The 27 - 61 metre wide asteroid 2014 UZ57 will make a close pass (34.3 lunar distances, 0.0881 AU) travelling at 20.16 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th November 2014 @ 10:43 UT ±00:02. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...
NGC 7551 is a magnitude +16.2 spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy is close to a magnitude +14.0 star. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta on the 3...
NGC 7540 (also PGC 70788) is a magnitude +14.7 elliptical galaxy located 353 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy is near to the magnitude +15.5 compact galaxy NGC 7540B. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflecto...
NGC 7525 (also MK 316, IRAS 23111+1344 and PGC 70731) is a pair of galaxies in the constellation Pegasus. NGC 7525-1 is a magnitude +14.2 elliptical galaxy located 564 million light-years away. NGC 7525-2 is a magnitude +15.4 spiral galaxy located 549 million light-years away. NGC 7525 was disco...
NGC 7523 (also 2MASX J23133468+1359121 and PGC 70726) is a magnitude +14.8 spiral galaxy located 546 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observ...
NGC 2113 (also ESO 57-EN36 and GC 1311) is a magnitude +12.3 open cluster and emission nebula located in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado. The cluster was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop using a homemade 9-foot 22.86 cm (9 inch) f/12 speculum Newtonian reflect...
NGC 1914 (also ESO 56-SC95) is a magnitude +12.0 open star cluster and emission nebula located in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Mensa. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Cl...
NGC 1876 is a magnitude +11.7 open star cluster and emission nebula located in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado. The cluster was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop using a homemade 9-foot 22.86 cm (9 inch) f/12 speculum Newtonian reflector at Paramatta, New Sout...
NGC 1840 (also ESO 56-SC62) is a magnitude +11.8 open star cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Mensa. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town o...
NGC 1837 (also ESO 56-SC59) is a magnitude +10.6 open star cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Mensa. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town o...
NGC 1804 (also ESO 56-SC46) is a magnitude +11.9 open star cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town...
NGC 1695 (also ESO 56-SC3) is a magnitude +12.2 open star cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town o...
NGC 1693 (also ESO 56-SC2) is a magnitude +12.9 open star cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town o...
Paris aerolite The Edinburgh Observer February 7, 1818. On the morning of the 3rd November an aerolite of considerable size fell in the Rue de Richelieu at Paris, with such force as to displace part of the pavement, and to sink to some depth into the earth. It was accompanied by a sulphurous smell, and s...