NGC 5133 (also IRAS 13222-0346, MCG -1-34-15 and PGC 46909) is a magnitude +13.7 elliptical galaxy located 282 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory...
The 460 - 1000 metre wide asteroid 2006 SX217 will make a close pass (12.3 lunar distances, 0.0316 AU), travelling at 12.68 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd April, 2014 @ 17:21 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
In May 1972 a worker at a nuclear fuelprocessing plant in France noticed something suspicious. He had been conducting a routine analysis of uranium derived from a seemingly ordinary source of ore. As is the case with all natural uranium, the material under study contained three isotopes - that is to...
Growing up, we all ponder the deep questions of existence. How did the universe begin? Is there some meaning or purpose behind it all? Where do human beings fit in? As we age, though, we become more concerned with mortgage rates and day care, dental insurance and the stock market and only rarely, if eve...
Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite One summer day in 2012, Anders Helstrup and several other members of Oslo Parachute Club jumped from a small plane that had taken off from Ostre Aera Airport in Hedmark. Helstrup, wearing a wing suit and with two cameras fixed to his helmet, released his...
NGC 3244 (also IRAS 10232-3934, MCG -7-22-5 and PGC 30594) is a magnitude +12.9 face-on spiral galaxy located 127 million light-years away in the constellation Antlia. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 45.72 cm (18 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at the Cape of Go...
NGC 3533 (also NGC 3557A, IRAS 11047-3654, MCG -6-25-2 and PGC 33647) is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy located 144 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 45.72 cm (18 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at the Cap...
NGC 4828 (also MCG 5-31-17 and PGC 44176) is a magnitude +14.2 lenticular galaxy located 289 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 4850 (also MCG 5-31-40 and PGC 44449) is a magnitude +14.2 lenticular galaxy located 277 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 4865 (also MCG 5-31-64, UGC 8100 and PGC 44578) is a magnitude +13.7 elliptical galaxy located 216 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...
NGC 4881 (also MCG 5-31-75, UGC 8106 and PGC 44686) is a magnitude +14.6 elliptical 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...
NGC 4883 (also PGC 44682) is a magnitude +14.3 barred spiral galaxy located 376 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 Copenhagen Observ...
