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Captain William Kidd (c. 22 January 1645 - 23 May 1701) was a Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean. Read more

Deep Impact What would you do if you knew that a gigantic comet was about to slam into the earth and wipe out all life? President of the United States, Tom Beck (Morgan Freeman), announces to the world that there is only one year left before the fatal collision. He gives an order to a team of astronauts to t...

Orbital elements: P/2008 X4 T 2008 Dec. 18.34 TT MPC q 0.4957 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 336.25 +0.14129 -0.97372 Node 105.24 +0.93536 +0.07221 e 1.0 Incl. 10.67 +0.32425 +0.21599 From 27 observations 2008 Dec. 8-9. MPEC 2008 -X81

Haibin Zhao (Purple Mountain Observatory, XuYi Station) discovered on September 17, 2007 a new magnitude 18 comet on CCD images obtained with the 1.04 metre, f/1.8 Schmidt telescope. The object was confirmed by observations of LONEOS from the 8 to 15 September 2007 by Tim Spahr. Preliminary orbi...

Orbital elements: 2015 JD Earth MOID = 0.0081 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 13.83417 (2000.0) P Q n 0.68089573 Peri. 209.49963 -0.20339660 +0.96178123 a 1.2796238 Node 49.41116 -0.84437394 -0.07752418 e 0.2227792 Incl. 13.96939 -0.49564350 -0.26261544 P 1.45 H 25.3 G 0....

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Number 3440 City Of Truro is a Great Western Railway (GWR) 3700 (or 'City') Class 4-4-0 locomotive, designed by George Jackson Churchward and built at the GWR Swindon Works in 1903. City of Truro was timed at 8.8 seconds between two quarter-mile posts whilst hauling the "Ocean Mails" sp...

Title: Radar Imaging and Characterisation of Binary Near-Earth Asteroid (185851) 2000 DP107 Author: Shantanu P. Naidu, Jean-Luc Margot, Patrick A. Taylor, Michael C. Nolan, Michael W. Busch, Lance A. M. Benner, Marina Brozovic, Jon D. Giorgini, Joseph S. Jao, Chris Magri Potentially hazardou...

Green filter image captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ5 Mount and Baader ND5.0 solar filter. DIY focal reducer made from a 30mm achromatic lens (10mm field stop added)

Orbital elements: P/1998 U3 (Jager) Epoch 1999 Mar. 3.0 TT = JDT 2451240.5 T 1999 Mar. 10.06287 TT MPC q 2.1338677 (2000.0) P Q n 0.06599930 Peri. 180.89233 -0.56475077 -0.77869546 a 6.0642414 Node 303.54249 +0.75917939 -0.36036817 e 0.6481229 Incl. 19.14120 +0.32357878 -0.51358365 P...

Hubble Study of the Peculiar Asymmetry of NGC 949 This image provides the clearest ever view of galaxy NGC 949, which lies over 30 million light-years away in the constellation of Triangulum. The galaxy has an unusual shape, made more obscure due to its inclination. From our point of view, it is diffi...

Orbital elements: 2015 HA177 Earth MOID = 0.0028 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 356.34932 (2000.0) P Q n 0.82112393 Peri. 80.38428 +0.43895174 +0.89819797 a 1.1294411 Node 215.68303 -0.83948380 +0.40056903 e 0.2398775 Incl. 2.32881 -0.32029412 +0.18106592 P 1.20 H 27.6...

Progress 59-P/M-27M was launched on the 28th April 2015. Spoiler

Images showing large sunspot 12339 captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ5 Mount and Baader solar filter.

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