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NGC 3449 (also ESO 376-25, IRAS 10505-3240, MCG -5-26-10 and PGC 32666) is a magnitude +11.7 barred spiral galaxy located 150 million light-years away in the constellation Antlia. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at...

NGC 3390 (also ESO 437-62, MCG -5-26-7, IRAS10457-3116 and PGC 32271) is a magnitude +11.9 spiral galaxy located 140 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at the Cape o...

Mercury: at magnitude -1.1, starts the month in the constellation of Pisces. Mercury is in conjunction (separation 28') with Uranus on the 8th. Mercury is in superior conjunction on the 10th. Mercury is at perihelion on the 19th. The Moon is close (Separation 5°) to Mercury on the 19th. Mercury is i...

The 10 - 21 metre wide asteroid 2015 HC1 will make a close pass (21.9 LD, 0.0562 AU) travelling at 2.58 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th April 2015 @ 22:16 UT ±00:34. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Orbital elements: 2015 HM1 Earth MOID = 0.0064 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 323.43557 (2000.0) P Q n 0.86470558 Peri. 111.37776 +0.77438065 +0.60813669 a 1.0911653 Node 211.94364 -0.62967037 +0.76777533 e 0.1865952 Incl. 19.27532 +0.06204698 +0.20171964 P 1.14 H 25.3...

Comet C/2015 F3 (SWAN) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.054 AU) on the 29th April 2015 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 04 28 03 44 01.9 +86 31 10 1.0542 1.2242 72.8 51.8 15.5 2015 04 29 05 30 48.0 +86 58 18 1.0538 1.2366 73.7 51.4 15.5 2015 04 30 07 23 07.7 +86 40 01...

Comet Schweizer (C/1853 G1) made a close approach to the Earth (0.0839 AU) on the 29th April 1853 Source

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Tiny sunspots 12333 near the center of the solar disk

The 10 - 21 metre wide asteroid 2015 HA117 made a close pass (7.2 LD, 0.0185 AU) travelling at 10.91 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th April 2015 @ 09:30 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Photo-mosaic captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ1 Mount.

Spacecraft mistaken for new natural satellite For 13 hours today, Earth had a new moon - or so we thought. Now astronomers have realised that an apparent small asteroid orbiting our planet is actually the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope. Read more

Strange Supernova 2012ap is "Missing Link" in Gamma-Ray Burst Connection Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) have found a long-sought "missing link" between supernova explosions that generate gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and those t...

The TEXUS 52 rocket was launched from Esrange Space Centre on April 27 at 04:55 UTC. Read more

Maxima of long period variable S Virginis on the 21st March, 2011. Magnitude: 6.3-13.2 Period: 375.1 days Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 13 33 00.1081, Dec -07 11 41.017