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Comet 141P/Machholz 2, at magnitude 13.4, will pass 0.43° from the magnitude 9.2 galaxy M74 at 19:00 UT, 10th May, 2010. Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2010 05 04 00 59.64 +13 22.2 1.672 0.873 25.2 29.5 11.3 2010 05 09 01 26.33 +15 28.9 1.662 0.835 23.2 28.4 10.8 2010 05 14 01 54...

Comet C/2014 L5 (Lemmon) is at Opposition, and makes its closest approach to the Earth (5.406 AU) on the 2nd October 2014 EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2014 10 01 000000 23 28 19.8 +39 40 35 5.406 6.216 140.9 5.8 19.6 2014 10 02 000000 23 26 59.7 +39 37 24 5.406 6.215 140.9 5.8 19....

The 77 - 170 metre wide asteroid 2014 DA will make a close pass (64.6 LD, 0.1661 AU) travelling at 17.47 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd September 2015 @ 09:44 UT ±07:44. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

10 minutes til the 6:18 AM EDT launch of an #Atlas5 rocket with #MUOS4 from the Cape. Watching live: http://t.co/rP1A3zO1uC David Dickinson (@Astroguyz) September 2, 2015

On 2015 Sep 3rd, asteroid (112) Iphigenia will occult a 3.0 mag star HD 48329 in the constellation Gemini for observers along a path across Caribbean, Mexico. Read more

The 560 - 1200 metre wide asteroid 2006 AW will make a close pass (66.4 LD, 0.1706 AU) travelling at 13.63 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd September 2015 @ 04:30 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Orbital elements: 2012 JU Earth MOID = 0.0010 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 330.66722 (2000.0) P Q n 0.30749559 Peri. 227.56289 +0.17239743 +0.97950290 a 2.1739195 Node 52.65876 -0.86091112 +0.20122292 e 0.5900727 Incl. 7.52947 -0.47865558 -0.00913238 P 3.21 H 27.7 G 0....

Comet P/1994 N2 (McNaught-Hartley) is at Opposition (3.772 AU) on the 26th May 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 05 25 16 07 48.8 -32 42 37 3.7785 4.7742 168.1 2.5 21.6 2014 05 26 16 07 04.9 -32 42 58 3.7722 4.7686 168.3 2.5 21.6 2014 05 27 16 06 20.8 -32 43 16 3.7663 4.7...

Comet P/2005 S3 (Read) is at Opposition (4.254 AU) on the 12th July 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 07 01 19 29 16.6 -20 42 12 4.3046 5.3034 168.0 2.3 22.4 2014 07 02 19 28 42.6 -20 43 03 4.2985 5.3004 169.1 2.1 22.4 2014 07 03 19 28 08.3 -20 43 54 4.2927 5.2974 170.2 1.9 2...

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Mercury: at magnitude -1.1, starts the month in the constellation of Leo. The planet is lost to the twilight sky for most of this month. Mercury is in conjunction with Venus on the 5th August. Mercury is at Aphelion on the 29th August. (On August 1st, RA= 9h27m13s Dec=+16°48.7' (J2000) Distance=1...

Kuiper Belt Object 2003 QX113 is at Opposition (58.828 AU) in the constellation Aquarius on the 30th August 2015 EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2015 08 29 000000 22 29 58.1 -09 07 40 58.826 59.836 179.3 0.0 22.4 2015 08 30 000000 22 29 54.8 -09 08 00 58.826 59.836 179.6 0.0 22.4 2...