Hubble Sees Cosmic Riches This dazzling image shows the globular cluster Messier 69, or M 69 for short, as viewed through the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Globular clusters are dense collections of old stars. In this picture, foreground stars look big and golden when set against the backdrop o...
The 10 - 22 metre wide asteroid 2014 QO295 will make a close pass (4.7 lunar distances, 0.0122 AU), travelling at 10.03 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 31st August 2014 @ 15:47 UT ±00:02. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...
The 210 - 470 metre wide asteroid 2014 DH80 will make a close pass (41.4 lunar distances, 0.1063 AU), travelling at 18.37 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 31st August 2014 @ 17:35 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...
Orbital elements: 2010 FR PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0097 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 357.34211 (2000.0) P Q n 0.82898955 Peri. 271.94127 +0.18200020 -0.98183535 a 1.1222855 Node 167.18895 +0.97062031 +0.17065754 e 0.3602251 Incl. 13.99430 +0.15739170 +0.08291770 P 1.19 H 21.4 G 0.15...
Orbital elements:
2014 QN362 Earth MOID = 0.0002 AU
Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC
M 134.02115 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.75728703 Peri. 101.17875 -0.48281735 +0.87514990
a 1.1920534 Node 139.90181 -0.82140156 -0.44005325
e 0.3161122 Incl. 2.81422 -0.30362292 -0.20116113
P 1.30 H 26.5...
Groombridge 34 is a binary star system located about 11.7 light-years from the Sun. It consists of two red dwarfs in a nearly circular orbit with a separation of about 147 AU. Both stars in this pair exhibit variability due to random flares and they have been given variable star designations Read more...
One of Guillaume Le Gentil interesting findings was that the duration of the lunar eclipse of 30 August 1765 was predicted by a Tamil astronomer, based on the computation of the size and extent of the earth-shadow (going back to Aryabhata, 5th century), and was found short by 41 seconds, whereas the c...
NGC 264 (also ESO 295-6, MCG -7-2-16 and PGC 2831) is a magnitude +13.5 spiral galaxy located 229 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 at Feldhausen, Cl...
NGC 6763 (also NGC 6762, UGC 11405 and PGC 62757) is a magnitude +13.4 spiral galaxy located 134 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, Ea...
NGC 7311 (also MCG 1-57-9, UGC 12080 and PGC 69172) is a magnitude +12.5 spiral galaxy located 208 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 Clayhall Farm H...
NGC 7322 (also NGC 7334, ESO 405-33, MCG -6-49-10 and PGC 69365) is a magnitude +13.6 spiral galaxy located 531 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 at Feldh...
NGC 7418 (also ESO 406-25, IRAS 22538-3717, MCG -6-50-13 and PGC 70069) is a magnitude +11.1 barred spiral galaxy located 67 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 tele...
NGC 7421 (also ESO 346-17, IRAS 22541-3736, MCG -6-50-15 and PGC 70083) is a magnitude +11.9 barred spiral galaxy located 83 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 tele...
NGC 7541 (also NGC 7581, IRAS 23121+0415, MCG 1-59-17, UGC 12447 and PGC 70795) is a magnitude +11.7 barred spiral galaxy located 124 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 spe...
