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Widespread flood alerts as 'supertides' rise Flood alerts have been issued across Wales due to rising "supertides". Natural Resources Wales has warned of "dangerous conditions" that could see tides breach sea and river defences. Read more An astronomical tidal cycle wi...

Meteorites No historical meteorite falls today

Comet C/2013 PE67 (Catalina-Spacewatch) is at Opposition (4.094 AU) in the constellation Leo minor on the 22nd February 2015. EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 02 20 10 41 58.5 +24 39 07 4.0782 5.0386 164.7 3.0 24.1 2015 02 21 10 40 40.0 +24 41 06 4.0857 5.0470 164.9 2.9 2...

Orbital elements: P/2006 Q2 = 2012 R1 (LONEOS) Epoch 2012 Aug. 21.0 TT = JDT 2456160.5 T 2012 Aug. 22.79025 TT MPC q 1.3361517 (2000.0) P Q n 0.16540605 Peri. 97.19375 +0.94821649 +0.30607236 a 3.2867635 Node 245.01358 -0.31562639 +0.87804899 e 0.5934750 Incl. 5.37352 -0.03557343 +0.367...

Comet C/2014 A5 (PANSTARRS) is at Perihelion (4.799 AU) on the 15th August 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 08 14 09 03 50.3 +15 33 59 5.8039 4.8005 7.2 1.5 20.6 2014 08 15 09 04 47.7 +15 26 13 5.8018 4.8006 7.9 1.7 20.6 2014 08 16 09 05 45.0 +15 18 26 5.7994 4.8006 8.6 1.8...

Images captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ1 Mount and Baader solar filter.

Balloon carries two MSU experiments to edge of space A balloon that travelled to the edge of space this week carried two Montana State University experiments. One experiment -- launched Feb. 19 and retrieved Feb. 20 after reaching 102,200 feet -- tested a tracking and high-definition link that MSU...

NGC 3412 (also MCG 2-28-16, UGC 5952 and PGC 32508) is a magnitude +10.5 spiral galaxy located 38 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire...

Orbital elements: 2015 DD54 Earth MOID = 0.0003 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 328.81447 (2000.0) P Q n 0.35793680 Peri. 178.42716 -0.97851819 -0.20613970 a 1.9645593 Node 349.67521 +0.18896977 -0.89115730 e 0.4947136 Incl. 0.93588 +0.08241706 -0.40415974 P 2.75 H 25.4 G...

Orbital elements: 2015 DE54 Earth MOID = 0.0009 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 353.66173 (2000.0) P Q n 0.32499873 Peri. 254.73494 +0.78253237 -0.61864533 a 2.0951491 Node 143.40286 +0.60681236 +0.73260081 e 0.7938830 Incl. 6.75737 +0.13936231 +0.28385561 P 3.03 H 24.4 G...

First pair of merging stars destined to become supernova found Astronomers using ESO facilities in combination with telescopes in the Canary Islands have identified two surprisingly massive stars at the heart of the planetary nebula Henize 2-428. As they orbit each other the two stars are expect...

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Orbital elements: P/2012 T7 (Vorobjov) T 2012 June 16.58408 TT MPC q 3.7859963 (2000.0) P Q n 0.07238300 Peri. 174.76846 +0.88063332 -0.45594956 a 5.7022333 Node 213.34342 +0.42575877 +0.88082526 e 0.3360503 Incl. 13.55433 +0.20788081 +0.12750238 P 13.6 From 46 observations 2012 Oc...

A new periodic comet P/2008 T3 (Boattini) was discovered by Andrea Boattini (Mt. Lemmon Survey), on the 7th October, 2008. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 25th October, 2008, at a distance of 1.1 AU from the Sun, and a 5.9 year period. [url=http://...

The 88 - 200 metre wide asteroid 2014 QB433 will make a close pass (62.7 LD, 0.1612 AU) travelling at 11.12 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st February 2015 @ 16:29 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).