An international group of experts has said that the Mediterranean region needs an early tsunami warning system.
"The countries concerned ought to go along with us and be aware of the need for a Mediterranean warning system. At present a sense of awareness is clearly lacking" - Francois...
China launches Yaogan-21 remote sensing satellite China successfully launched the Yaogan-21 remote sensing satellite into preset orbit at 11:22am on Monday Beijing Time (0322 GMT) from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre. Read more
NGC 6879 (also PK 57-8.1) is a magnitude +12.5 planetary nebula located 7,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagitta. The planetary nebula was discovered by American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering using a 38.1 cm (15 inch) refractor at the Harvard College Observatory on the 8th May 1...
Hevelius is a low-rimmed lunar crater that lies at the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum, named after the astronomer Johannes Hevelius. Read more
The Santa Rosa de Viterbo Meteorite was found in 1810, in the Tocavita Hill, near the town that holds the same name in the northcentral area of Boyacá, Colombia. Read more In April, 1810, a large mass of nickel and iron was found by Cecilia Corredor, on Tocavita Hill, not quite a mile from the main squar...
NGC 7058 is a magnitude +12.7 open star cluster located in the constellation Cygnus. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Windsor Road in Slough, Berkshire, on the 8th September 1829. Right Ascension 21h...
NGC 6702 (also MCG 8-34-19, UGC 11354 and PGC 62395) is a magnitude +12.2 elliptical galaxy located 217 million light-years away in the constellation Lyra. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 refractor at the Copenhagen Observa...
NGC 147 (also DDO3, Caldwell 17, MCG 8-2-5, UGC 326 and PGC 2004) is a magnitude +12.1 dwarf spheroidal galaxy located 2.53 ±0.11 million light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. The dwarf galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum...
NGC 16 (also MCG 4-1-32, UGC 80 and PGC 660) is a magnitude +13.0 lenticular galaxy located 143 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 in Datchet, Berkshir...
The 58 - 130 metre wide asteroid 2014 PZ58 will make a close pass (46.0 lunar distances, 0.1183 AU), travelling at 3.85 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th September 2014 @ 03:18 UT ±00:02. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...
The 11 - 24 metre wide asteroid 2014 FW32 will make a close pass (71.3 lunar distances, 0.1832 AU), travelling at 4.88 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th September 2014 @ 04:10 UT ±02:24. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
The 34 - 76 metre wide asteroid 2014 QP362 will make a close pass (64.1 lunar distances, 0.1646 AU), travelling at 4.00 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th September 2014 @ 12:53 UT ±04:57. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...
The 27 - 61 metre wide asteroid 2014 QV295 will make a close pass (25.6 lunar distances, 0.0658 AU), travelling at 6.08 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th September 2014 @ 21:22 UT ±00:04. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...
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