On 2014 Mar 24 UT, the 67 km diameter asteroid (172) Baucis will occult a 6.7 mag star in the constellation Sagittarius for observers along a path across. Read more
A 400-year-old set of "moon maps" created by a little-known Englishman are to go on display to mark the launch of the International Year of Astronomy. Experts say they prove their creator - Thomas Harriot - beat Galileo to become the first man to view the moon through a telescope. The Itali...
Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the Apollo program, the fourth mission to land on the Moon and the eighth successful manned mission. It was the first of what were termed "J missions", long duration stays on the Moon with a greater focus on science than had been possible on previou...
NGC 6081 (also IC 1202, MCG 2-41-19, UGC 10272 and PGC 57506) is a magnitude +13.5 spiral galaxy located 238 million light-years away in the constellation of Hercules. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) Foucault reflector (silv...
NGC 6212 (also MCG 7-34-142 and PGC 58840) is a magnitude +14.2 compact galaxy located 417 million light-years away in the constellation of Hercules. NGC 6212 has a type-1 Seyfert nucleus. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) Fouc...
NGC 6966 is a double star located in the constellation Aquarius. The double star (or possible a nearby galaxy) was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11-inch) f/17.5 Merz refractor at the Copenhagen Observatory on the 26th July 1865. Right Ascension...
NGC 7300 (also MCG -2-57-11 and PGC 69040) is a magnitude +12.9 barred spiral galaxy located 224 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 Slough, Englan...
NGC 7330 (also MCG 6-49-46, UGC 12111 and PGC 69314) is a magnitude +12.2 elliptical galaxy located 244 million light-years away in the constellation of Lacerta. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) Foucault reflector (silvered...
This nova which appeared in 1783 in the constellation Sagitta was discovered by the French astronomer D'Agelet (these observations have been discussed and published by B.A. Gould Washington Nat. Acad. Mem., Vol. 1, 1866). D'Agelet observed it on 3 days, July 26, 27 and 29, 1783 at mag 6, but calibra...
"Sex c" New Planet Discovered What the CalTech release fails to mention is that the planets have names: 24 Sex b and 24 Sex c. While each world in our solar system bears an official name based on mythology, the basic rule for naming an exoplanet is to use the star's name followed by a lower-cas...
The Cassini spacecraft captured an image of a small object in the outer portion of Saturn's B ring casting a shadow on the rings as Saturn approaches its August 2009 equinox. This new moonlet, situated about 480 kilometres, inward from the outer edge of the B ring, was found by detection of its shadow w...
Asteroid (568) Cheruskia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Read more Ephemeris Date UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. V 2010 01 18 000000 08 06 09.5 -03 33 17 1.656 2.585 155.7 9.0 12.9 2010 01 19 000000 08 05 12.2 -03 35 20 1.657 2.587 156.0 8.9 12.9 2...
The 110 - 240 metre wide asteroid 2013 QV1 will make a close pass (70.6 lunar distances, 0.1814 AU), travelling at 13.16 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th July 2014 @ 20:56 UT ±00:02. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
