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Two panel white-light photomosaic captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ1 Mount and Baader solar filter.

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The 270 - 590 metre wide asteroid 2015 LH14 will make a close pass (61.7 LD, 0.1586 AU) travelling at 7.94 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th July 2015 @ 22:57 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: 2013 BQ18 Earth MOID = 0.0112 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 182.60798 (2000.0) P Q n 0.95096465 Peri. 89.27517 -0.80131911 +0.44819988 a 1.0241411 Node 117.27753 -0.54335952 -0.82239486 e 0.1473090 Incl. 26.47542 +0.25029605 -0.35040485 P 1.04 H 25....

Comet 90P/Gehrels 1 is at Opposition (4.232 AU) in the constellation Sagittarius on the 20th July 2015 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 07 19 20 05 26.3 -32 12 00 4.2358 5.2352 168.3 2.2 2015 07 20 20 04 48.8 -32 13 37 4.2318 5.2312 168.4 2.2 2015 07 21 20 04 11.2 -32 15 11 4....

Comet P/2015 D6 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) is at Perihelion (4.561 AU) in the constellation Leo on the 20th July 2015 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 07 19 11 25 04.5 +19 19 51 5.1476 4.5608 50.0 9.8 20.6 2015 07 20 11 25 52.1 +19 11 25 5.1582 4.5608 49.3 9.7 20.7 2015 07 21 11 26 4...

Chinese researchers are hopeful of finding the remains of the world's most famous cave dweller, the 500 000-year-old Peking Man, more than 60 years after they disappeared. Several interesting clues have come to light in recent months, according to members of a recently established committe...

White-light image captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ1 Mount and Baader solar filter.

Private John Henry Parr (19 July 1897 - 21 August 1914) was a British soldier. He is believed to be the first soldier of the Commonwealth killed by enemy action in the First World War. His grave faces that of George Edwin Ellison, the last British soldier to be killed in action during the First World War...

Orbital elements: 2011 UW158 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0132 AU Epoch 2011 Oct. 26.0 TT = JDT 2455860.5 MPC M 70.32927 (2000.0) P Q n 0.48575123 Peri. 7.20031 +0.37593244 +0.92309440 a 1.6027291 Node 284.90805 -0.85430976 +0.31137167 e 0.3755705 Incl. 4.81212 -0.35892846 +0.22570869 P 2.03 H 19...

Asteroid (37117) Narcissus (provisional designation: 2000 VU2) is a Centaur minor planet. It was discovered by William Kwong Yu Yeung at the Desert Beaver Observatory near Eloy, Arizona, on November 1, 2000. It is named for Narcissus, a hunter and divinely-punished character of Greek mythology...

Comet 135P/Shoemaker-Levy is at Opposition (1.960 AU) on the 22nd March 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 03 21 11 59 18.6 -05 11 19 1.9630 2.9563 174.8 1.7 17.9 2014 03 22 11 58 39.5 -05 05 26 1.9602 2.9541 175.2 1.6 17.9 2014 03 23 11 58 00.3 -04 59 29 1.9577 2.9519 175...

Orbital elements: P/2010 R2 (La Sagra) T 2010 June 25.0979 TT MPC q 2.622922 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1806143 Peri. 59.3696 +0.8078131 +0.4629648 a 3.099569 Node 270.7569 -0.5825876 +0.7212030 e 0.153778 Incl. 21.3991 +0.0896084 +0.5152959 P 5.46 From 87 observations 2010 Aug. 12-Sept. 19. [ur...

A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred at 12:05:21 (UTC) on Sunday, August 12, 2007, in the Santa Cruz Islands region, 453 km North from Santo (Luganville), Vanuatu, at a depth of 48 km. Location 11.530°S, 166.340°E