The Battle of Falkirk, (Blàr na h-Eaglaise Brice in Gaelic) which took place on 22 July 1298, was one of the major battles in the First War of Scottish Independence. Led by King Edward I of England, the English army defeated the Scots, led by William Wallace. Shortly after the battle Wallace resigned a...
Kepler (Latin Keplerus) is a lunar impact crater that lies between the Oceanus Procellarum to the west and Mare Insularum in the east. To the southeast is the crater Encke. Kepler is most notable for the prominent ray system that covers the surrounding mare. The rays extend for well over 300 kilomete...
On 2014 July 22, the 11 km diameter asteroid (26616) 2000 GG6 will occult the 5.4 mag star HD 163532 in the constellation Ophiuchus for observers along a path across SE USA. Read more
Mercury: at magnitude 2.3, starts the month in the constellation of Taurus. Mercury is at its Greatest Western Elongation (20.9°) on the 12th. The planet is 6.2° from Venus on the 16th. Mercury is at Dichotomy (Half phase) on the 17th. The Moon is 6° from the planet on the 25th. Mercury is at perihel...
NGC 6385 (also MCG 10-25-44, UGC 10877 and PGC 60343) is a magnitude +13.1 face-on spiral galaxy located 154 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 Obs...
NGC 6387 (also IRAS 17275+5735 and PGC 60355) is a magnitude +15.7 compact galaxy located 390 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 6542 (also IRAS 17591+6121, MCG 10-25-126, UGC 11092 and PGC 61239) is a magnitude +13.3 spiral galaxy located 31 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 W...
NGC 7059 (also ESO 145-5, IRAS 21236-6013 and PGC 66784) is a magnitude +11.9 barred spiral galaxy located 80 million light-years away in the constellation Pavo. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at the Cap...
Asteroid (665) Sabine is at opposition on the 2nd July 2014. Magnitude: 12.0 Distance to Sun: 2.64 AU Distance to Earth: 1.63 AU EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag
2014 07 01 000000 18 48 51.4 -30 45 32 1.625 2.635 172.1 3.1 12.1
2014 07 02 000000 18 47 51.7 -30 40 46 1.625 2.636 172.3 3...
Sun 21.07.14: Ultraviolet (380nm) photo mosaic captured with a 100mm refractor + webcam + solar filter Photo mosaic showing Sunspot 12119. (Hazy, high cirrus clouds)
Japan is preparing for a possible eruption of Mount Fuji 100 kilometres from Tokyo, after increased seismic activity in the area. The government was alerted to the possibility that Mount Fuji might erupt for the first time in nearly 300 years after detecting a rise in the incidence of moderate earth...
Orbital elements:
2010 VG1 Earth MOID = 0.0500 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC
M 19.28668 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.44537180 Peri. 100.30998 -0.07790877 -0.99671117
a 1.6981951 Node 354.02189 +0.81027282 -0.05027486
e 0.5315404 Incl. 12.36091 +0.58085125 -0.06355533
P 2.21 H 20.4 G 0...
Based on observations with ESO's Very Large Telescope, a team of Italian astronomers reports that the stellar cluster Messier 12 must have lost to our Milky Way galaxy close to one million low-mass stars.
"In the solar neighbourhood and in most stellar clusters, the least massive s...
Title: TriAnd and its Siblings: Satellites of Satellites in the Milky Way Halo Author: A. J. Deason, V. Belokurov, K. M. Hamren, S. E. Koposov, K. M. Gilbert, R. L. Beaton, C. E. Dorman, P. Guhathakurta, S. R. Majewski, E. C. Cunningham We explore the Triangulum-Andromeda (TriAnd) overdensity in th...
