* Astronomy

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).

The first stone circle for more than a century has been discovered on Dartmoor. The set - at least 4,000 years old - is the highest circle in southern England and the second-largest on Dartmoor. Thirty-four metres in diameter and at 525 metres on the northern part of the moor near Sittaford Tor, the cir...

On 2015 May 12th, asteroid (1238) Predappia will occult a 5.7 mag star in the constellation Leo for observers along a path across New Guinea, near New Zealand. Read more

Orbital elements: 2011 AX22 Earth MOID = 0.0009 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 113.91191 (2000.0) P Q n 1.03893776 Peri. 292.32271 +0.98115075 +0.19299737 a 0.9654794 Node 56.55079 -0.17271630 +0.89845655 e 0.3329476 Incl. 0.67010 -0.08667343 +0.39437019 P 0.95 H 24.9 G 0...

The 79 - 180 metre wide asteroid 2013 VO13 will make a close pass (33.8 lunar distances, 0.0869 AU), travelling at 13.64 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th November, 2013 @ 19:44 UT ±00:10 See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....

Orbital elements: P/2006 U5 = 2012 P1 (Christensen) Epoch 2013 Aug. 16.0 TT = JDT 2456520.5 T 2013 Aug. 31.62746 TT MPC q 2.3279890 (2000.0) P Q n 0.14841606 Peri. 98.01367 -0.22585408 -0.97414693 a 3.5330418 Node 5.04861 +0.86857115 -0.20381643 e 0.3410808 Incl. 3.42790 +0.44110554 -0....

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49120454/kaptal...

Orbital elements: 2015 JJ PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0008 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 136.66107 (2000.0) P Q n 0.90481682 Peri. 254.26050 -0.42637920 -0.87717653 a 1.0586741 Node 223.22872 +0.90297528 -0.39838767 e 0.1583943 Incl. 18.80863 +0.05325809 -0.26804589 P 1.09 H 2...

Comet 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson is at Opposition (4.215 AU) on the 8th April 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 04 07 13 00 48.7 -13 01 03 4.2170 5.2128 173.6 1.2 20.9 2014 04 08 13 00 13.0 -12 58 41 4.2151 5.2117 173.9 1.2 20.9 2014 04 09 12 59 37.4 -12 56 17 4.2136 5.2105 17...

The 15 - 34 metre wide asteroid 2007 WJ3 will make a close pass (71.1 LD, 0.1827 AU) travelling at 16.98 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th May 2015 @ 01:10 UT ±1 day 01:46. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Orbital elements: 2012 VU76 Earth MOID = 0.0022 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 244.80487 (2000.0) P Q n 0.95320358 Peri. 87.11434 -0.75936665 -0.64384443 a 1.0225368 Node 52.78560 +0.54023565 -0.70435856 e 0.1284132 Incl. 6.77507 +0.36263994 -0.29890360 P 1.03 H 25.8 G...

The 300 - 670 metre wide asteroid 2015 DE176 will make a close pass (51.5 LD, 0.1323 AU) travelling at 12.05 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th May 2015 @ 14:07 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49104818/sevrukov...

Orbital elements: 2015 HX181 Earth MOID = 0.0006 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 46.00145 (2000.0) P Q n 0.41005570 Peri. 293.26143 -0.81890463 -0.56923183 a 1.7943513 Node 212.18119 +0.56392191 -0.77429847 e 0.5607893 Incl. 7.90867 +0.10671121 -0.27647244 P 2.40 H 23.9...

Thousands stranded as Typhoon Noul, Mt Bulusan volcano threatens Philippines The Philippines is preparing to evacuate residents along its northeastern coast as a typhoon approaches, as well as those near a rumbling volcano that has been spewing steam and ash over a central province. Typhoon Nou...