NGC 5411 (also MCG 2-36-11, UGC 8940 and PGC 49967) is a magnitude +13.3 elliptical galaxy located 267 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/19 refractor at the Arcetri Obser...
NGC 5414 (also RAS 13595+1010, MCG 2-36-13, UGC 8942 and PGC 49976) is a magnitude +12.4 peculiar galaxy located 196 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/19 refractor at the...
NGC 5423 (also MCG 2-36-17, UGC 8952 and PGC 50028) is a magnitude +12.8 elliptical galaxy located 272 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/19 refractor at the Arcetri Obser...
NGC 5424 (also MCG 2-36-19, UGC 8956 and PGC 50035) is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy located 273 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/19 refractor at the Arcetri Observato...
NGC 5431 (also MCG 2-36-20 and PGC 50046) is a magnitude +13.9 spiral galaxy located 274 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/19 refractor at the Arcetri Observatory on the...
NGC 5434 (also NGC 5434A, MCG 2-36-22, UGC 8965 and PGC 50077) is a magnitude +13.2 edge-on spiral galaxy located 259 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/19 refractor at the...
NGC 5867 (also PGC 2512461) is a magnitude +15.5 compact galaxy located 574 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. The galaxy was discovered by Irish astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney, assistant to William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflector at Bi...
NGC 5889 (also PGC 54317) is a magnitude +15.4 spiral galaxy located 595 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by Irish astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney, assistant to William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflector at Birr...
GRB 980425 was a gamma-ray burst (GRB) that was detected on 25 April 1998 at 21:49 UTC. GRB 980425 occurred at approximately the same time as SN 1998bw, providing the first evidence that gamma-ray bursts and supernovae are related. Read more
6.6 earthquake off Northern Vancouver Island shakes coastal residents A strong earthquake off the west coast of Vancouver Island shook coastal residents Wednesday evening, thankfully no major damage was reported to authorities. The quake registered a magnitude of 6.6, according to the United...
Title: On the Discovery of Strong Magnetic Field in HD 34736 Binary System Author: E. A. Semenko, I. I. Romanyuk, D. O. Kudryavtsev, I. A. Yakunin We present the results of a study of the star HD 34736. The spectropolarimetric observations carried out at the 6-m telescope showed the presence of a stro...
The 9 - 20 metre wide asteroid 2014 HP2 will make a close pass (3.8 lunar distances, 0.0097 AU), travelling at 6.24 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th April 2014 @ 06:34 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)....