NGC 4945: The Milky Way's not-so-distant Cousin ESO has released a striking new image of a nearby galaxy that many astronomers think closely resembles our own Milky Way. Though the galaxy is seen edge-on, observations of NGC 4945 suggest that this hive of stars is a spiral galaxy much like our own, wi...
NGC 5957 (also IRAS 15330+1212, MCG 2-40-4, UGC 9915 and PGC 55520) is a magnitude +11.7 face-on spiral galaxy located 84 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 reflector at th...
NGC 5956 (also IRAS 15326+1154, MCG 2-40-3, UGC 9908 and PGC 55501) is a magnitude +12.3 face-on spiral galaxy located 87 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 refractor at th...
NGC 5668 (also IRAS 14309+0440, MCG 1-37-28, UGC 9363 and PGC 52018) is a magnitude +11.5 face-on spiral galaxy located 72 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 refle...
NGC 5582 (also MCG 7-29-63, UGC 9188 and PGC 51251) is a magnitude +11.6 elliptical galaxy located 63 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. 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...
NGC 5534 (also IRAS 14150-0711, MCG -1-36-14 and PGC 51055) is a magnitude +12.3 spiral galaxy located 121 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Wilhelm Tempel using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Arcetri Observatory on the 29...
An annular solar eclipse will occur on April 29, 2014. The center of the moon's shadow misses the south Pole of the Earth, but the partial eclipse will be visible from parts of Antarctica and Australia. Read more See more
Orbital elements:
2014 HV2 Earth MOID = 0.0004 AU
Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC
M 355.61931 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.33629600 Peri. 229.62875 -0.01751095 +0.99871164
a 2.0479605 Node 39.44595 -0.89312588 +0.00578956
e 0.5720055 Incl. 4.29911 -0.44946583 -0.05041361
P 2.93 H 25.6 G 0....
The 22 - 50 metre wide asteroid 2014 HE5 will made a close pass (9.7 lunar distances, 0.0248 AU), travelling at 13.99 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th April 2014 @ 03:12 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU...
Mercury: at magnitude 0.2, starts the month in the constellation of Aquarius. Mercury is in conjunction with Uranus (separated 1.4°) on the 15th. Mercury is in superior conjunction on the 26th. () Venus: is at magnitude -4.3. The planet is in constellation Capricornus at the start of the month...
Sun 28.04.14;Sun 28.04.14: Photo mosaic captured with a 100mm refractor Sun 28.04.14: Photo mosaic captured with a 100mm refractor Sun 28.04.14: Ultraviolet photo mosaic
Orbital elements:
2014 HE124 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0438 AU
Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC
M 30.02175 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.35873628 Peri. 229.81478 +0.28976752 -0.94789577
a 1.9616394 Node 204.33768 +0.94638345 +0.30440893
e 0.8487787 Incl. 18.73902 +0.14280458 -0.09396175
P 2.75 H...
NASA scientists have observed an explosion on the Moon. The blast, equal in energy to about 70 kg of TNT, occurred near the edge of Mare Imbrium (the Sea of Rains) (42.1W, 36.5N) on Nov. 7, 2005, when a 12-centimeter-wide meteoroid slammed into the ground travelling 27 km/s. The explosion was captur...
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