NGC 7501 (also MCG 1-59-7 and PGC 70619) is a magnitude +13.4 elliptical galaxy located 588 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 2nd September 1864. Right Ascension 23...
NGC 7503 (also MCG 1-59-8 and PGC 70628) is a magnitude +13.2 elliptical galaxy located 610 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 2nd September 1864. Right Ascension 23...
NGC 7504 is a magnitude +13.4 single star located in the constellation Pegasus. The star was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 2nd September 1864. Right Ascension 23h 10m 41.1s, Declination +14° 23' 10"
NGC 7531 (also ESO 291-10, IRAS 23120-4352, MCG -7-47-25 and PGC 70800) is a magnitude +11.3 spiral galaxy located 73 million light-years away in the constellation Grus. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope a...
The Monument near London Bridge has just reopened after restoration work. This large column was erected next to the Thames as a memorial to the Great Fire of London of 1666, and was completed in 1677. But what is not so well known is that its designers, Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke, intended it to b...
The Fountain is a 2006 American film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. The film comprises three storylines where Jackman and Weisz play different sets of characters: a modern-day scientist and his cancer-stricken wife, a conquistador and his queen, and a sp...
Orba, also known as X-2, was intended to be the first satellite launched by a British rocket. It was launched at 00:34 GMT on 2 September 1970, atop a Black Arrow rocket from Launch Area 5B at Woomera, but failed to reach orbit after the second stage of the carrier rocket shut down 13 seconds early. Read m...
The 270 - 600 metre wide asteroid 2006 KM103 will make a close pass (24.4 lunar distances, 0.0626 AU), travelling at 8.54 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th September, 2012 @ 03:57 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (o...
According to the National Geophysical Institute of Ecuador, an increase in the volcanic activity of the Tungurahua Volcano has been recorded since 10 May 2006. Since then, strong explosions and hundreds of tremors have been registered, with moderate and strong emissions of steam and gas, and ver...
Title: The Hidden Magnetic Field of The Young Neutron Star in Kesteven 79 Authors: Natalia Shabaltas, Dong Lai Recent observations of the central compact object in the Kesteven 79 supernova remnant show that this neutron star (NS) has a weak dipole magnetic field (a few x 10^{10} G) but an anomalous...
NGC 526 (also NGC 526A, ESO 352-66, MCG -6-4-19 and PGC 5120) is a magnitude +13.4 elliptical galaxy located 263 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. The galaxy is close to the magnitude +13.0 elliptical galaxy NGC 526B (ESO 352-66, MCG -6-4-20 and PGC 5135)located 264 million l...
NGC 527 (also ESO 352-68, MCG -6-4-21, PGC 5128 and PGC 5141) is a magnitude +13.0 barred spiral galaxy located 266 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope...
NGC 727 (also NGC 729, ESO 354-10, MCG -6-5-12 and PGC 7027) is a magnitude +13.9 barred spiral galaxy located 462 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at...
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