NGC 5991 (also MCG 4-37-28 and PGC 55953) is a magnitude 14.0 barred spiral galaxy located 312 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope on the 13th June 1879....
Sun 11.06.14: Ultraviolet photo mosaic (390nm) Sun 11.06.14: photo mosaic captured with a 100mm refractor Sun 11.06.14: Another sunspot has appeared over the eastern limb.
Orbital elements: 2011 EM51 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0128 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 279.04804 (2000.0) P Q n 0.65291557 Peri. 141.98102 +0.11326410 +0.99329900 a 1.3159257 Node 134.50933 -0.91929283 +0.11354570 e 0.3315745 Incl. 1.84708 -0.37692431 +0.02155173 P 1.51 H 21.9 G 0.1...
The 100 - 230 metre wide asteroid 2014 KS40 will make a close pass (19.1 lunar distances, 0.0491 AU), travelling at 6.80 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th June 2014 @ 15:45 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
The 36 - 81 metre wide asteroid 2014 KA46 will make a close pass (26.1 lunar distances, 0.0670 AU), travelling at 8.51 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th June 2014 @ 03:25 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...
NGC 5891 (also IRAS 15134-1118, MCG -2-39-15 and PGC 54491) is a magnitude 13.8 spiral galaxy located 146 million light-years away in the constellation Libra. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 66.04 cm (26 inch) refracting telescope at the Le...
NGC 5934 (also MCG 7-32-11, UGC 9862 and PGC 55178) is a magnitude 13.9 barred spiral galaxy located 262 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope at the Marsei...
NGC 5935 (also MCG 7-32-13 and PGC 55183) is a magnitude 14.8 spiral galaxy located 247 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope at the Marseille Observator...
NGC 5945 (also IRAS 15280+4305, MCG 7-32-17, UGC 9871 and PGC 55243) is a magnitude 12.8 spiral galaxy located 254 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope a...
NGC 6330 (also IRAS 17138+2927, MCG 5-41-5, UGC 10776 and PGC 59961) is a magnitude 14.0 barred spiral galaxy located 399 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) reflecting tel...
In 2004 on June 12th a 1.3 kg chondrite type meteorite struck the house of Phil and Brenda Archer in Ellerslie, New Zealand, causing serious damage but no injuries. The Meteorite is 4,600 million year old and from the Asteroid Belt (which is a ring of space debris between the planets Mars and Jupiter)....
146 Lucina is a main belt asteroid. It is large, dark and has a carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on June 8, 1875 and named after Lucina, the Roman goddess of childbirth. Two stellar occultations by Lucina have been observed so far, in 1982 and 1989. During the first eve...
Margherita Hack (12 June 1922 - 29 June 2013) was an Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer. The asteroid 8558 Hack, discovered in 1995, was named in her honour. Read more
Title: HIP 114328: a new refractory-poor and Li-poor solar twin Author: Jorge Melendez, Lucas Schirbel, TalaWanda R. Monroe, David Yong, Ivan Ramirez, Martin Asplund The standard solar model fails to predict the very low lithium abundance in the Sun, which is much lower than the proto-solar nebu...