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Maxima of Variable Star U Arietis on the 6th November, 2011. Magnitude range: 7.2 - 15.2 Period: 371.1 days Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 03 11 03.04 | Dec +14° 48' 00.1'' Google earth file: U Arietis.kmz (1kb, kmz)

Ross 128 b is a confirmed Earth-sized exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting within the inner habitable zone of the red dwarf Ross 128, at a distance of about 11 light-years from Earth; only Proxima Centauri b is closer. The exoplanet was found using a decade's worth of radial velocity data with the HARPS...

Asteroid (2621) Goto is a main belt asteroid discovered by Tsutomu Seki at Geisei on February 9, 1981.

On 2017 Dec 05 07:02 UT, the 25 km diameter asteroid (5263) Arrius will occult the 6.7 mag star HD 22682 in the constellation Taurus Read more

Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko (born December 3, 1934 in Ventsy-Zarya) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions. Read more

Maxima of the Variable Star RU Herculis on the 12 August, 2012. Magnitude range: 6.8 - 14.3 Period: 484.8 days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 16 10 14.51337 | Dec. +25° 04' 14.3359''

Asteroid 2008 WM61 makes a close pass (0.010 AU) on the 3rd December 2017

Orbital elements: C/2017 U1 (PANSTARRS) Epoch 2017 Sept. 4.0 TT = JDT 2458000.5 T 2017 Sept. 9.41719 TT MPCW q 0.2515404 (2000.0) P Q z -0.7541603 Peri. 241.01670 -0.63536548 +0.68733697 +/-0.0181483 Node 24.61531 +0.49903801 +0.71329677 e 1.1897018 Incl. 122.32770 -0.58929769 -0.13...

Asteroid (349) Dembowska is at opposition on the 12th May, 2010 (V = 10.2) Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2010 05 01 15 24.00 -22 22.0 2.157 3.143 165.6 4.6 10.4 2010 05 06 15 19.64 -22 18.3 2.140 3.141 171.0 2.9 10.3 2010 05 11 15 15.12 -22 12.9 2.131 3.138 175.4 1.5 10.2 2010 05 16 1...

Asteroid (721) Tabora (14.7 mag) will occult the 6.7 mag star HD 163274 in the constellation Scorpius at around 19:23 UT, 4th July, 2010. The 5.5 second event is visible from Indonesia, Madagascar and Africa. Position (2000): RA 17 56 50.0299, Dec -32 41 19.977

Maxima of long period variable V Cassiopeiae on the 24th May, 2010 Magnitude: 7.9-12.2 Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 23 11 40.7183, Dec +59 41 58.982

Maxima of long period variable T Aquarii on the 9th March, 2010 Magnitude: 7.0 - 14.2 V Type: M-type Period: 201.1 days Position (2000): RA 20 49 56.41, Dec -05 08 48.0

Deep-sky objects for November: Andromeda: M 31 M 32 Cepheus: NGC7354 NGC7380 NGC7419 NGC7510 Cygnus: NGC6819 Lyra: M56 M57 NGC6791 Pegasus: NGC7814 Perseus: M76 Triangulum: M33 Highlights Halloween, the word itself, is a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. It actu...

Asteroid 2010 VD139 makes a close pass (0.013 AU) on the 29th November 2017

Asteroid (335) Roberta is at Opposition on the 26th May, 2012 Magnitude: 11.2 Distance to Earth: 1.121 AU Distance to Sun center: 2.126 AU EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. V 2012 05 25 000000 16 23 26.2 -11 50 07 1.124 2.129 170.2 4.7 11.3 2012 05 26 000000 16 22 31.5 -11 47 44 1.122 2...