NGC 4121 (also MCG 11-15-26 and PGC 38508) is a magnitude +14.2 dwarf elliptical galaxy located 65 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 Copenha...
NGC 4510 (also MCG 11-15-58, UGC 7679 and PGC 41489) is a magnitude +13.0 elliptical galaxy located 126 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 Cop...
NGC 7387 (also MCG 2-58-22 and PGC 69834) is a magnitude +14.0 spiral galaxy located 327 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by Irish astronomer R. J. Mitchell, assistant to William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflec...
NGC 7439 (also MCG 5-54-21, UGC 12273 and PGC 70134) is a magnitude +14.0 barred spiral galaxy located 433 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 9th September 1863. Rig...
NGC 7477 (also PGC 1245518) is a magnitude +15.7 visual double star and background spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. 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 Observat...
NGC 6939 (also Collinder 423, Melotte 231 and OCL 217) is a magnitude +7.8 open star cluster located in the constellation Cepheus. The open cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Observatory House, Windsor Road...
NGC 33 is a pair of magnitude +15.9 stars located in the constellation Pisces. The stars are spectral class F6 and F4 The double star was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 9th September 1864. Right Ascension 00h 10m 56.87s, Declination +...
The magnitude 11.8 main belt asteroid (56) Melete will occult the magnitude 10.9 star on TYC 0633-01047-1 at around 22:36 UT, 24th September, 2008. The event will be viewable from western Europe and the UK. The High proper-motion star TYC 633-1047-1 lies in the constellation Aries, near to th...
Asteroid (33) Polyhymnia is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by J. Chacornac on October 28, 1854 and named after Polyhymnia, the Greek Muse of sacred hymns. Read more
The 40 - 89 metre wide asteroid 2014 QQ362 will make a close pass (23.1 lunar distances, 0.0593 AU), travelling at 15.87 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th September 2014 @ 09:50 UT ±00:02. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
The 3500 metre wide asteroid 2002 CE26 will make a close pass (47.9 lunar distances, 0.1230 AU), travelling at 26.45 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th September 2014 @ 04:26 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
UK Ex-policeman John Ross now running 'the black museum' in London has stated that an Polish Jewish emigrant named Aaron Kosminsky was in fact Jack the Ripper.
There is little information about the man. However, John Ross insists that facts the police obtained while inspecting crime scenes indi...
What on Earth is wrong with gravity? Particle physicist and ex D:Ream keyboard player Dr Brian Cox wants to know why the Universe is built the way it is. He believes the answers lie in the force of gravity. But Newton thought gravity was powered by God, and even Einstein failed to completely solve it. He...