NGC 794 (also IC 191, MCG 3-6-24, UGC 1528 and PGC 7763) is a magnitude +12.7 elliptical galaxy located 378 million light-years away in the constellation Aries. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet,...
Skomer Island's 'hidden' prehistoric buildings found by archaeologists A team of archaeologists have found "hidden" remains of prehistoric buildings and fields on Skomer Island, off the Pembrokeshire coast. Using new technology, they "X-rayed" fields and found buri...
NGC 1260 (also IRAS 03141+4113, MCG 7-7-47, UGC 2634 and PGC 12219) is a magnitude +14.3 spiral galaxy located 265 million light-years away in the constellation Perseus. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan using a 30.48 cm (12 inch) refractor at the Paris Observato...
NGC 1264 (also MCG 7-7-50, UGC 2643 and PGC 12270) is a magnitude +14.1 barred spiral galaxy located 149 million light-years away in the constellation Perseus. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan using a 30.48 cm (12 inch) refractor at the Paris Observatory on the 19...
NGC 7515 (also IRAS 23103+1224, MCG 2-59-8, UGC 12418 and PGC 70699) is a magnitude +12.4 face-on spiral galaxy located 206 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum re...
NGC 1257 is a magnitude +13.6 double star located in the constellation Perseus. The double star was discovered by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan using a 30.48 cm (12 inch) refractor at the Paris Observatory on the 19th October 1884. Position (J2000): R.A. 03h 16m 59.5s | Dec. +41° 31' 46&q...
The Merope Nebula (also known as Tempel's Nebula and NGC 1435) is a diffuse reflection nebula, possibly a supernova remnant,[2] in the Pleiades star cluster, surrounding the 4th magnitude star Merope. It was discovered on October 19, 1859 by the German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel. John Herschel, i...
NGC 1531 (also ESO 359-26, MCG -5-11-1 and PGC 14635) is a magnitude +12.9 peculiar lenticular galaxy located 54 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope a...
NGC 7062 (also Collinder 434 and OCL 205) is a magnitude +8.3 open star cluster located in the constellation Cygnus. The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough on the 19th October 1788. Posit...
NGC 7082 (also OCL 209) is a magnitude +7.2 open star cluster located in the constellation Cygnus. The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough on the 19th October 1788. Position (J2000): R.A....
Mysterious US spaceplane returns to Earth A US plane on a top-secret, two-year mission to space has returned to Earth and landed in California. The aircraft, resembling a miniature space shuttle and known as the Orbital Test Vehicle or X-37B, spent 674 days in orbit around the planet. It touched dow...
Title: A super asymptotic giant branch star enriched with calcium by a supernova as the origin of HV2112, rather than a Thorne-Zytkow Object Author: Efrat Sabach, Noam Soker (Technion, Israel) We explain the high calcium abundance of the recently discovered red supergiant (RSG) star HV2112 in th...
