How lasers revealed a lost city Deep in the Cambodian jungle lie the remains of a vast medieval city. Hidden for centuries, new archaeological techniques are now revealing its secrets - including an elaborate network of temples and boulevards, and sophisticated engineering. In April 1858 a young...
Orbital elements:
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China's sixth Arctic expedition team aboard icebreaker Xuelong has returned to its home port China's sixth Arctic expedition team aboard icebreaker Xuelong, or "Snow Dragon," has returned to its home port in eastern China's Shanghai after a two-and-a-half-month mission. Xuelong s...
Infant Solar System Shows Signs of Windy Weather Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have observed what may be the first-ever signs of windy weather around a T Tauri star, an infant analog of our own Sun. This may help explain why some T Tauri stars have disks t...
NGC 114 (also MCG 0-2-27, UGC 259 and PGC 1660) is a magnitude +13.8 spiral galaxy located 191 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Truman Henry Safford using a 46.99 cm (18.5 inch) refractor at the Dearborn Observatory on the 23rd Se...
NGC 118 (also IRAS 00247-0203, MCG 0-2-32, UGC 264 and PGC 1678) is a magnitude +13.6 compact galaxy located 517 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Truman Henry Safford using a 46.99 cm (18.5 inch) refractor at the Dearborn Observ...
NGC 124 (also IRAS 00253-0205, MCG 0-2-38, UGC 271 and PGC 1715) is a magnitude +13.4 spiral galaxy located 187 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Truman Henry Safford using a 46.99 cm (18.5 inch) refractor at the Dearborn Observa...
NGC 186 (also MCG 0-2-98, UGC 390 and PGC 2291) is a magnitude +13.4 barred spiral galaxy located 214 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by Irish astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney, assistant to William Parsons, using the 'Parsonstown Leviathan' 182.88 c...
NGC 829 (also IRAS 02062-0801, MCG -1-6-49 and PGC 8182) is a magnitude +13.5 spiral galaxy located 186 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. 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 Cope...
NGC 830 (also MCG -1-6-50 and PGC 8201) is a magnitude +13.3 lenticular galaxy located 177 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. 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...
NGC 7176 (also ESO 466-41, MCG -5-52-11, UGCA 423 and PGC 67883) is a magnitude +11.4 elliptical galaxy located 115 million light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting...
NGC 7617 (also MCG 1-59-51A and PGC 71113) is a magnitude +13.8 spiral galaxy located 192 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...
