NGC 1518 (also ESO 550-7, IRAS 04046-2118, MCG -4-10-13 and PGC 14475) is a magnitude +11.8 barred spiral galaxy located 42 million light-years away in the constellation Eridani. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting te...
The 220 - 490 metre wide asteroid 2014 VQ will make a close pass (35.8 lunar distances, 0.0921 AU) travelling at 10.34 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th November 2014 @ 17:17 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
The 55 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2014 TK64 will make a close pass (47.3 lunar distances, 0.1216 AU) travelling at 12.03 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th November 2014 @ 00:35 UT ±00:05. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...
Title: Mass Outflow in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 5548 Authors: D.M. Crenshaw, S.B. Kraemer, H.R. Schmitt, J.S. Kaastra, N. Arav, J.R. Gabel, K.T. Korista We present a study of the intrinsic UV absorption and emission lines in an historically low-state spectrum of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548, which...
Title: The Extreme LBV Star GR290 (Romano's Star) in M33. Optical Spectrophotometric Monitoring Authors: V. F. Polcaro, R. F. Viotti, C. Rossi, S. Galleti, R. Gualandi, L. Norci We study the long term, S Dor-type variability and the present hot phase of the LBV star GR290 (Romano's Star) in M33 in or...
Title: Discovery and Characteristics of the Rapidly Rotating Active Asteroid (62412) 2000 SY178 in the Main Belt Author: Scott Sheppard, Chadwick Trujillo We report a new active asteroid in the main belt of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter. Object (62412) 2000 SY178 exhibited a tail in images c...
'The Starry Night: Art, Commentary and Music' set Nov. 12 at MSU An event that salutes the painting, "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh with the song "Starry Night" by American composer Jake Heggie is set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, at Montana State University's Reynold...
Orbital elements: 2009 UD2 Earth MOID = 0.0340 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 348.09848 (2000.0) P Q n 0.64365818 Peri. 110.68454 -0.41211404 -0.91112144 a 1.3285131 Node 3.66226 +0.80793256 -0.36768534 e 0.2893729 Incl. 3.98795 +0.42119710 -0.18618596 P 1.53 H 22.3 G 0.15 U 9 [url...
Title: Star and dust formation activities in AzTEC-3: A starburst galaxy at z = 5.3 Authors: Eli Dwek, Johannes G. Staguhn, Richard G. Arendt, Peter L. Capak, Attila Kovacs, Dominic Benford, Dale Fixsen, Alexander Karim, Samuel Leclercq, Stephen F. Maher, Samuel H. Moseley, Eva Schinnerer, Elme...
NGC 45 (also MCG 5-1-54, UGC 120 and PGC 875) is a magnitude +13.6 lenticular galaxy located 212 ±15.1 million light-years in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Windsor Road...
NGC 45 (also ESO 473-1, IRAS 00115-2327, MCG -4-1-21, UGCA 4 and PGC 930) is a magnitude +10.4 spiral galaxy located 32.6 ±10 million light-years in the constellation Cetus. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telesc...
