NGC 6935 (also ESO 234-59, IRAS 20346-5217 and PGC 65112) is a magnitude +12.0 spiral galaxy located 209 million light-years away in the constellation Indus. 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 of...
NGC 6937 (also ESO 234-60, IRAS 20350-5219 and PGC 65125) is a magnitude +12.9 spiral galaxy located 220 million light-years away in the constellation Indus. 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 of...
NGC 6982 (also ESO 235-19, IRAS 20537-5203 and PGC 65776) is a magnitude +13.7 spiral galaxy located 218 million light-years away in the constellation Indus. 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 of...
NGC 6984 (also ESO 235-20, IRAS 20543-5203 and PGC 65798) is a magnitude +12.65 spiral galaxy located 180 million light-years away in the constellation Indus. 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...
NGC 6993 (also ESO 529-11, IRAS 20509-2539, MCG -4-49-7 and PGC 65671) is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy located 279 million light-years in the constellation Capricornus. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 66.04 cm (26 inch) refracting tele...
The 44 - 99 metre wide asteroid 2014 MF19 made a close pass (38.9 lunar distances, 0.0999 AU), travelling at 13.09 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th July 2014 @ 03:05 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
Orbital elements:
2013 AG69 Earth MOID = 0.0031 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 331.34737 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.54968303 Peri. 86.44933 +0.93628200 -0.34819140
a 1.4759144 Node 293.92297 +0.29883116 +0.85881806
e 0.5780787 Incl. 2.90001 +0.18459671 +0.37575829
P 1.79 H 27.3...
NASA astronauts to visit Isle of Man NASA astronauts who crewed the historic final mission of the space shuttle Discovery will be visiting the Isle of Man in July. The six-day trip is a major coup for the Island and reflects its growing importance as a centre of excellence in the space commerce and aero...
During his visit to ESO's Very Large Telescope at Paranal, the European Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potocnik, participated in an observing sequence and took images of a beautiful spiral galaxy. The visit took place on 27 October and the Commissioner observed with one of the FORS i...
NGC 6109 (also MCG 6-36-16, UGC 10316 and PGC 57748) is a magnitude +12.7 lenticular galaxy located 407 million light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope at the Marseil...
NGC 6112 (also MCG 6-36-17 and PGC 57762) is a magnitude +14.0 elliptical galaxy located 428 million light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope at the Marseille Observa...
NGC 6381 (also IRAS 17266+6003, MCG 10-25-38, UGC 10871 and PGC 60321) is a magnitude +13.0 spiral galaxy located 150 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...
