* Astronomy

Title: The Eclipsing System V404 Lyr: Light-Travel Times and Gamma Doradus Pulsations Author: Jae Woo Lee, Seung-Lee Kim, Kyeongsoo Hong, Chung-Uk Lee, Jae-Rim Koo We present the physical properties of V404 Lyr exhibiting eclipse timing variations and multiperiodic pulsations from all histo...

Title: Confirmation of an exoplanet using the transit colour signature: Kepler-418b, a blended giant planet in a multiplanet system Author: B. Tingley, H. Parviainen, D. Gandolfi, H. J. Deeg, E. Pallé, P. Montañés Rodriguez, F. Murgas, R. Alonso, H. Bruntt, M. Fridlund We announce confirmation...

Title: Lithium abundance in the metal-poor open cluster NGC 2243 Authors: P. Francois, L. Pasquini, K. Biazzo, P. Bonifacio, R. Palsa Lithium is a fundamental element for studying the mixing mechanisms acting in the stellar interiors, for understanding the chemical evolution of the Galaxy and t...

NGC 6316 (also ESO 454-SC4 and GCL 57) is a magnitude +8.1 globular star cluster located 33900 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire, on...

NGC 6355 (also ESO 519-SC15 and GCL 63) is a magnitude +8.6 globular cluster located 30000 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire, on the...

The 1000 - 2300 metre wide asteroid 2002 JC will make a close pass (57.5 lunar distances, 0.1478 AU), travelling at 20.88 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st June, 2011 @ 05:40 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (L...

Orbital elements: P/2012 B1 (PANSTARRS) T 2013 July 10.25862 TT MPC q 3.7958212 (2000.0) P Q n 0.05840287 Peri. 161.99233 -0.95089508 +0.29967498 a 6.5793035 Node 35.74031 -0.29777207 -0.81750455 e 0.4230664 Incl. 7.61630 -0.08444133 -0.49181421 P 16.9 From 19 observations 2011 Dec...

Comet 171P/Spahr makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.606 AU) on the 19th October, 2011.

Sun 23.05.14: Three panel solar photo mosaic captured with a 100mm refractor Sun 23.05.14: Three panel solar photo mosaic captured with a 100mm refractor #2

Orbital elements: P/2011 C2 (Gibbs) T 2012 Jan. 16.58604 TT MPC q 5.3776046 (2000.0) P Q n 0.04921489 Peri. 161.40832 -0.99256318 -0.11497246 a 7.3745985 Node 12.19843 +0.07298947 -0.82504599 e 0.2707936 Incl. 10.91113 +0.09742108 -0.55324538 P 20.0 From 61 observations 2011 Jan. 30-Feb. 15....

Orbital elements: 2012 UX68 Earth MOID = 0.0056 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 258.63281 (2000.0) P Q n 0.86629072 Peri. 93.36892 -0.80550199 -0.58985577 a 1.0898338 Node 50.49307 +0.51020217 -0.73914037 e 0.2806540 Incl. 4.22869 +0.30143040 -0.32517947 P 1.14 H 24.2 G...

The 73 - 160 metre wide asteroid 2000 TL1 will make a close pass (64.9 lunar distances, 0.1667 AU), travelling at 11.92 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd May 2014 @ 14:17 UT ±06:40. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...

The 68 - 150 metre wide asteroid 2014 HR124 will make a close pass (30.0 lunar distances, 0.0771 AU), travelling at 11.23 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd May 2014 @ 10:23 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...

As time goes by, stories and news of life ending, or at least life devastating, asteroids continue to raise the publics attention; although, attention is probably deserved, even if there is nothing we can do about it. Scientists have recently discovered one such asteroid that while low on the damag...

The 28 - 62 metre wide asteroid 2014 FA44 will make a close pass (14.6 lunar distances, 0.0375 AU), travelling at 2.37 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd May 2014 @ 05:26 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU...