Title: The infrared eye of the Wide-Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope reveals multiple main sequences of very low-mass stars in NGC 2808 Authors: A. P. Milone, A. F. Marino, S. Cassisi, G. Piotto, L. R. Bedin, J. Anderson, F. Allard, A. Aparicio, A. Bellini, R. Buonanno, M. Monelli, A. Piet...
On 2014 May 07, asteroid (206) Hersilia will occult a 7.5 mag star in the constellation Sagittarius for observers along a path across N Australia, Indonesia. Read more
NGC 4709 (also MCG -7-26-56 and PGC 43423) is a magnitude +10.9 elliptical galaxy located 215 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. The galaxy was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop using a 22.86 cm (9 inch) f/12 speculum Newtonian reflector in Parramatta, New Sou...
NGC 5017 (also MCG -3-34-16 and PGC 45900) is a magnitude +12.6 elliptical galaxy located 117 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough...
NGC 5047 (also MCG -3-34-36 and PGC 46150) is a magnitude +12.8 lenticular galaxy located 86 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough,...
NGC 5158 (also IRAS 13253+1802, MCG 3-34-38, UGC 8459 and PGC 47180) is a magnitude +12.8 face-on spiral galaxy located 304 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflec...
NGC 5172 (also IRAS 13268+1718, MCG 3-34-41, UGC 8477 and PGC 47330) is a magnitude +11.9 spiral galaxy located 185 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Wi...
NGC 5217 (also MCG 3-35-9, UGC 8546 and PGC 47793) is a magnitude +12.6 elliptical galaxy located 370 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Sl...
The 38 - 85 metre wide asteroid 2013 VN13 will make a close pass (54.0 lunar distances, 0.1386 AU), travelling at 9.59 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd November, 2013 @ 03:07 UT ±10:37. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
The 51 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2014 HK4 will make a close pass (31.3 lunar distances, 0.0806 AU), travelling at 14.01 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 7th May 2014 @ 14:41 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...
NGC 3058 (also IC 573, MCG -2-25-26 and PGC 28513) is a magnitude +13.5 spiral galaxy located 343 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 66.04 cm (26 inch) refractor at the Leander McCormick Obs...
NGC 5119 (also MCG -2-34-42 and PGC 46826) is a magnitude +13.0 spiral galaxy located 134 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at the Cape of Good Hope on the 6th May 1836...
NGC 5126 (also MCG -5-32-10 and PGC 46910) is a magnitude +13.1 lenticular galaxy located 220 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at the Cape of Good Hope on the 6t...
NGC 5144 (also NGC 5144B, MCG 12-13-5, UGC 8420 and PGC 200298) is a magnitude +15.0 spiral galaxy located 144 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Minor. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector on t...
