The 420 - 940 metre wide asteroid 2003 GS will make a close pass (34.0 lunar distances, 0.0875 AU), travelling at 7.33 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th April 2014 @ 01:02 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...
Title: The identity of the "Windmill Station" with the "Valley Wells," California aerolitic fall Authors: Leonard, F. C. The Quartz Mountain specimen "was discovered April 24, 1935, 5 miles southeast of Quartz Mountain, in central Nevada" Read more
NGC 3047 (also MCG 0-25-33, UGC 5323 and PGC 28577) is a magnitude +14.1 elliptical galaxy located 283 million light-years away in the constellation Sextans. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer George Washington Hough using a 46.99 cm (18.5 inch) refractor at the Dearborn Observato...
NGC 3679 (also MCG 10-18-72 and PGC 41954) is a magnitude +13.6 elliptical galaxy located 388 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 45.72 cm (18 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire, on...
NGC 4334 (also IRAS 12208+0744, MCG 1-32-35, UGC 7458 and PGC 40218) is a magnitude +13.0 barred spiral galaxy located 195 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 45.72 cm (18 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Winds...
NGC 4549 (also MCG 10-18-72 and PGC 41954) is a magnitude +15.2 spiral galaxy located 622 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 45.72 cm (18 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough,...
NGC 4607 (also IRAS 12386+1209, MCG 2-32-176, UGC 7843 and PGC 42544) is a magnitude +12.8 edge-on spiral galaxy located 104 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by Irish astronomer R. J. Mitchell, assistant to William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, using a 1...
NGC 4697 (also Caldwell 52, MCG -1-33-10, UGCA 300 and PGC 43276) is a magnitude +10.9 elliptical galaxy located 38 - 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 45.72 cm (18 inch) f/13 speculum reflector...
NGC 4721 (also MCG 5-30-97 and PGC 43437) is a magnitude +14.5 lenticular galaxy located 352 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copen...
NGC 4745 (also NGC 4745A, MCG 5-30-105A and PGC 43539) is a magnitude +15.1 edge-on spiral galaxy located 338 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refra...
NGC 4842 (also NGC 4842A, MCG 5-31-30 and PGC 44337) is a magnitude +14.0 elliptical galaxy located 338 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor a...
NGC 4854 (also MCG 5-31-49 and PGC 44502) is a magnitude +13.9 lenticular galaxy located 385 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copen...
NGC 4912 is a non-existent object in the constellation Canes Venatici. The object was discovered by Irish astronomer Lawrence Parsons, 4th Lord Rosse using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflector at Birr castle on the 24th April 1865. Later observations of this position show no observable astron...
NGC 4913 is a non-existent object in the constellation Canes Venatici. The object was discovered by Irish astronomer Lawrence Parsons, 4th Lord Rosse using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflector at Birr castle on the 24th April 1865. Later observations of this position show no observable astron...
NGC 4916 is a non-existent object in the constellation Canes Venatici. The object was discovered by Irish astronomer Lawrence Parsons, 4th Lord Rosse using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflector at Birr castle on the 24th April 1865. Later observations of this position show no observable astron...
