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Title: Dust in the Extremely Metal-Poor Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxy IZw18: The Spitzer Mid-Infrared View Authors: Yanling Wu, V.Charmandaris, L.K.Hunt, J.Bernard-Salas, B.R.Brandl, J.A.Marshall, Vianney Lebouteiller, J.R.Houck IZw18, a blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxy with the 2nd lowest...

Sunspot 12305 captured with a 8" f5 reflector and Canon EOS 350D.

Orbital elements: 2015 FC35 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0216 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 5.74929 (2000.0) P Q n 0.59860897 Peri. 249.63853 -0.14660708 +0.98754840 a 1.3943568 Node 12.35161 -0.77864279 -0.07963963 e 0.3951461 Incl. 15.46760 -0.61009980 -0.13566758 P 1.65 H 21...

Orbital elements: 2015 FF35 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0237 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 350.81787 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37875950 Peri. 34.55999 -0.01248270 +0.99209558 a 1.8918805 Node 235.03578 -0.94835696 -0.05132871 e 0.5195837 Incl. 8.76383 -0.31695939 +0.11450648 P 2.60 H 1...

Pictures of viruses Read more A virus (from the Latin virus meaning toxin or poison) is a sub-microscopic infectious agent that is unable to grow or reproduce outside a host cell. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus]Rea...

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Comet 44P/Reinmuth at Opposition (3.475 AU) on the 15th April, 2013. EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2013 04 13 13 24 19.4 -16 56 45 3.4822 4.4774 172.0 1.8 20.8 2013 04 14 13 23 39.3 -16 52 59 3.4786 4.4746 172.3 1.7 20.8 2013 04 15 13 22 59.2 -16 49 09 3.4753 4.4719 172.5 1.7 20...

William 'Strata' Smith (23 March 1769 - 28 August 1839) was an English geologist, credited with creating the first nationwide geological map. Read more

Title: The Orbital Distribution of Satellite Galaxies Authors: Stéphane Herbert-Fort, Dennis Zaritsky, Yeun Jin Kim, Jeremy Bailin, James E. Taylor We measure the distribution of velocities for prograde and retrograde satellite galaxies using a combination of published data and new observa...

NGC 2683 (also "UFO Galaxy", UGC 4641, MCG 6-20-11, ZWG 180.17, KUG 0849 +336 and PGC 24930) is a magnitude +9.7 an edge-on barred spiral galaxy located 16 million lightyears away in Lynx. The galaxy has an extremely bright galactic nucleus, which in visible light contains a large population of old y...

NASA Announces Breakthrough in Space Weather Forecasting Researchers from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Centres Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL) will present new findings on space weath...

Title: Baryonic Distributions in the Dark Matter Halo of NGC5005 Author: Emily E. Richards, L. van Zee, K. L. Barnes, S. Staudaher, D. A. Dale, T. T. Braun, D. C. Wavle, D. Calzetti, J. J. Dalcanton, J. S. Bullock, R. Chandar We present results from multiwavelength observations of the galaxy NGC5005...

Orbital elements: 2015 FO34 Earth MOID = 0.0122 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 46.34617 (2000.0) P Q n 0.54093243 Peri. 12.19846 -0.97142616 +0.23733652 a 1.4917889 Node 181.53372 -0.22249816 -0.91301054 e 0.3248914 Incl. 3.44687 -0.08261830 -0.33178777 P 1.82 H 27.6 G 0...

The 56 - 130 metre wide asteroid 2015 FA34 made a close pass (32.1 LD, 0.0825 AU) travelling at 18.01 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th March 2015 @ 23:28 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

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