Mercury Passes in Front of the Sun, as Seen From Mars NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has imaged the planet Mercury passing in front of the sun, visible as a faint darkening that moves across the face of the sun. This is the first transit of the sun by a planet observed from any planet other than Earth, and als...
Possible Gamma-Delphinid return According to information in Peter Jenniskens' book "Meteor Showers & Their Parent Comets" (Cambridge University Press, 2006), on 1930 June 11, three American Meteor Society observers at the same site in Maryland, USA, apparently saw a shortliv...
The 59 - 130 metre wide asteroid 2014 HS184 will make a close pass (18.1 lunar distances, 0.0464 AU), travelling at 7.22 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th June 2014 @ 03:57 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
The 32 - 72 metre wide asteroid 2014 KL22 will make a close pass (13.3 lunar distances, 0.0341 AU), travelling at 6.96 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th June 2014 @ 09:43 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...
NGC 6655 is a magnitude +12.9 pair of stars located in the constellation Scutum. The double star was discovered by German astronomer Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke using a 24 cm (9-inch) refracting telescope at the Berlin Observatory on the 11th June 1855. Right Ascension 18h 34m 30.8s, Decli...
NGC 5826 (also NGC 5870, IRAS 15053+5540, MCG 9-25-16, UGC 9725 and PGC 53949) is a magnitude +14.4 spiral galaxy located 38 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...
NGC 3871 (also IC 2959, MCG 6-26-31, MCG 9-25-16, UGC 6744 and PGC 36702) is a magnitude +14.8 spiral galaxy located 445 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflector at Windsor Road, Sl...
Title: Serendipitous Discovery of a Thin Stellar Stream near the Galactic Bulge in the Pan-STARRS1 3Pi Survey Author: Edouard J. Bernard, Annette M. N. Ferguson, Edward F. Schlafly, Mohamad Abbas, Eric F. Bell, Niall R. Deacon, Nicolas F. Martin, Hans-Walter Rix, Branimir Sesar, Colin T. Slater...
Orbital elements:
2014 LY21 Earth MOID = 0.0001 AU
Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC
M 185.89246 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.70549316 Peri. 348.75374 +0.46083665 -0.88738376
a 0.6938028 Node 73.80398 +0.81533048 +0.41735639
e 0.4853247 Incl. 0.79972 +0.35052218 +0.19586657
P 0.58 H 29.1 G 0...
NGC 5801 (also PGC 53596) is a magnitude +14.7 spiral galaxy located 371 million light-years away in the constellation of Libra. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 66.04 cm (26 inch) refracting telescope at the Leander McCormick Observatory...
NGC 5802 (also PGC 53601) is a magnitude +14.2 lenticular galaxy located 346 million light-years away in the constellation of Libra. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 66.04 cm (26 inch) Alvan Clark & Sons f/14.9 refracting telescope at...
NGC 5803 (also PGC 53609) is a magnitude +14.8 elliptical galaxy located 350 million light-years away in the constellation of Libra. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 66.04 cm (26 inch) refracting telescope at the Leander McCormick Observa...
NGC 6008 (also NGC 6008A, MCG 4-37-52, UGC 10076 and PGC 56289) is a magnitude +13.7 barred spiral galaxy located 224 million light-years away in the constellation of Serpens. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille O...
NGC 6219 (also MCG 2-43-1 and PGC 58944) is a magnitude +14.2 face-on spiral galaxy located 435 million light-years away in the constellation of 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...
