery of A Probable Supernova Near GALEXASC J044521.39+751011.6

ATel 9715: Search for counterpart to IceCube-161103A with ANTARES

ATel 9716: Independent Discovery of a Probable Nova in M31

NGC 1232 (also Arp 41, MCG -4-8-32, 2MASX J03094551-2034454, ESO 547-14 and PGC 11819) is a magnitude +10.9 face-on intermediate spiral galaxy located 61 ±8.5 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The nearby apparent companion PGC 11834 (called unofficially NGC 1232a) is pro...

ATel 9714: ASASSN-16mt: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in 2MASX J01004149-0026406

ATel 9713: ASASSN-16mv: Discovery of A Probable Supernova in ESO 563- G 035

NGC 1909 (also Witch Head nebula, IC 2118, LBN 959, and Cederblad 41) is a magnitude 13.7 reflection nebula located about 900 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The reflection nebula is considered to be very old supernova remnant illuminated by the nearby bright supergiant, Rigel, l...