* Astronomy

IAUC 8963 (2008 Aug. 1)

The Belt of Venus, and Earth's shadow below

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48769204/akbarpur-meteorite/

Ultraviolet (390nm) photo-mosaic captured with a 114mm f5 reflector and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ5 Mount and ND3.8 solar filter.

CryoSat ready for launch

Orbital elements: 2015 GZ13 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0340 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 342.63169 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39342781 Peri. 282.20460 +0.72068956 +0.57288470 a 1.8445595 Node 44.57821 -0.17843783 +0.69744982 e 0.6046519 Incl. 33.79438 -0.66990036 +0.43054253 P 2.51 H...

X-ray image of the Planetary Nebula BD+30 3639 (also Campbell's Star, Hen 2-438 and HD 184738) The Chandra image shows a hot bubble of 3 million degree Celsius gas surrounding a dying, Sun-like star that is about 5000 light years from Earth. The distance across the bubble is roughly 100 times the di...

A striking pair of spiral galaxies in the constellation of Ursa Major – NGC 3718 (above, right) and NGC 3729 (below centre) – is 52 million light-years distant. [...

Title: The Physical Nature and Orbital Behavior of the Eclipsing System DK Cygni Author: Jae Woo Lee, Jae-Hyuck Youn, Jang-Ho Park, Marek Wolf New CCD photometry is presented for the hot overcontact binary DK Cyg, together with reasonable explanations for the light and period variations. Histor...

Ocean Oil 981 completes deepest sea drilling A Chinese deep sea oil rig has completed its first overseas drilling. The operation began in February and lasted 58 days, setting a new record for Chinese deep sea drilling both in distance and time. Read more

There is more than one way to make a dwarf galaxy, and NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has found a new recipe. The spacecraft has, for the first time, identified dwarf galaxies forming out of nothing more than pristine gas likely leftover from the early universe. Dwarf galaxies are relatively smal...

A team led by an Indiana University astronomer has found a sample of massive galaxies with properties that suggest they may have formed relatively recently. This would run counter to the widely-held belief that massive, luminous galaxies (like our own Milky Way Galaxy) began their formation and e...

Orbital elements: 2011 OJ45 Earth MOID = 0.0076 AU Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC M 292.60889 (2000.0) P Q n 0.96010787 Peri. 134.93889 +0.42593789 -0.90466600 a 1.0176287 Node 289.84734 +0.82630634 +0.39459868 e 0.2055748 Incl. 0.76164 +0.36850337 +0.16084559 P 1.03 H 26.0...

The 41 - 92 metre wide asteroid 2013 XK22 will make a close pass (12.4 lunar distances, 0.0319 AU), travelling at 7.82 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th December, 2013 @ 14:08 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...

Orbital elements: C/2013 H2 (Boattini) T 2011 Mar. 27.79993 TT MPC q 2.4812602 (2000.0) P Q n 0.02699039 Peri. 259.51915 +0.34400084 -0.19754097 a 11.0068565 Node 255.11847 +0.46032898 -0.81659602 e 0.7745714 Incl. 108.22924 -0.81838906 -0.54235460 P 36.5 From 42 observations 2013...