NGC 6100 (also MCG 0-41-12, UGC 10307 and PGC 57706) is a magnitude +13.0 spiral galaxy located 223 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens. 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 Observato...
NGC 5822 (also ESO 176-SC9, Melotte 130, Collinder 289 and OCL 937) is a magnitude +6.5 open star cluster located 2,990 light-years away on outermost edge of the Sagittarius Arm in the constellation Lupus. The cluster can be found two degrees SSW of Zeta Lupi The cluster was discovered by British as...
The 29 - 64 metre wide asteroid 2014 MJ26 will make a close pass (9.7 lunar distances, 0.0249 AU), travelling at 8.68 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd July 2014 @ 07:09 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...
The 280 - 620 metre wide asteroid 2007 YQ56 will make a close pass (47.7 lunar distances, 0.1226 AU), travelling at 18.01 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd July 2014 @ 04:09 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
NGC 6085 (also MCG 5-38-34, UGC 10269 and PGC 57486) is a magnitude +13.0 spiral galaxy located 468 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 reflector at William Lassell's Tigné...
NGC 6427 (also NGC 6431, MCG 4-42-3, UGC 10957 and PGC 60758) is a magnitude +13.3 elliptical galaxy located 148 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) speculum reflector at William Lassell's...
NGC 6458 (also MCG 3-45-29, UGC 10994 and PGC 60911) is a magnitude +13.4 spiral galaxy located 147 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) speculum reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point o...
NGC 6669 (also PGC 62210) is a magnitude +13.0 asterism located in the constellation Hercules. The group of stars were discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) speculum reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta, on the 2nd July 1864. R...
NGC 6680 (also PGC 62210) is a magnitude +14.6 spiral galaxy located 187 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) speculum reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Mal...
NGC 6697 (also MCG 4-44-14, UGC 11349 and PGC 62354) is a magnitude +12.7 elliptical galaxy located 215 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) speculum reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Po...
NGC 7529 (also MCG 1-59-14, UGC 12431 and PGC 70755) is a magnitude +14.1 elliptical galaxy located 208 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/19 refractor at the Arcetri Obs...
Pedro Paulet Mostajo (July 2, 1874 in Arequipa, Peru = 1945 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Peruvian scientist who allegedly in 1895 was the first person to build a liquid-fuel rocket engine and, in 1900, the first person to build a modern rocket propulsion system. Read more
NGC 5670 (also IRAS 11365-3727, MCG -6-26-4 and PGC 52161) is a magnitude +12.0 lenticular galaxy located 133 million light-years away away in the constellation Lupus. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 45.72 cm (18 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at the Cape of Go...
