The 200 - 450 metre wide asteroid 2014 QQ266 will make a close pass (69.4 lunar distances, 0.1783 AU), travelling at 29.36 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th September, 2014 @ 03:30 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (...
The 670 - 1500 metre wide asteroid 2006 GQ2 will make a close pass (65.9 lunar distances, 0.1694 AU), travelling at 21.39 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th September, 2014 @ 03:38 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (o...
The 84 - 190 metre wide asteroid 2014 OB112 will make a close pass (66.2 lunar distances, 0.1702 AU), travelling at 9.74 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th September, 2014 @ 06:29 UT ±02:37. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or...
The 73 - 160 metre wide asteroid 2014 RH12 will make a close pass (22.7 lunar distances, 0.0583 AU), travelling at 8.12 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th September, 2014 @ 08:24 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0...
Title: The Second Data Release of the INT Photometric H-Alpha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS DR2) Author: Geert Barentsen, H. J. Farnhill, J. E. Drew, E. A. González-Solares, R. Greimel, M. J. Irwin, B. Miszalski, C. Ruhland, P. Groot, A. Mampaso, S. E. Sale, A. A. Henden, A. Aungweroj...
The 24 - 54 metre wide asteroid 2014 SE made a close pass (13.9 lunar distances, 0.0357 AU), travelling at 10.82 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th September, 2014 @ 05:29 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...
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NGC 14 (also Arp 235, MCG 3-1-26, UGC 75 and PGC 647) is a magnitude +12.7 irregular galaxy located 45 ±3 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Observato...
NGC 20 (also NGC 6, MCG 5-1-36, UGC 84 and PGC 679) is a magnitude +14.0 lenticular galaxy located 228 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy is close to a magnitude +10.0 star. The galaxy was discovered by Irish astronomer R. J. Mitchell, assistant to William Parsons, 3...
NGC 52 (also IRAS 00120+1818, MCG 3-1-30, UGC 140 and PGC 978) is a magnitude +13.4 edge-on spiral galaxy located 248 ±17 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum refle...
NGC 339 (also ESO 29-SC25 and GC 186) is a magnitude +12.8 globular star cluster located in the constellation Tucana. The globular cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Wynberg in Cape Town, on the 1...
NGC 643 (also ESO 29-SC50) is a magnitude +12.3 open star cluster located in the constellation Hydrus. The open cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Wynberg in Cape Town, on the 18th September 1835...
NGC 860 (also PGC 8606) is a magnitude +14.3 elliptical galaxy located 406 million light years away in the constellation Triangulum. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 18th Septembe...
NGC 861 (also IRAS 02128+3540, MCG 6-6-3, UGC 1737 and PGC 8652) is a magnitude +13.9 spiral galaxy located 377 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-Refract...