NGC 6743 is a magnitude +13.5 asterism located in the constellation Lyra. The group of stars were discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 6th July 1828. Right Ascension 19h 01m 28.7s, Declination +29° 17' 1...
The Swan and the Butterfly This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 7026, a planetary nebula. Located just beyond the tip of the tail of the constellation of Cygnus (The Swan), this butterfly-shaped cloud of glowing gas and dust is the wreckage of a star similar to the Sun. This im...
Comet C/1911 N1 Kiess, is a very long period comet (2497 years - perhaps non-periodic) discovered by Carl Clarence Kiess on July 6, 1911. The comet's last perihelion was on June 30, 1911. A few months after its discovery, it was noted that its orbital elements were similar to those of non-periodic com...
NGC 6117 (also NGC 6117A, IRAS 16174+3712, MCG 6-36-22, UGC 10338 and PGC 57816) is a magnitude +13.6 spiral galaxy located 394 million light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) speculum reflect...
NGC 6367 (also MCG 6-38-20 and PGC 60251) is a magnitude +14.2 face-on spiral galaxy located 364 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observator...
NGC 6753 (also ESO 184-22, IRAS 19071-5707 and PGC 62870)is a magnitude +11.1 spiral galaxy located 145 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 reflector at the Cape of Good Hope on...
NGC 6796 (also IRAS 19208+6102, MCG 10-27-10, UGC 11432 and PGC 63121) is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy located 100 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...
The 59 - 130 metre wide asteroid 2014 MO41 will make a close pass (28.3 lunar distances, 0.0727 AU), travelling at 28.13 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th July 2014 @ 09:27 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...
Ukrainian officials say the "strong flash" reported by the pilot of an Israeli plane over Ukraine on Thursday was probably caused by a meteor entering the atmosphere. Read more
Title: Chandra evidence for AGN feedback in the spiral galaxy NGC 6764 Authors: J.H. Croston, M.J. Hardcastle, P. Kharb, R.P. Kraft, A. Hota (Version v2) We report the Chandra detection of X-ray emission spatially coincident with the kpc-scale radio bubbles in the nearby (D_L ~ 31 Mpc) AGN-starbu...
The 75 - 170 metre wide asteroid 2014 MR41 will make a close pass (37.6 lunar distances, 0.0967 AU), travelling at 14.72 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th July 2014 @ 07:41 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...
Close to Ursa Major (the Great Bear) and surrounded by the stars of Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs), this celestial nebula was discovered in 1781 by the French astronomer Pierre Mechain.
Later, it was added to the catalogue of his friend and colleague Charles Messier as M106...
NGC 6230 (also MCG 1-43-5, UGC 10575 and PGC 59106) is a magnitude +14.4 elliptical galaxy located 427 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. 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 Obser...
