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Maxima of long period variable R Canum Venaticorum on the 11th July, 2011. Magnitude: 7.7-11.9 Period: 328.53 days Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 13 48 57.05 | Dec +39 32 33.2

Maxima of long period variable R Trianguli on the 26th May, 2010 Magnitude: 6.2-11.7 Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 02 37 02.3416, Dec +34 15 51.365

Asteroid (337) Devosa is at Opposition in constellation Cancer on the 22nd January 2015. Magnitude: 11.0 Distance to Earth: 1.112 AU Distance to Sun: 2.084 AU

NASA has started detailed planning to obtain a sample of organic material from a small asteroid named 10195 (1999 RQ36) that regularly crosses Earth's orbit. "It's a treasure trove of organic material, so it holds clues to how Earth formed and life got started" - Joseph Nuth...

Maxama of the variable star R Camelopardalis on the 21st October, 2011. Magnitude range: 7.0 - 14.4 Period: 270.2days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 14 17 51.0439 | Dec. +83° 49' 53.861''

NGC 7093 is a magnitude ±11.8 open cluster, or group of about 20-24 (magnitude 9-14) stars around the star TYC 3191-591-1, located 5822 ±267 lightyears away in the constellation Cygnus. The age of the cluster is 0.9 ±0.04 billion years old The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Her...

The 3 - 7 metre wide asteroid 2017 FM1 made a close pass (0.3 LD, 0.0009 AU), travelling at 10.42 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th March 2017 @ 22:38 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

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The 15 - 34 metre wide asteroid 2017 HB1 will make a close pass (3.59 LD, 0.00922 AU), travelling at 7.12 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th April 2017 @ 09:07 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday from the Madrid and Madrid tracking stations. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normal...

Asteroid (354) Eleonora is a very large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 17, 1893 in Nice. Source

Orbital elements: 2014 RC Earth MOID = 0.0000 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 25.65446 (2000.0) P Q n 0.65658318 Peri. 71.20988 +0.55523468 -0.83143736 a 1.3110207 Node 345.00939 +0.72984515 +0.49899566 e 0.3738856 Incl. 4.57877 +0.39879883 +0.24436704 P 1.50 H 26.6 G 0.15...

(6925) Susumu / HIP 21673 event on 2017 Sep 09, 23:51 UT On 2017 Sep 09 UT, the 23 km diameter asteroid (6925) Susumu will occult a 5.1 mag star in the constellation Taurus Read more

Asteroid (904) Rockefellia (14.8 mag) will occult the 3.9 mag star eta Aql (HD 187929) in the constellation Aquila at around 23:12 UT, 7th July, 2010 The 4.8 second event is visible from India, and Africa. Position (2000): RA 19 52 28.3679, Dec +01 00 20.378

25 bright fireballs were recorded over the eastern United States. "Our SENTINEL all-sky camera picked up 25 bright meteors in a shower that began at 06:20 UT and lasted approximately 4 hours. Most appear to have a radiant near Perseus, leading us to hypothesise an outburst of the September Per...