NGC 6226 (also NGC 6202, MCG 10-23-43, UGC 10532 and PGC 58847) is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy located 258 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at th...
NGC 6247 (also IRAS 16478+6303, UGC 10572 and PGC 59023) is a magnitude +12.9 peculiar galaxy located 206 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Co...
NGC 6908 is a magnitude +14.6 barred spiral galaxy located 141 million light-years away in the constellation Capricornus. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 24th September 1864. Right Ascension 20h 25m 09.0s, Declina...
NGC 6934 (also Caldwell 47 and Melotte 230) is a magnitude +8.83 globular star cluster located 50,000 light-years away in the constellation Delphinus. The globular cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telesc...
NGC 7313 (also ESO 533-52 and PGC 69242) is a magnitude +14.4 barred spiral galaxy located 264 million light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 24th September 1864. Rig...
NGC 7352 is a magnitude +12.9 asterism located 115 million light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. The group of stars was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Windsor Road, Slough on the 24th September 1829. Righ...
NGC 7710 (also MCG -1-60-10 and PGC 71844) is a magnitude +13.9 spiral galaxy located 115 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copenhagen Obser...
An asteroid named "Univofutah" after the University of Utah. Discovered on Sept. 8, 2008, by longtime Utah astronomy educator Patrick Wiggins, the asteroid also known as 391795 (2008 RV77) this month was renamed Univofutah by the International Astronomical Unions Minor Planet Cent...
The 20 - 45 metre wide asteroid 2014 RO60 made a close pass (24.3 lunar distances, 0.0625 AU), travelling at 7.19 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd September 2014 @ 21:59 UT ±00:02. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...
The 46 - 100 metre wide asteroid 2014 SN will make a close pass (48.2 lunar distances, 0.1237 AU), travelling at 6.37 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th September 2014 @ 09:17 UT ±00:07. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
Greater Hinggan cave delivers Neolithic relics A group of archaeologists have excavated dozens of relics traced to the Neolithic period (beginning about 10,200 BC, ending between 4,500 and 2,000 BC) at a Great Hinggan Mountain cave, Guangming Daily reported on Monday. Read more
Testimonials from the last living engineers who worked on the wartime code-cracking machine Colossus have been gathered for a film celebrating their work. The codes cracked by the device helped ensure the success of the Normandy invasion that led to the Allied victory in World War II. Colossus is r...
Pat Wolseley 14 Aug 12 Duration: 28 mins Jim Al-Khalili talks to Pat Wolseley about her obsession with lichen and a nationwide project to involve ordinary people in the gathering of scientific data about nature. Download 13MB Source
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