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The Yellowstone caldera has been classified a high threat for volcanic eruption, according to a report from the U.S. Geological Survey. Yellowstone ranks 21st most dangerous of the 169 volcano centres in the...

Title: Early-type stars in the core of the young open cluster Westerlund2 Authors: G. Rauw (1), J. Manfroid (1), E. Gosset (1), Y. Naze (1), H. Sana (1,2), M. De Becker (1), C. Foellmi (2,3), A.F.J. Moffat (4) (1= IAGL, ULg, Belgium; 2=ESO-Chile; 3=Obs. de Grenoble, France; 4= Univ...

Successful launch of TEXUS 51 rocket The TEXUS 51 rocket was launched from Esrange Space Centre on April 23 at 07.35 UTC (09.35 am Swedish time). Read more

The 12 - 26 metre wide asteroid 2015 HU10 made a close pass (48.3 LD, 0.1242 AU) travelling at 7.06 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th April 2015 @ 02:38 UT ±00:25. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 20 - 44 metre wide asteroid 2015 HW10 will make a close pass (9.7 LD, 0.0248 AU) travelling at 8.37 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd April 2015 @ 14:37 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/t48854732/nagaria-meteorite/

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

Two panel white-light photo-mosaic

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Orbital elements: 2015 HC10 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0317 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 352.35722 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18376932 Peri. 0.60273 +0.45045345 +0.88950480 a 3.0639903 Node 296.17226 -0.81948480 +0.37787244 e 0.6807703 Incl. 4.89844 -0.35431110 +0.25689228 P 5.36 H 21...

Orbital elements: 2015 HB10 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0231 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 100.19054 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39196011 Peri. 78.58408 +0.08463477 -0.99634538 a 1.8491613 Node 6.59358 +0.87058623 +0.06831575 e 0.5742859 Incl. 5.76067 +0.48468193 +0.05127220 P 2.51 H 18....

ATel 7419: ASAS-SN Discovery of A Probable Supernova in NGC 2115A

Collinder 399 (Cr 399) is a random grouping of stars located in the constellation Vulpecula near the border with Sagitta. Collinder 399 is known as Al Sufi's Cluster or Brocchi's Cluster. The brighter members of this star cluster form an asterism also known as the Coathanger. [url=http://en.wiki...

Comet Spitaler is a periodic comet in the solar system discovered by Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler (Vienna, Austria) on November 17, 1890 whilst attempting to observe Comet Zona (C/1890 V1). Read more

The 47 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2015 HW9 made a close pass (75.3 LD, 0.1934 AU) travelling at 13.46 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th April 2015 @ 13:41 UT ±00:56. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).