C/2005 K2 (LINEAR) was discovered after May 14th by LINEAR in New Mexico, and confirmed by the Table Mountain Observatory in southern California.
The first and very preliminary orbit for the 18th magnitude comet shows perihelion at about 0.68 AU on June 29, 2005.
The comet is intrinsic...
2005 K1 (P/Skiff)
Brian A. Skiff discovered a new 17th magnitude comet on May 16 during a LONEOS sky survey on May 16TH.
It will reach perihelion in November 2005 at 4.2 AU.
This is the 32nd comet discovery by LONEOS
C/2005 K1 16th May RA 17 54.3 Dec +65 16...
This image maps the magnetic activity of the whole-Sun. It shows a 360 degree of longitude in the Carrington coordinate system normally used for solar observations. The map extent is from south pole to north pole in an equal area projection. The solar equator and each 60 degrees of longitude are mark...
Since Amiga Inc. and Haage&Partner turned off their Classic AmigaOS homepage a guy going by the name of DJBase has setup a new one that includes all the old Info and Updates.
Link:
Have you had an email from Bill Gates recently?
A bogus cumulative update with a malicious attachment has followed Microsoft's patch day.
Virus writers are taking advantage of Microsoft's patching cycle to trick users into executing a malicious attachment. The latest socia...
Dark nebulae snake across a gorgeous expanse of stars in this wide-field view toward the pronounceable constellation Ophiucus and the centre of our Milky Way Galaxy.
In fact, the central S-shape seen here is well known as the Snake Nebula; located about 1.5° north-northeast of Theta Oph...
A Delta II rocket launch was set for a Wednesday, May 11, from the Vandenberg Air Force Base.
However, NASA called off the morning's planned launch because high winds prevented rollback of the service tower surrounding the Delta 2 rocket. The same thing happened Thursday night.
The Delta II roc...
Tonight, if you manage to get a break in the clouds, look south west to catch the moon passing Jupiter.
Jupiter at magnitude -2.3, will be below a near full moon next to gamma virgo , also called Porrima, (magnitude 3.6).
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The largest fossil of sauropod dinosaur's shank has been recovered and the dinosaur has been classified as "Otogosaurus".
The fossil was accidentally discovered by a girl during grazing in September 2003.
After identification by experts from different countries, the fossil of ...
NASA's AcrimSat Solar Spacecraft has completed its Five-Year Mission:
The satellite that measures the variability in the amount of the Sun's energy that reaches Earth's atmosphere and impacts our winds, land and oceans has successfully accomplished its five-year primary mission.
The ...
The INTEGRAL spacecraft detected GRB 050520 at 00:09 UT, Fri 20 May 2005.
No visual counterpart or afterglow has been detected with follow-up ground based observatories.
Position(2000): RA +12h 50m 02s Dec +30d 27' 02"
A Delta II rocket launch is set for Wednesday, May 11, 2005, from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, US, with a launch opportunity from 11:21 to 11:31 GMT.
It will launch the NOAA-N satellite, the latest in the series...
Tonight, the Moon will be traveling through the constellation Virgo (the Virgin). Spica, the brightest star in the constellation, will be about two degrees to the right of the waxing gibbous moon.
Sp...
An international team of nuclear physicists has created zinc-54 for the first time. They have confirmed that it can undergo two-proton decay, a rare process that has only been seen in one other isotope before. The results should shed more light on how protons are bound together in the nucleus.
Nuc...
