* Astronomy

NGC 6971 (also MCG 1-53-2, UGC 11637 and PGC 65462) is a magnitude +13.7 spiral galaxy located 252 million light-years away in the constellation Delphinus. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92-cm (48-inch) reflector in Malta on the 15th August 1863. Right Asc...

NGC 6972 (also MCG 2-53-4, UGC 11640 and PGC 65485) is a magnitude +13.3 spiral galaxy located 208 million light-years away in the constellation Delphinus. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 15th August 1863. Right Ascen...

NGC 6988 (also PGC 65732) is a magnitude +14.6 spiral galaxy located 208 million light-years away in the constellation Delphinus. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 15th August 1863. Right Ascension 20h 55m 48.9s, Decli...

Woodstock Music & Art Fair (informally, Woodstock or The Woodstock Festival) was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre (2.4 km²; 240 ha) dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in the to...

August 15, 310 BC "Agathocles, who was already at the point of being overtaken and surrounded, gained unhoped for safety as night closed in. On the next day there occurred such an eclipse of the Sun that utter darkness set in and the stars were seen everywhere; wherefore Agathocles' men, belie...

Observing the Spin-Up of an AsteroidFor the very first time, astronomers have witnessed the speeding up of an asteroid's rotation, and have shown that it is due to a theoretical effect predicted but never seen before. The international team of scientists used an armada of telescopes to discover th...

The Songyuan (L6) meteorite fell in Jilin, China, on the 15th August, 1993. A total mass of 36.9 kg was recovered. 45° 15'N, 125° 0'E

The Jalanash (Ureilite) meteorite fell on the plain of Ölgiy in western Mongolia, on the 15th August, 1990. A total mass of 700 g was recovered.

The Sixiangkou (L5) meteorite fell in Jiangsu, China, on the 15th August, 1989. A total mass of 630 g was recovered. 32° 26'N, 119° 52'E

The Malakal (L5) meteorite fell in South Sudan, between 10 - 15th August, 1970. A total mass of 2 kg was recovered. 9° 30'N, 31° 45'E

The Deal (L6) meteorite fell in New Jersey, USA, on the 15th August, 1829. A total mass of 28 g was recovered. 40° 15'N, 74° 0'W

Arlene Martel (April 14, 1936 August 12, 2014) was an American actress and acting coach. Prior to 1964, she was frequently billed as Arline Sax, Arlene Sax or Tasha Martel. Read more

Henge Discovered in England A Neolithic ditch which became a huge funerary monument when it was enlarged with an outer ring during the Bronze Age has been found on housing development grounds in Kent Archaeologists suspect a "sacred way" could have led to a henge 6,000 years ago at Iwade M...

Orbital elements: 2010 ST16 = 2014 OT392 Earth MOID = 0.0963 AU Id. F. Manca Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 32.02183 (2000.0) P Q n 0.24761546 Peri. 292.21449 +0.67442061 +0.73724492 a 2.5116023 Node 20.36340 -0.62754454 +0.60113756 e 0.5920748 Incl. 6.65605 -0.38903046 +0.3...

The Mbale (L5/6) meteorite fell in Eastern Uganda, on the 14th August, 1992. A total mass of 150 kg was recovered. 1° 4'N, 34° 10'E Numerous small meteorites hit buildings and a boy was reportedly struck in Mbale, Uganda. (1992)