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NGC 1783 (also ESO 85-SC29) is a magnitude +10.9 globular cluster in the constellation Dorado in the southern sky. The cluster is one of the largest in the Large Magellanic Cloud and dated as 1.4 ±0.2 billion years old. The globular cluster was discovered on the 13th December 1835 by John Herschel wit...

White-light image of sunspot 12403 and the western limb captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam.

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Comet P/1998 QP54 (LONEOS-Tucker) is at Opposition (3.567 AU) on the 23rd May 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 05 22 15 37 48.8 -42 21 45 3.5722 4.5248 157.7 4.9 2014 05 23 15 36 54.8 -42 20 03 3.5675 4.5205 157.7 4.9 2014 05 24 15 36 00.9 -42 18 12 3.5631 4.5163 157.7 4...

Comet 83D/Russell 1 is at Opposition (3.481 AU) in the constellation Pegasus on the 29th August 2015 EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2015 08 28 000000 21 54 07.8 +10 33 46 3.478 4.431 158.1 4.9 2015 08 29 000000 21 53 31.0 +10 29 08 3.481 4.434 158.1 4.9 2015 08 30 000000 21 52 54.5...

Trans-Neptunian Object (175113) 2004 PF115 is at Opposition (40.507 AU) on the 28th August 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 08 28 22 42 38.9 -22 01 27 40.5091 41.4947 167.2 0.3 20.6 2014 08 29 22 42 34.0 -22 01 55 40.5096 41.4947 167.1 0.3 20.6 2014 08 30 22 42 29.2 -2...

Eight panel photomosaic captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam.

There are no contracts proving that the mural project The Sky of Salamanca is definitively Fernando Gallego's. However, there is documentation from the rector Rodrigo Alvarez, requesting Fernando Gallego be hired to paint the library, since he had already worked for the cathedral on the Virgin o...

Title: Ureilites Authors: Vdovykin, G. P. In 1965 Carlisle found another distinct ureilite, Dingo Pup Donga (122.7 g), in the close vicinity of the North Haig discovery. Read more Coordinates: 30° 26'S, 126° 6'E

Hubble Finds That the Nearest Quasar Is Powered by a Double Black Hole Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found that Markarian 231 (Mrk 231), the nearest galaxy to Earth that hosts a quasar, is powered by two central black holes furiously whirling about each other. Read more

Title: Spitzer 24 micron Survey of Debris Disks in the Pleiades Authors: Nadya Gorlova, George H. Rieke, James Muzerolle, John R. Stauffer, Nick Siegler, Erick T. Young, John H. Stansberry (University of Arizona; Spitzer Science Center, Caltech) Researchers performed a...

The Planet Uranus 02:14 UT, 16 September 2008 5 Second

The Planet Uranus 02:14 UT, 16 September 2008 5 Second

72 Piscium (HD 6397) is a white main-sequence Spectroscopic binary star located 178 light years away in the constellation Pisces.

Title: A likely exoplanet orbiting the oscillating K-giant alpha Arietis Authors: B.-C. Lee, D. E. Mkrtichian, I. Han, K.-M. Kim, M.-G. Park [PDF (697 KB)] (Subscription) Alpha Arietis (Alpha Ari, Ari, Arietis), which also has the traditional name Hamal, is the brightest star in the constellati...

White-light image of sunspot 12403 and the western limb captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam.