Soyuz Undocks from ISS Spoiler On Sept. 12, the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft carrying Expedition 44 Commander Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineers Andreas Mogensen of the Euro...
The 180 - 400 metre wide asteroid 2015 NK13 will make a close pass (38.9 LD, 0.1001 AU) travelling at 11.15 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th September 2015 @ 22:39 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The 580 - 1300 metre wide asteroid 2004 TR12 will make a close pass (61.6 lunar distances, 0.1582 AU), travelling at 13.30 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th February, 2011 @ 16:29 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0...
China launches communication technology experimental satellite A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying an communication technology experimental satellite prepares to be launched at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 12, 2015. The sa...
Comet 157P Tritton Magnitude=12.7mag Best seen from 18.4h - 2.0h RA=23h26m25 Dec=+11°06.3' (J2000) Distance to Sun= 1.86AU Distance to Earth= 0.98AU Elongation=142° hourly motion: dRA=-23.8"/h dDec=-13.3"/h Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase mag 2009...
The 13 - 30 metre wide asteroid 2014 KS76 will make a close pass (8.7 LD, 0.0224 AU) travelling at 7.60 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th September 2015 @ 22:12 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The 15 - 33 metre wide asteroid 2015 RL35 made a close pass (27.0 LD, 0.0693 AU) travelling at 3.52 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 7th September 2015 @ 04:21 UT ±00:36. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
NGC 1655 is a magnitude + 13.5 non-existent object (possibly a double star) located in the constellation Taurus. The object was recorded by German astronomer Gerhard Lohse using a 39.37 cm (15.5 inch) f15 Cooke equatorial refractor at Mr. Wigglesworth's observatory near Scarborough, Yorkshir...
How to use 1.25" (31.7mm) filters in a T-adapter. Use a barrel from a Barlow lens or eyepiece Fit barrel into eyepiece holder. The eyepiece attachment has M42 threads.Note: The Skywatcher Barlow lens has M42 threads to directly attach it to a camera adaptor. (the Barlow lenses have been com...
Title: A hypothesis on the origin of C-type asteroids and carbonaceous chondrites Authors: V. V. Busarev A hypothesis based on observational and theoretical results on the origin of C-type asteroids and carbonaceous chondrites is proposed. Asteroids of C-type and close BGF-types could form fr...
Monitoring a region around the centre of our Galaxy, astronomers have indeed found evidence for a surprisingly large number of variable x-ray sources - likely black holes or neutron stars in binary star systems - swarming around the Milky Way's own central supermassive black hole.
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Title: WASP-120b, WASP-122b and WASP-123b: Three newly discovered planets from the WASP-South survey Author: O.D.Turner, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, L. Delrez, M. Gillon, C. Hellier, E. Jehin, M. Lendl, P. F. L. Maxted, F. Pepe, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, D. Sčgransan, B. Smalley, A. M. S. Sm...