The Rendlesham Forest Incident is the name given to a series of reported sightings of unexplained lights and the alleged landing of a craft or multiple craft of unknown origin in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, in late December 1980, just outside RAF Woodbridge, used at the time by the U.S. Air...
MeteoritesKanth Meteorite: Falling Meteorite Kills 2. Calcutta, Sept. 20, 1928 http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55014602/kanth-meteorite/The Murray (CM2) meteorite fell in Kentucky, USA, on the 20th September 1950. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45077601/murray-meteori...
NGC 19 (also IRAS 00080+3242, MCG 5-1-46, UGC 98 and PGC 759) is a magnitude +13.3 barred spiral galaxy located 207 ±18 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at...
NGC 656 (also MCG 4-5-2, UGC 1194 and PGC 6293) is a magnitude +12.4 barred spiral galaxy located 180 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 Copenh...
NGC 702 (also Arp 75, MCG -1-5-43 and PGC 6852) is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy located 488 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire on...
NGC 748 (also IRAS 01538-0442, MCG -1-6-4 and PGC 7259) is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy located 244 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Ber...
NGC 819 (also IRAS 02056+2859, UGC 1632 and PGC 8174) is a magnitude +13.5 spiral galaxy located 302 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum. 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 7409 (also PGC 69939) is a magnitude +14.4 barred spiral galaxy located 308 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The object was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 20th September 1863. Right Ascension 22h 53m 48.0...
NGC 7694 (also MCG -1-60-4 and PGC 71728) is a magnitude +13.4 irregular galaxy located 105 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire on...
NGC 7701 (also MCG -1-60-7 and PGC 71779) is a magnitude +13.8 lenticular galaxy located 245 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire o...
NGC 7725 (also IRAS 23367-0448, MCG -1-60-18 and PGC 72025) is a magnitude +13.8 lenticular galaxy located 274 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) f/13 speculum reflector at...
On the 20th September 2014, asteroid (12249) 1988 SH2 will occult a 6.4 mag star in the constellation Cetus for observers along a path across Australia. Read more
The 17 - 39 metre wide asteroid 2014 RW18 will make a close pass (6.3 lunar distances, 0.0162 AU), travelling at 7.32 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th September 2014 @ 01:33 UT ±00:02. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
