NGC 6605 (also OCL 47) is a magnitude +6.0 open star cluster located in the constellation Serpens. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Slough, England, on the 31st July 1826. Right Ascension 18h 16m 24.0s...
NGC 6625 (also OCL 58) is a magnitude +9.0 open star cluster located in the constellation Scutum. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Slough, England, on the 31st July 1826. Right Ascension 18h 23m 12.8...
IC 4665 (also Melotte 179, Collinder 349 and OCL 85) is a magnitude +4.2 scattered star cluster located 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. The cluster includes about 30 stars over an actual diameter of 20 light-years. The cluster was discovered by Swiss astronomer Jean Philip...
NGC 6639 (also OCL 57) is a magnitude +9.2 open star cluster located 2283 light-years away in the constellation Scutum. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Windsor Road in Slough, Berkshire on the 31st Jul...
NGC 6923 (also IC 5004, ESO 462-29, IC 5004, IRAS 20285-3100, MCG -5-48-17 and PGC 64884) is a magnitude +12.0 spiral galaxy located 130 million light-years away in the constellation Microscopium. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 specu...
NGC 6925 (also ESO 463-4, IRAS 20312-3209, MCG -5-48-22 and PGC 64980) is a magnitude +11.3 spiral galaxy located 128 million light-years away in the constellation Microscopium. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting te...
The 130 - 280 metre wide asteroid 2014 MD6 will make a close pass (29.1 lunar distances, 0.0748 AU), travelling at 7.18 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 31st July 2014 @ 03:54 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...
Photomosaic of Sunspots 12131, 12130, 12127 12128, 121124 and 12125 captured with a Helios 100mm f5 refractor and webcam + 1.5x barlow lens and solar filter (between rain showers)
Crater Messala (top) and crater Endymion (left) captured with a 4" refractor and Vesta pro webcam. 2X Barlow lens. Light yellow filter and IR-cut filter
NGC 5872 (also MCG -2-39-5 and PGC 54169) is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy located 344 million light-years away in the constellation Libra. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Joseph Winlock using a 38.1 cm (15-inch) refracting telescope at the Harvard College Observatory on the 3...
NGC 6755 (also Collinder 397 and OCL 96) is a magnitude +7.5 open star cluster located 4,635 light-years away in the constellation Aquila. The cluster lies less that 1° from NGC 6756 and contains about 100 member stars, with the brightest at magnitude +10.2 The cluster was discovered by German-Brit...
NGC 6781 (also The Ghost of the Moon Nebula, IRAS 19160 + 0626, and PK 041-02 1) is a magnitude +11.4 planetary nebula located about 3,000 light-years away in the constellation Aquila. The planetary nebula spans about 3', with a true diameter of about 2 light-years. The magnitude +16.9 central sta...
NGC 6816 (also ESO 460-30, MCG -5-46-6 and PGC 63587) is a magnitude +12.9 elliptical galaxy located 277 million light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at the...
NGC 6828 is a magnitude +8.8 group of stars around the star SAO 125116, located near to Altair, in the constellation Aquila. The asterism was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 30th July 1788....
NGC 7051 (also IRAS 21171-0859, MCG -2-54-4 and PGC 66566) is a magnitude +13.0 spiral galaxy located 116 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 Sloug...
