1511, September 14. At noon an almost total darkening of the heavens occurred at Crema. "During this midnight gloom," says a writer of that period, " unheard-of thunders, mingled with awful lightnings, resounded through the heavens. . . . On the plain of Crema, where never before w...
The 49 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2014 RF11 will make a close pass (38.4 lunar distances, 0.0986 AU), travelling at 3.84 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th September 2014 @ 19:40 UT ±00:14. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
The 74 - 160 metre wide asteroid 2014 QT168 will make a close pass (70.0 lunar distances, 0.1799 AU), travelling at 3.74 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th September 2014 @ 19:10 UT ±03:49. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0...
The 150 - 340 metre wide asteroid 2014 NE63 will make a close pass (38.6 lunar distances, 0.0993 AU), travelling at 6.94 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th September 2014 @ 18:45 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0...
Dragon Storm (dubbed so in September 2004 because of its unusual shape) was a large, bright and complex convective storm in Saturn's southern hemisphere. Read more
NGC 678 (also MCG 4-5-14, UGC 1280 and PGC 6690) is a magnitude +12.2 edge-on spiral galaxy located 130 million light-years away in the constellation Aries. 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 680 (also MCG 4-5-15, UGC 1286 and PGC 6719) is a magnitude +11.9 elliptical galaxy located 129 million light-years away in the constellation Aries. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berksh...
NGC 697 (also Arp 28, NGC 674, IRAS 01485+2206, MCG 4-5-22, UGC 1317 and PGC 6848) is a magnitude +12.0 barred spiral galaxy located 142 million light-years away in the constellation Aries. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 spe...
NGC 816 (also PGC 8152) is a magnitude +14.3 compact galaxy located 508 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope at the Marseille Observatory on the 15th Septembe...
NGC 3538 is a magnitude +13.6 double star located in the constellation Draco. The double star 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 Observatory on the 15th September 1866. Right Ascension 11h 11m 32....
NGC 6874 (also OCL 157.1) is a magnitude +7.7 open star cluster located in the constellation Cygnus. The open cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road in Slough, Berkshire on the 15th September 1792. R...
Credit Don Goldman NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula, is a cosmic bubble about 25 light-years across, blown by winds from its central, bright, massive star. Near the centre of this widefield view of interstellar gas clouds and rich star fields of the constellation Cygnus, NGC 6...
NGC 7148 is a magnitude +13.6 double star located in the constellation Pegasus. The double star 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 Observatory on the 15th September 1865. Right Ascension 21h 52m 0...
NGC 7149 (also MCG 0-55-26, UGC 11835 and PGC 67524) is a magnitude +13.2 lenticular galaxy located 395 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. 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 7303 (also IRAS 22292+3042, MCG 5-53-4, UGC 12065 and PGC 69061) is a magnitude +12.8 barred spiral galaxy located 170 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting tel...
