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Zeta Aquilae (HD 177724) is a magnitude + 2.98 double star in the constellation of Aquila. The star has two 12th magnitude companions at angular separations of 6.5 and 158.6 arcseconds. Right ascension 19h 05m 24.60802s, Declination +13° 51' 48.5182"

Epsilon Aquilae (HD 176411) (lower left in image) is a magnitude +4.02 orange giant star in the constellation Aquila. Right ascension 18h 59m 37.35872s, Declination +15° 04' 05.8871"

V828 Herculis (HD 175744) (lower far right in image) is a magnitude +6.15 to +0.04 blue supergiant variable star in the constellation Hercules Right ascension 18h 56m 3.9s, Declination +17° 59' 42"

Sun 17.05.15; White light image captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ5 Mount and Baader solar filter. DIY focal reducer made from a 30mm achromatic lens (10mm field stop added).

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49203983/torino-meteorite/

Orbital elements: 2015 JA2 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0431 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 287.36466 (2000.0) P Q n 0.93752375 Peri. 246.26721 +0.94478682 -0.23662583 a 1.0339063 Node 126.64569 +0.28748533 +0.93053166 e 0.3488608 Incl. 16.41121 -0.15725788 +0.27949783 P 1.05 H...

The edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 2770 has produced three bright supernovae recently. All three supernovae are thought to be of the core-collapse variety, but the most recent of the trio, SN2008D, was first detected by the Swift satellite at more extreme energies as an X-ray flash (XRF) or possibly a lo...

Launch of MexSat-1 on Russian Proton-M Rocket Spoiler

Whitelight photomosaic captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ5 Mount and Baader solar filter.

Officials from Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Centre announced the delivery of the second in the series of twelve GPS IIF space vehicles to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., April 20. GPS IIF SV-2 is expected to be launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket la...

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49187169/castel-berardenga-meteorite/

Title: A long-lived horseshoe companion to the Earth Authors: A. A. Christou, D. J. Asher We present a dynamical investigation of a newly found asteroid, 2010 SO16, and the discovery that it is a horseshoe companion of the Earth. The objects absolute magnitude (H = 20.7) makes this the largest objec...

The 120 - 260 metre wide asteroid 2015 HL1 will make a close pass (69.9 LD, 0.1795 AU) travelling at 8.45 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th May 2015 @ 12:23 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 05 15 11 47 20.4 +70 21 17 0.3212 1.0236 83.2 78.7 16.8 2014 05 16 11 45 53.3 +67 45 31 0.3160 1.0282 84.2 78.0 16.8 2014 05 17 11 44 42.6 +65 04 39 0.3113 1.0328 85.2 77.3 16.7 2014 05 18 11 43 44.5 +62 19 03 0.3072 1.0374 86.2 76.6 16.7 2014 05 1...

Title: The First Data Release of the KODIAQ Survey Author: J.M. O'Meara, N. Lehner, J.C. Howk, J.X. Prochaska, A.J. Fox, M. A. Swain, C. R. Gelino, G. B. Berriman, H. Tran We present and make publicly available the first data release (DR1) of the Keck Observatory Database of Ionised Absorption towar...