Hurricane Gonzalo pounds Bermuda with strong storms Hurricane Gonzalo has hit Bermuda with winds of about 185km/h. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) has warned of high winds and "life-threatening storm surge" the after the eye of the hurricane passed the British Atlantic territ...
Title: Rotational and Cyclical Variability in gamma Cassiopeiae. II. Fifteen Seasons Authors: Gregory W. Henry, Myron A. Smith The B0.5IVe star gam Cas is of great interest because it is the prototype of a small group of classical Be stars having hard X-ray emission of unknown origin. We discuss re...
Asteroid (55) Pandora is at Opposition at 10:30 UT, 1st January, 2011. Distance to Sun=2.678 AU Distance to Earth=1.707 AU Magnitude=11.5 mag Elongation=168.7°
NGC 243 (also MCG 5-2-43 or PGC 2687) is a magnitude +13.7 spiral galaxy located 220 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 18th O...
The Iris Nebula is 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. It is catalogued as NGC 7023. This digital image shows off the Iris Nebula's range of colours and symmetries in impressive detail.
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NGC 7386 (also MCG 2-58-18, UGC 12209 and PGC 69825) is a magnitude +12.3 spiral galaxy located 336 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 reflector at Datchet, Berk...
NGC 7742 (also IRAS 23417+1029, MCG 2-60-10, UGC 12760 and PGC 72260) is a magnitude +11.6 spiral galaxy located 76 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 reflector...
NGC 7743 (also IRAS 23417+0939, MCG 2-60-11, UGC 12759 and PGC 72263) is a magnitude +11.5 spiral galaxy located 79 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 reflector...
The magnitude 12.7 asteroid (150) Nuwa, will occult the 6.8 mag star HD 70433, in the constellation Cancer, at 23:34 UT, 18th January, 2011. The 10.9 second event is visible from China, Russia, Europe and NE Canada. Position (2000): RA 08 22 31.8825, Dec +16 09 44.972
The 24 - 54 metre wide asteroid 2014 SU1 will make a close pass (13.7 lunar distances, 0.0352 AU) travelling at 2.98 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th October 2014 @ 00:24 UT ±00:03. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...
The 14 - 31 metre wide asteroid 2014 GA will make a close pass (58.9 lunar distances, 0.1514 AU) travelling at 5.15 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th October 2014 @ 09:29 UT ±00:17. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...
The 37 - 82 metre wide asteroid 2014 TV will make a close pass (4.5 lunar distances, 0.0115 AU) travelling at 12.19 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th October 2014 @ 11:41 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...
The 69 - 150 metre wide asteroid 2006 SE6 will make a close pass (75.7 lunar distances, 0.1946 AU), travelling at 14.00 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th August, 2011 @ 04:16 UT ±06:30. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...
