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European AstroFest 2018 9 & 10 February 2018 Kensington Conference & Events Centre London http://europeanastrofest.com/

Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham is at Opposition (4.280 AU) on the 18th June 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 06 17 17 42 12.5 -33 18 03 4.2837 5.2872 170.1 1.9 22.5 2014 06 18 17 41 31.8 -33 17 46 4.2798 5.2835 170.1 1.9 22.5 2014 06 19 17 40 51.1 -33 17 26 4.2763 5.2798 17...

Asteroid 378214 Sauron (2007 AP11) makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.705 AU) on the 8th February 2018.

Comet 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 1-B makes its closest approach to the Earth (4.939 AU) on the 30th May, 2012.

'Melbhenge' sun spectacle wins fans in Australia It may not rival "Manhattanhenge", but the Australian city of Melbourne has enjoyed its own spectacular solar phenomenon. At 20:27 local time on Tuesday, the setting sun perfectly aligned with the city's east-west streets to cast a golden light be...

The 13 - 29 meter wide asteroid 2018 CC will make a close approach to the Earth (0.0012 AU, 0.49 LD) at 20:11 UT ±00:01

The 530 - 1200 metre wide asteroid 2002 AJ129 will make a close pass (70.9 lunar distances, 0.1821 AU), travelling at 29.76 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th January, 2010. See more The Lunar Distance (LD)...

Velocity field and star formation in the Horsehead nebula Authors: Pierre Hily-Blant (IRAM), David Teyssier (SRON), Sabin Philipp (MPIFR), Rolf Gusten (MPIFR) Using large scale maps in C18O(2-1) and in the continuum at 1.2mm obtained at the IRAM-30m antenna with the Hete...

Enlarge Mira A (right), a highly evolved red giant star, and Mira B (left), a white d...

Asteroid 2018 BP6 will make a near-Earth flyby (0.0093 AU) at 10:02 UT, 5th February 2018.

Maxima of the variable star R Leonis Minoris on the 24th December, 2011. Magnitude range: 6.3 - 13.2 Period: 372.2 days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 09 45 34.28304 | Dec. +34° 30' 42.7839'' Google earth file: R Leonis Minoris.kmz (1kb, kmz)

Comet 323P/SOHO is at Perihelion (0.040 AU) on the 24th November 2016

Title: The detection of an extremely bright fast radio burst in a phased array feed survey Authors: Keith Bannister, Ryan Shannon, Jean-Pierre Macquart, Chris Flynn, Philip Edwards, Morgan O'Neill, Stefan Osowski, Matthew Bailes, Barak Zackay, Nathan Clarke, Larry D'Addario, Richard Dodson...

Orbital elements: P/2011 A1 (Larson) T 2010 Nov. 15.43246 TT MPC q 2.2208562 (2000.0) P Q n 0.13516894 Peri. 45.17571 -0.46852651 -0.85521142 a 3.7602620 Node 73.96069 +0.73149685 -0.51617571 e 0.4093879 Incl. 13.32956 +0.49537387 -0.04664825 P 7.29 From 15 observations 2010 Dec. 11-2011 Jan...

The Hiroshima (H5) meteorite fell in Japan on the 1st February 2003 (local time). A total mass of 414 grams was recovered.