Castor ( Gem / Geminorum / Alpha Geminorum) is the second brightest star in the constellation Gemini and one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky. Although it has the Bayer designation "alpha", it is actually fainter than Beta Geminorum (Pollux). [url=http://en.wikipedia.org...
Main Antarctic Facilities operated by National Antarctic Programs in the Antarctic Treaty Area (South of 60° latitude South) Google earth file (5kb, KMZ)
New Pond Farm Observatory, 101 Marchant Rd., is hosting an astronomy program open to the public on Saturday, Jan. 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. Program participants will learn to find Sirius, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Rigel, Capella, and Aldebaran and how to identify the prominent constellations of Auriga, Per...
The L.E. Phillips Planetarium on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire announces its spring program and invites stargazers and astronomy buffs to experience the stars. Public shows are offered at 7 p.m. Tuesdays for adults and youth older than 10; children's shows are presented at...
Orbital elements: 2009 YR Earth MOID = 0.0019 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 258.98706 (2000.0) P Q n 1.07999994 Peri. 128.30008 -0.81252280 +0.58279658 a 0.9408497 Node 87.35079 -0.53864070 -0.74245779 e 0.1116417 Incl. 0.71375 -0.22287415 -0.33030982 P 0.91 H 28.0 G 0.15 U 8 [url...
The Royal Navy's newest super-submarine, Astute, will be launched at 11am today by HRH Duchess of Cornwall at the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow, Cumbria. Astute is the first nuclear submarine to be launched in the UK for almost a decade. She has been built at BAE Systems Barrow shipyard under an init...
A magnitude 14.7 supernova, 2010F, was discovered by the Chilean Automated Supernova search (CHASE) on the 14th January, 2010, in the spiral galaxy NGC 3120 in the constellation Antlia. The supernova is located 24.8" west and 9.1" south from the center of the galaxy. As yet the type is u...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a series of rockets from its two launch centres between Thursday and Sunday to study Friday's solar eclipse and its after-effects. A rare and longest annular solar eclipse of this millennium will occur on Friday visible in the southern par...
Orbital elements: P/2009 T2 (La Sagra) T 2010 Jan. 12.815 TT MPC q 1.75499 (2000.0) P Q n 0.047144 Peri. 215.448 +0.358550 -0.891533 a 7.58906 Node 215.987 +0.927652 +0.373444 e 0.76875 Incl. 28.102 +0.104422 -0.256338 P 20.9 From 30 observations 2009 Sept. 18-Oct. 13. [url=http://www.cfa.harv...
Orbital elements: 2010 AL60 Earth MOID = 0.0574 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 6.23315 (2000.0) P Q n 0.71381418 Peri. 340.62966 +0.00846409 -0.96383892 a 1.2399741 Node 108.16136 +0.95045767 -0.07501713 e 0.1668644 Incl. 16.27905 +0.31073874 +0.25570876 P 1.38 H 22.3 G 0.15 U 9 [u...
Orbital elements: 2010 AM60 Earth MOID = 0.0780 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 3.00841 (2000.0) P Q n 0.23893901 Peri. 332.99729 +0.03906578 -0.98274789 a 2.5720417 Node 114.29235 +0.94887186 -0.02022772 e 0.5972536 Incl. 11.43982 +0.31323483 +0.18384077 P 4.12 H 24.1 G 0.15 U 8 [u...
Orbital elements: 2010 AN60 Earth MOID = 0.0081 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 9.56359 (2000.0) P Q n 0.35078364 Peri. 123.15871 +0.48533706 -0.87155429 a 1.9911768 Node 297.65647 +0.77374903 +0.46520059 e 0.5718146 Incl. 4.50538 +0.40713681 +0.15485971 P 2.81 H 26.8 G 0.15 U 8 [ur...
Ailsa Craig is an island in the outer Firth of Clyde, Scotland where granite was quarried to make curling stones. The now uninhabited island is formed from the volcanic plug of an extinct volcano. Read more The riebeckite granite known as...
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