* Astronomy

NGC 6303 (also MCG 12-16-17, UGC 10711 and PGC 59573) is a magnitude +15.4 elliptical galaxy located 558 million light-years away in the constellation of Draco. Because of its low surface brightness (15.4 mag / arcsec²) it is a very difficult object to observe. The galaxy was discovered by America...

NGC 7008 (also Fetus Nebula and PK 093+05.2) is a magnitude +12.0 planetary nebula located 2800 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. The planetary nebula was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road in...

NGC 7296 (also NGC 7295 and OCL 228) is a magnitude +9.7 open cluster located in the constellation Lacerta. 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 in Slough, Berkshire on the 14th October 1787. Th...

Orbital elements: 2014 TY33 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0453 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 34.63573 (2000.0) P Q n 0.58665022 Peri. 180.46863 +0.95618457 -0.27814882 a 1.4132421 Node 196.57893 +0.26963702 +0.95823161 e 0.2616597 Incl. 18.67133 +0.11404801 +0.06652374 P 1.68 H 2...

Title: A Class of Warm Jupiters with Mutually Inclined, Apsidally Misaligned, Close Friends Author: Rebekah Dawson, Eugene Chiang The orbits of giant extrasolar planets often have surprisingly small semi-major axes, large eccentricities, or severe misalignments between their normals and t...

Title: G11.92-0.61-MM2: A Bonafide Massive Prestellar Core? Author: C. J. Cyganowski, C. L. Brogan, T. R. Hunter, D. Graninger, K. I. Oberg, A. Vasyunin, Q. Zhang, R. Friesen, S. Schnee Core accretion models of massive star formation require the existence of stable massive starless cores, but ro...

Title: OGLE-BLG182.1.162852: An Eclipsing Binary with a Circumstellar Disk Author: N. J. Rattenbury, L. Wyrzykowski, Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, A. Udalski, S. Kozlowski, M. K. Szymanski, G. Pietrzynski, I. Soszynski, R. Poleski, K. Ulaczyk, J. Skowron, P. Pietrukowicz, P. Mróz, D. Skowron We p...

Title: The hard X-ray emission of X Per Authors: V. Doroshenko, A. Santangelo, I. Kreykenbohm, R. Doroshenko We present an analysis of the spectral properties of the peculiar X-ray pulsar X Per based on INTEGRAL observations. We show that the source exhibits an unusually hard spectrum and is confi...

Greece archaeologists uncover Amphipolis floor mosaic Archaeologists unearthing a huge ancient burial site at Amphipolis in northern Greece have uncovered a large floor mosaic. The mosaic - 3m wide and 4.5m long - depicts a man with a laurel wreath driving a chariot drawn by horses and led by the go...

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45525681/pohlitz-meteorite/

Comet P/2000 G1 = 2011 L5 (LINEAR)Orbital elements: P/2000 G1 = 2011 L5 (LINEAR) Epoch 2010 Nov. 20.0 TT = JDT 2455520.5 T 2010 Nov. 13.69960 TT MPC q 1.0001207 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18447342 Peri. 343.30056 -0.99415286 -0.10235523 a 3.0561889 Node 190.99715 +0.10753063 -0.96750847 e 0.6727556...

The Hamlet (LL4) meteorite fell in Indiana, USA, on the 13th October, 1959. A total mass of 3.71 kg was recovered. 41° 23'N, 86° 36'W

NGC 282 (also MCG 5-3-15 and PGC 3090) is a magnitude +13.7 elliptical galaxy located 307 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 13th October 1...

NGC 7377 (also ESO 534-26, IRAS 22451-2234, MCG -4-53-38 and PGC 69733) is a magnitude +11.1 elliptical galaxy located 153 million light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) speculum refle...

NGC 7508 (also MCG 2-59-5, UGC 12408 and PGC 70663) is a magnitude +14.8 spiral galaxy located 559 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. 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 in...