NGC 6711 (also IRAS 18476+4735, MCG 8-34-25, UGC 11361 and PGC 62456) is a magnitude +12.9 barred spiral galaxy located 215 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 a...
NGC 6798 (also IC 1300, MCG 9-32-2, UGC 11434 and PGC 63171) is a magnitude +13.2 spiral galaxy located 110 million light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. 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 Obse...
NGC 6801 (also IRAS 19264+5416, MCG 9-32-5, UGC 11443 and PGC 63229) is a magnitude +13.9 spiral galaxy located 198 million light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Wa...
NGC 7037 is a magnitude +14.6 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 the Cape of Good Hope on the 5th August 1829. Right Ascension 21h 10m 48.0s, Declina...
NGC 7607 is a magnitude +10.8 double star located in the constellation Pegasus. The double star was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/19 refractor at the Arcetri Observatory on the 5th August 1880. Right Ascension 23h 18m 59.3s, Declinatio...
NGC 7803 (also IRAS 23587+1249, MCG 2-1-11, UGC 12906 and PGC 101) is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy located 247 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the War...
The 34 - 77 metre wide asteroid 2014 OR338 made a close pass (66.9 lunar distances, 0.1718 AU), travelling at 5.51 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st August 2014 @ 04:39 UT ±00:33. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...
Orbital elements:
2014 OM339 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0183 AU
Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC
M 323.26566 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.24853520 Peri. 18.64173 +0.68248889 -0.73034542
a 2.5054022 Node 28.34108 +0.66275805 +0.60203613
e 0.6315109 Incl. 3.42535 +0.30815692 +0.32271981
P 3.97 H 21...
Title: Discovery of the supernova remnant G351.0-5.4 Author: F. de Gasperin, C. Evoli, M.Bruggen, A. Hektor, M. Cardillo, P. Thorman, W.A. Dawson, C.B. Morrison Context. While searching the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) for diffuse radio emission, we have serendipitously discovered extended rad...
Dr. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (born July 19, 1938) is an Indian astrophysicist. Narlikar is a proponent of the steady state cosmology. He developed with Sir Fred Hoyle the conformal gravity theory, commonly known as Hoyle-Narlikar theory. Read more
Sunspots 11504, 11507 and 11508 captured with a 100mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. (DIY) Solar filter + IR-cut filter. Expand (40kb, 640 x 480) Expand (81kb, 640 x 480) Expand (57kb, 640 x 480) Expand (120kb, 640 x 480) Expand (108kb, 640 x...
Climbers will have to don deep-sea diving gear in future if they want to scale Scotland's genuinely highest mountain.
Geologists have established that, at 6,200ft, Rosemary Bank would tower well over Ben Nevis.
However, it is midway between the outer Hebrides and St Kilda, and its summit is...
NGC 6601 (also MCG 10-26-22 and PGC 61533) is a magnitude +14.7 elliptical galaxy located 372 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, Eas...
NGC 6607 (also MCG 10-26-23 and PGC 61550) is a magnitude +15.3 spiral galaxy located 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, New York, on t...
