NGC 5774 (also IRAS 14511+0347, MCG 1-38-13, UGC 9576 and PGC 53231) is a magnitude +12.1 spiral galaxy located 71 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. NGC 5774 is at an early stage of a merger with the neighbouring galaxy NGC 5775 The galaxy was discovered by Anglo-Irish astronome...
NGC 5881 (also IC 1100, IRAS 15053+6310, MCG 11-18-25, UGC 9729 and PGC 53920) is a magnitude +13.4 spiral galaxy located 303 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum ref...
Title: Two ten-billion-solar-mass black holes at the centres of giant elliptical galaxies Authors: Nicholas J. McConnell (UC Berkeley), Chung-Pei Ma (UC Berkeley), Karl Gebhardt (UT Austin), Shelley A. Wright (UC Berkeley), Jeremy D. Murphy (UT Austin), Tod R. Lauer, (NOAO), James R. Graham (...
Orbital elements:
2014 HO4 Earth MOID = 0.4300 AU
Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC
M 104.01330 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.81172786 Peri. 7.09302 +0.29196576 -0.82969156
a 1.1381402 Node 66.90966 +0.85014314 -0.00278089
e 0.5934202 Incl. 31.14575 +0.43819246 +0.55821517
P 1.21 H 19.3 G 0.1...
Sun 24.04.14: Ultraviolet image capture with a 100mm refractor Sun 24.04.14: Ultraviolet image capture with a 100mm refractor Sun 24.04.14: Photo mosaic captured with a 100mm refractor Sun 24.04.14: hand stitched photo mosaic captured with a 100mm refractor
NGC 5070 (also NGC 5072, MCG -2-34-22 and PGC 46432) is a magnitude +13.1 elliptical galaxy located 313 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observato...
Title: On the Crucial Cluster Andrews-Lindsay 1 and a 4% Distance Solution for its PN Author: D. Majaess, G. Carraro, C. Moni Bidin, C. Bonatto, D. Turner, M. Moyano, L. Berdnikov, E. Giorgi Andrews-Lindsay 1 is a pertinent open cluster granted it may host the planetary nebula PHR 1315-6555, yet amb...
Any vibrating object should be slowed by quantum "virtual" particles that permeate empty space, according to theory. This weak "friction" should spew photons like sparks from a dangling bumper. In the 26 May PRL researchers propose detecting this effect by vibrating one end of a small reflective...
Title: Imaging polarimetry of the rotating Bok globule CB67 Author: M.S. Prokopjeva, A.K.Sen, V.B.Il'in, N.V.Voshchinnikov, R.Gupta Polarimetric observations of about 50 stars located in a close vicinity of the Bok globule CB67 having significantly nonspherical shape and rapid rotation ar...
Title: Two Super-Earths Orbiting the Solar Analogue HD41248 on the edge of a 7:5 Mean Motion Resonance Authors: James S. Jenkins, Mikko Tuomi, Ramon Brasser, Oleksiy Ivanyuk, Felipe Murgas The number of multi-planet systems known to be orbiting their host stars with orbital periods that place th...
Deposits of Phosphorites Could Be Geological Signpost of Life Two billion years ago, Earth was recovering from a major environmental upheaval that had caused widespread changes in the planets surface conditions. The oxygenation of the atmosphere and oceans had altered global biogeochemical c...
New icebreaker for UK polar science UK science is to get one of the biggest, most capable polar research vessels in the world. The £200m investment in an icebreaker is to be announced by Chancellor George Osborne in a speech on Friday. The ship is likely to be 130m long and sport a helipad, cranes, onboa...
Orbital elements:
2014 HG4 Earth MOID = 0.0682 AU
Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC
M 350.36238 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.20058842 Peri. 209.83058 +0.76557519 +0.63894272
a 2.8902283 Node 110.26134 -0.57327594 +0.73053250
e 0.7990095 Incl. 4.59442 -0.29197488 +0.24098645
P 4.91 H 19.6 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2014 HH4 Earth MOID = 0.0097 AU
Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC
M 72.58730 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.83082249 Peri. 222.61459 +0.14797187 -0.98856466
a 1.1206342 Node 218.90238 +0.91938753 +0.14832516
e 0.6730499 Incl. 2.65189 +0.36445972 +0.02719496
P 1.19 H 24.1 G 0....
Title: The Fireball of April 25, 1966. II, Photographic Observations and Orbit Determination Authors: Griffin, A. A. On April 25, 1966 a bright meteor appeared over the north-eastern United States and travelled northward to the St. Lawrence River. As this took place in the early evening, and as it...