* Astronomy

ATel 9640: MASTER-Amur: new bright dwarf nova outburst

ATel 9641: LT spectroscopic classification of Gaia16bmv

Asteroid (737) Arequipa is at Opposition in the constellation Cetus on the 19th October 2016. Magnitude: 11.4 Distance to Earth: 1.241 AU Distance to Sun: 2.231 AU

The epsilon-Geminid meteor shower peak is at 05:00 UT, 19th October 2016. ZHR: 3.0 Velocity: 69.7km/s The meteor stream is active from the 14th to the 27th October. Read more Spoiler

Mt. Bulusan exploded again at 10:44 a.m. yesterday, spewing a column of ash that reached 1.6-km high into the sky and showering surrounding villages with ash. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said steam inside the volcano ejected the ash. There were no reports of casu...

NGC 4414 (also UGC 7539, MCG 5-29-85 and PGC 40692) is a magnitude +11.0 near face-on flocculent unbarred spiral galaxy located 62.3 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch)...

Title: Suzaku and Chandra Observations of CIZA J1700.8-3144, a Cluster of Galaxies in the Zone of Avoidance Author: Hideyuki Mori, Yo****omo Maeda, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yuzuru Tawara We present the Chandra and Suzaku observations of 1RXS J170047.8-314442, located towards the G...

The Palahatchie (OC) meteorite fell in Mississippi, USA, on the 17th October, 1910. An unknown total mass was recovered. 32° 19'N, 89° 43'W

Stealthy Solar Storm & Dark Holes on the Sun: Solar Storm Forecast 10-16-2016 Spoiler

Asteroid (57) Mnemosyne is a large main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid in composition. It was discovered by Robert Luther on September 22, 1859 from Düsseldorf. Its name was chosen by Martin Hoek, director of the Utrecht Observatory, in reference to Mnemosyne, a Titaness in Greek mytholog...

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Jade prospectors are putting one of China's rivers in peril and could soon exhaust supplies of the precious stone. About 200,000 people are sifting the Yurungkax river in Xianjiang for Hotan jade - which costs up to $120 (£63) a gramme - sta...

Klim Ivanovich Churyumov (19 February 1937 - 15 October 2016) was a Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer. Read more

Cave art: Etchings hailed as 'Iberia's most spectacular' Cave art as much as 14,500 years old has been pronounced "the most spectacular and impressive" ever discovered on the Iberian peninsula. About 50 etchings were found in the Basque town of Lekeitio. Read more

Comet P/2007 R3 (Gibbs) is at Opposition (3.822 AU) on the 23rd April 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 04 20 14 05 16.0 -12 56 30 3.8334 4.8360 176.0 0.8 23.3 2014 04 21 14 04 39.6 -12 53 43 3.8293 4.8331 177.1 0.6 23.3 2014 04 22 14 04 03.2 -12 50 56 3.8255 4.8302 178.3 0....