* Astronomy

The fatal attraction of lead For millennia lead has held a deep attraction for painters, builders, chemists and winemakers - but it's done untold harm, especially to children. And while it's no longer found in petrol, you've still got several kilograms of it in your car. Element number 82 is one of a h...

Comet 150P/LONEOS is at Opposition (3.770 AU) on the 12th October 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 10 10 00 31 27.8 +27 59 41 3.7773 4.7149 157.4 4.7 2014 10 11 00 30 46.3 +27 55 13 3.7734 4.7112 157.5 4.7 2014 10 12 00 30 05.0 +27 50 38 3.7699 4.7076 157.5 4.7 2014 10 1...

The 27 - 61 metre wide asteroid 2014 SD304 will make a close pass (26.9 lunar distances, 0.0691 AU) travelling at 1.98 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th October 2014 @ 21:15 UT ±00:04. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...

The 28 - 62 metre wide asteroid 2014 TJ17 will make a close pass (14.6 lunar distances, 0.0376 AU) travelling at 8.68 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th October 2014 @ 17:16 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...

Title: IGR J17544-2619 in depth with Suzaku: direct evidence for clumpy winds in a supergiant fast X-ray transient Authors: Rachel A. Rampy, David M. Smith, Ignacio Negueruela (Version v2) We present the first direct evidence for dense clumps of matter in the companion wind in a Supergiant Fast X-...

NGC 700 (also UGC 1336 and PGC 6928) is a magnitude +14.6 spiral galaxy located 210 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by Irish astronomer R. J. Mitchell, assistant to William Parsons 3rd Earl of Rosse, using the 'Parsonstown Leviathan' 182.88 c...

NGC 7069 (also MCG 0-54-19, UGC 11747 and PGC 66807) is a magnitude +13.4 lenticular galaxy located 427 million light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 12th October 1863. Righ...

NGC 7189 (also IRAS 22007+0019, MCG 0-56-7, UGC 11882 and PGC 67934) is a magnitude +13.5 barred spiral galaxy located 416 million light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 12th...

NGC 7433 (also MCG 4-54-3 and PGC 70112) is a magnitude +14.9 spiral galaxy located 349 million light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by Irish astronomer R. J. Mitchell, assistant to William Parsons 3rd Earl of Rosse, using the 'Parsonstown Leviathan' 182.8...

NGC 7765 (also MCG 4-56-15 or PGC 72596) is a magnitude +14.6 spiral galaxy located 352 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by Irish astronomer R. J. Mitchell, assistant to William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, using the 'Parsonstown Leviathan' 182.88 c...

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24 overlapping panel photomosaic captured with a 100mm f5 refractor and Vesta pro webcam. prime focus. Clear, very bad seeing.

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Images captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcamSunspot 12186Photomosaic

The 62 - 140 metre wide asteroid 2014 SC304 will make a close pass (48.9 lunar distances, 0.1257 AU) travelling at 14.79 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th October 2014 @ 03:49 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...