* Astronomy

Handstitched photo-mosaic captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ5 Mount and Baader solar filter.

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48521144/avce-meteorite/

NGC 3698 (also NGC 3695, MCG 6-25-78, UGC 6490 and PGC 35389) is a magnitude 13.9 barred spiral galaxy located 476 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by Danish-Irish astronomer Robert Stawell Ball using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflector on th...

The 97 - 220 metre wide asteroid 2004 MO3 will make a close pass (71.6 LD, 0.1840 AU) travelling at 8.28 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 31st March 2015 @ 16:23 UT ±00:03. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Ancient humans fashioned hand axes, cleavers and picks much earlier than believed, but didn't take the stone tools along when they left Africa, new research suggests. A team from the United States and France made the findings after travelling to an archaeological site along the northwest shoreli...

Orbital elements: 2015 FU284 Earth MOID = 0.0021 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 42.60811 (2000.0) P Q n 0.94883897 Peri. 123.10175 +0.47706544 +0.87862286 a 1.0256701 Node 175.24808 -0.86648626 +0.47416198 e 0.5748563 Incl. 14.50362 -0.14700385 +0.05650027 P 1.04 H 28....

Orbital elements: 2015 FE120 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0116 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 14.95999 (2000.0) P Q n 0.29235863 Peri. 188.92987 -0.86639001 +0.47870119 a 2.2483233 Node 21.53474 -0.43091279 -0.57280468 e 0.5509378 Incl. 22.78827 -0.25235396 -0.66538709 P 3.37 H...

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48504342/fnen-meteorite/

Mercury: at magnitude -0.0, starts the month in the constellation of Capricornus. Mercury is at Aphelion on the 6th. Mercury is in conjunction with Neptune (separation 1.6°) on the 17th March. (On March 1st, RA=21h06m04s Dec=-17°23.4' (J2000) Distance=1.032AU Phase k=65% Diameter=6.5...

The 31 - 68 metre wide asteroid 2015 FP34 will make a close pass (33.0 LD, 0.0847 AU) travelling at 9.47 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th March 2015 @ 04:05 UT ±00:03. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Stan Sammy needs your help to stargaze this Saturday. The St. Catharines amateur astronomer is hoping for a rare celestial event. It's not a meteor shower, or an eclipse, or even a particularly clear view of a planet. Sammy just wants to see more stars from his backyard. [url=http://www.niagarafal...

Orbital elements: 2015 FT118 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0410 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 299.16795 (2000.0) P Q n 0.78591013 Peri. 155.35874 +0.98239032 +0.15647091 a 1.1629315 Node 196.63091 -0.16290171 +0.98493800 e 0.1901472 Incl. 20.90172 +0.09150027 +0.07357989 P 1.2...

Unprocessed image Image captured with a 8" f5 reflector and Canon EOS 350D. Prime focus.

Mons Piton is an isolated lunar mountain that is located in the eastern part of the Mare Imbrium, to the north-northwest of the crater Aristillus. The peak climbs to a height of 2.3 km, typical of the peaks in the Montes Alpes, but much lower than Mons Blanc, which rises to 3.6 km. Because it is an isolate...

Jupiter and the Beehive Cluster.