de Havilland Comet entered service (1952) Start of the Jet age. The de Havilland Comet was the world's first commercial jet airliner. The first BOAC flight with fare-paying passengers took off on the 2nd May from London to Johannesburg, via Rome, Beirut and Khartoum. Read m...
The 14 - 31 metre wide asteroid 2014 OV299 will make a close pass (9.5 lunar distances, 0.0243 AU), travelling at 13.24 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th August 2014 @ 20:03 UT ±00:42. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
The 400 - 890 metre wide asteroid 2014 MC6 will make a close pass (75.0 lunar distances, 0.1928 AU), travelling at 13.44 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th August 2014 @ 12:52 UT ±00:07. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...
NGC 6701 (also IRAS 18425+6036, MCG 10-26-50, UGC 11348 and PGC 62314) is a magnitude +12.1 barred spiral galaxy located 182 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...
NGC 7010 (also IC 5082, MCG -2-53-24 and PGC 66039)is a magnitude +13.0 elliptical galaxy located 390 million light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at the Cape o...
Title: Discovery of a new Y dwarf: WISE J030449.03-270508.3 Author: D. J. Pinfield, M. Gromadzki, S. K. Leggett, J. Gomes, N. Lodieu, R. Kurtev, A. C. Day-Jones, M. T. Ruiz, N. J. Cook, C. V. Morley, M. S. Marley, F. Marocco, R. L. Smart, H. R. A. Jones, P. W. Lucas, Y. Beletsky, V. D. Ivanov, B. Burningha...
Orbital elements:
2011 OA PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0491 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 9.22468 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.30944400 Peri. 28.13205 +0.62505069 +0.76477379
a 2.1647845 Node 280.98864 -0.74271575 +0.52106801
e 0.5202385 Incl. 9.16215 -0.24017693 +0.37895801
P 3.19 H 21.0 G...
NGC 5969 (also MCG 9-25-59 and PGC 55491) is a magnitude +14.4 elliptical galaxy located 544 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, East...
NGC 5971 (also MCG 9-26-2, UGC 9929 and PGC 55529) is a magnitude +13.8 spiral galaxy located 198 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. NGC 5971, NGC 5963 and NGC 5965 form a triple group of galaxies. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inc...
NGC 6260 (also MCG 11-20-29 and PGC 59142) is a magnitude +13.9 face-on spiral galaxy located 302 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,...
NGC 6275 (also PGC 59262) is a magnitude +14.3 compact galaxy located 311 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, East Avenue, Rochester...
NGC 6424 (also MCG 12-17-1, UGC 10932 and PGC 60552) is a magnitude +14.1 elliptical galaxy located 359 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 Observa...
NGC 986 (also ESO 299-7, IRAS 02315-3915, MCG -7-6-15 and PGC 9747) is a magnitude +10.9 barred spiral galaxy located 91 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. The galaxy was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop using a homemade 9-foot, 22.86 cm (9 inch) f/12 speculum New...
