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Activities linked to astronomy to take place in archaeological zones, public plazas, parks and cultural centres in our country, will celebrate Mexico participation in the creation of Carta del Cielo, (Sky Chart) in 1887, using a series of firmament photographs that helped determining the posit...

Orbital elements: 2010 GZ6 Earth MOID = 0.2907 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 341.81748 (2000.0) P Q n 0.65105795 Peri. 91.88430 +0.28349459 +0.93100842 a 1.3184276 Node 199.97753 -0.89471737 +0.34306424 e 0.1198770 Incl. 42.29194 +0.34512554 +0.12462040 P 1.51 H 19.6 G 0.15 U 9 [...

Chicago Astronomers bring stars close to home A dedicated collective of amateur astronomers loaded up their telescopes, gathered on the south lawn of the Adler Planetarium and waited for the clock to strike 8:27 p.m., when the full moon would rise over the waters of Lake Michigan and their observat...

Orbital elements: 2008 SQ Earth MOID = 0.0993 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 332.97466 (2000.0) P Q n 0.46922139 Peri. 319.71939 +0.81464202 +0.57965123 a 1.6401523 Node 4.96827 -0.45929984 +0.66485786 e 0.3547886 Incl. 12.70578 -0.35412150 +0.47113531 P 2.10 H 19.6 G 0.15 U 2 [ur...

Orbital elements: 2008 GJ110 Earth MOID = 0.0951 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 86.76485 (2000.0) P Q n 0.50623173 Peri. 29.11316 +0.38935204 -0.90938964 a 1.5592047 Node 38.49962 +0.79304615 +0.25016012 e 0.8213920 Incl. 13.59641 +0.46848990 +0.33231068 P 1.95 H 20.5 G 0.15 U 4 [...

Title: V2467 Cygni as possible intermediate polar Authors: E. Swierczynski, M. Mikolajewski, T. Tomov, E. Ragan, C. Galan, A. Karska, P. Wychudzki, M. Wiecek, M. Cikala, M. Lewandowski We present the results of unfiltered and UBVR_cI_c band CCD photometry fast nova V2467Cyg. Our analysis of the...

Title: The Massive Progenitor of the Type II-Linear SN 2009kr Authors: N. Elias-Rosa (1), S. D. Van Dyk (1), W. Li (2), A. A. Miller (2), J. M. Silverman (2), M. Ganeshalingam (2), A. F. Boden (3), M. M. Kasliwal (3), J. Vinko (4,5), J.-C. Cuillandre (6), A. V. Filippenko (2), T. N. Steele (2), J. S. Bloom...

Title: Chandra Detects the Rare Oxygen-type Wolf-Rayet Star WR 142 and OB Stars in Berkeley 87 Authors: Kimberly R. Sokal, Stephen L. Skinner, Svetozar A. Zhekov, Manuel Güdel, Werner Schmutz We present first results of a Chandra X-ray observation of the rare oxygen-type Wolf-Rayet star WR 142 (=...

Title: Enstatite-rich Warm Debris Dust around HD165014 Authors: Hideaki Fujiwara, Takashi Onaka, Daisuke Ishihara, Takuya Yama****a, Misato Fukagawa, Takao Nakagawa, Hirokazu Kataza, Takafumi Ootsubo, Hiroshi Murakami We present the Spitzer/Infrared Spectrograph spectrum of the main-...

The 37 - 82 metre wide asteroid 2004 ER21 will make a close pass (31.8-lunar distances, 0.0816-AU), travelling at 7.21-km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th April, 2010. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the di...

Orbital elements: 2009 TJ4 Earth MOID = 0.0265 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 14.64970 (2000.0) P Q n 0.86580721 Peri. 249.11819 -0.00578767 -0.99826307 a 1.0902395 Node 201.46648 +0.96667107 +0.00942170 e 0.1251509 Incl. 9.21893 +0.25595615 -0.05815566 P 1.14 H 25.8 G 0.15 U 8 [ur...

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Orbital elements: 2010 GC6 Earth MOID = 0.0732 AU Epoch 2010 Mar. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455280.5 MPC M 336.86314 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37714354 Peri. 255.68245 -0.26015029 +0.96556588 a 1.8972807 Node 359.22918 -0.81519022 -0.22079380 e 0.5243679 Incl. 8.93654 -0.51748114 -0.13759592 P 2.61 H 22.7 G 0.15 Fro...