A possible magnitude 13.7 supernova was discovered on the 13th April 2009, in the intermediate spiral galaxy NGC4088 in the constellation Ursa Major. The supernova is located 2' West, 5' South from the center of the galaxy. Position(2000): RA 12 05 33.6, Dec +50 32 18
A magnitude 15.3 supernova, 2009el, was discovered by Pignata et al. at the CHilean Automatic Supernova sEarch (CHASE) on the 12th May, 2009, in the irregular S type interacting galaxy ESO 269-74 in the constellation Centaurus. The supernova is located between the two galaxies. As yet the type is u...
Maido No. 1, a satellite launched in January to observe lightning has photographed itself in orbit with the Earth in the background. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency sent a copy of the image to Astro Technology SOHLA, the association of manufacturing firms that developed the satellite. [ur...
Orbital elements: 2001 SG286 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0054 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 349.82435 (2000.0) P Q n 0.62254714 Peri. 56.13239 +0.45348296 +0.88334070 a 1.3583798 Node 241.26581 -0.85587067 +0.39447899 e 0.3473333 Incl. 7.77241 -0.24867369 +0.25317097 P 1.58 H 20.9 G 0....
An ancient site on the verge of destruction may just have received a new lease of life, thanks to some alert students. A dolmen (memorial megalith) raised in the memory of the dead on Banadag Hill and discovered by megalithic explorer Subhashis Das in 2000 is facing the threat of demolition from a ston...
Orbital elements: 2001 SL264 Earth MOID = 0.2860 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 189.42911 (2000.0) P Q n 0.31568319 Peri. 280.45545 +0.75379888 +0.65454272 a 2.1361664 Node 38.69660 -0.56077491 +0.68677379 e 0.4006934 Incl. 5.32071 -0.34251825 +0.31609428 P 3.12 H 19.5 G 0.15 U 6...
Orbital elements: 2009 JQ2 Earth MOID = 0.1912 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 57.89161 (2000.0) P Q n 0.53590446 Peri. 109.98132 -0.79021023 -0.44326710 a 1.5011052 Node 46.63765 +0.03587172 -0.72280081 e 0.3155243 Incl. 35.59635 +0.61178510 -0.53016343 P 1.84 H 21.3 G 0.15 U 9 [u...
Credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/CfA/F.Massaro, et al.); Optical (NASA/STScI/C.P.O'Dea); Radio (NSF/VLA/CfA/F.Massaro, et al.)* 3C305 is a galaxy about 600 million light years from Earth * A supermassive black hole at its core is causing its intriguing appearance * It's still uncertain exactly what...
Orbital elements: 2009 JM2 Earth MOID = 0.1038 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 19.17133 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26887421 Peri. 117.18016 -0.95997259 +0.06546608 a 2.3774056 Node 67.64966 -0.19520302 -0.85365563 e 0.6028677 Incl. 17.12496 +0.20086913 -0.51670713 P 3.67 H 18.9 G 0.15 U 7 [u...
Orbital elements: 2009 JL2 Earth MOID = 0.0009 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 5.78138 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39700374 Peri. 204.76791 -0.22719629 +0.94293360 a 1.8334665 Node 53.03458 -0.83500950 -0.05998912 e 0.4655242 Incl. 17.73823 -0.50113968 -0.32753249 P 2.48 H 26.1 G 0.15 U 6 [ur...
A free celebration of astronomy with the Back Bay Amateur Astronomers and the Chesapeake Department of Parks and Recreation will be held Saturday at Northwest River Park. Source
SSTL and ISC Kosmotras are celebrating 10 years of successful cooperation, since the SSTL minisatellite UoSAT-12 made history as the first successful orbital injection by the Dnepr launch vehicle in April 1999. "This occasion is a remarkable event in the activity of our two companies. For S...
A glowing tomato-green fireball shot through the black Merced sky early Saturday, stunning those fortunate enough to see its brief life. Merced resident Erika Knorn, 42, had awoken just before 2 a.m. to take her dog, Shadow, to the bathroom before returning to bed. She gazed toward the sky and notic...
The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble's longest-running optical camera, planetary nebula K 4-55 has been imaged as WFPC2's final "pretty picture." [url=ht...
