About an hour after sunset, the full moon will rise from the south-eastern horizon, followed by reddish star, Antares, in the constellation Scorpius. At a distance of distance of 600 light years away, Antares, is a class M (M1.5) red supergiant with a colour similar to Mars. It is a re...
Lady Godiva (fl. 1040-1080), was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry, in England, in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants. Lady Godiva was the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. Her name oc...
The 140 - 310 metre wide asteroid 2013 RE6 will make a close pass (65.1 lunar distances, 0.1673 AU), travelling at 7.90 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 31st May 2014 @ 00:31 UT ±00:02. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU...
Orbital elements: 2010 JA Earth MOID = 0.0041 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 13.85794 (2000.0) P Q n 0.76374466 Peri. 75.67855 +0.47027711 +0.88201558 a 1.1853245 Node 222.41517 -0.82576935 +0.42787287 e 0.2674430 Incl. 2.53208 -0.31135900 +0.19741662 P 1.29 H 27.0 G 0.15 U 9 [url...
The 33 - 75 metre wide asteroid 2003 YH111 will make a close pass (41.6 lunar distances, 0.1070 AU), travelling at 10.80 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 31st May 2014 @ 07:15 UT ±1 day 10:02. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
NGC 5663 (also MCG -3-37-3 and PGC 52049) is a magnitude +14.2 lenticular galaxy located 311 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 Leander McCorm...
NGC 6111 (also MCG 11-20-7 and PGC 57579) is a magnitude +14.0 elliptical galaxy located 434 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Av...
Orbital elements:
2014 KT76 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0093 AU
Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC
M 17.90800 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.21575455 Peri. 297.38360 -0.82656077 -0.56154595
a 2.7531470 Node 208.50252 +0.54057102 -0.77307917
e 0.7347500 Incl. 4.59810 +0.15678096 -0.29498262
P 4.57 H 20...
Title: GRB 120711A: an intense INTEGRAL burst with long-lasting soft gamma-ray emission and a powerful optical flash Author: A. Martin-Carrillo, L. Hanlon, M. Topinka, A. P. LaCluyzé, V. Savchenko, D. A. Kann, A. S. Trotter, S. Covino, T. Krühler, J. Greiner, S. McGlynn, D. Murphy, P. Tisdall, S....
Sun 29.05.14: The Sun captured with a 100mm refractor Sun 29.05.14: photo mosaic Sun 29.05.14: Photomosaic captured with a 100mm refractor Sun 29.05.14: Ultraviolet photo mosaic (390nm)
NGC 5232 (also IRAS 13335-0814, MCG -1-35-3 and PGC 47998) is a magnitude +12.4 spiral galaxy located 318 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) speculum reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Poi...
NGC 6129 (also MCG 6-36-37 and PGC 57920) is a magnitude +14.0 lenticular galaxy located 458 million light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Roa...
