The 330 - 750 metre wide asteroid 2008 EZ5 will make a close pass (38.4 lunar distances, 0.0986 AU), travelling at 10.22 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd April, 2014 @ 22:58 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...
The 30 - 67 metre wide asteroid 2007 VZ2 will make a close pass (50.4 lunar distances, 0.1296 AU), travelling at 17.05 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th April, 2013 @ 16:30 UT ±2 days 06:12. See moreThe Lunar D...
NGC 3011 (also MCG 5-23-38, UGC 5259 and PGC 28259) is a magnitude 13.3 spiral galaxy located 71 million light-years away away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by America astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, E...
NGC 3799 (also Arp 83, MCG 3-30-37, UGC 6630 and PGC 36193) is a magnitude +13.8 spiral galaxy located 152 million light-years away away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 45.72 cm (18 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough...
NGC 3806 (also MCG 3-30-42, UGC 6641 and PGC 36231) is a magnitude +13.6 face-on spiral galaxy located 160 million light-years away away in the constellation Leo. 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...
NGC 4109 (also MCG 7-25-24 and PGC 38427) is a magnitude 14.1 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 324 million light-years away away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney, assistant to William Parsons using the 'Parsonstown Leviathan', a 182.88...
NGC 4257 (also MCG 1-31-49 and PGC 39624) is a magnitude +14.0 spiral galaxy located 127 million light-years away away in the constellation Virgo. 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 Obs...
NGC 4584 (also MCG 2-32-162, UGC 7803 and PGC 42223) is a magnitude +12.9 spiral galaxy located 82 million light-years away away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) refractor on the 21st April 1865. Ri...
NGC 4585 (also IRAS 12357+2912, MCG 5-30-42 and PGC 42215) is a magnitude +14.1 spiral galaxy located 335 million light-years away 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) refractor on the 2...
NGC 4822 (also MCG -2-33-69 and PGC 44236) is a magnitude 13.3 lenticular galaxy located 180 million light-years away away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) refractor at the Arcetri observatory on the 21st April 18...
Title: 65 kpc of ionised gas trailing behind NGC 4848 during its first crossing of the Coma cluster Authors: Matteo Fossati, Giuseppe Gavazzi, Alessandro Boselli, Michele Fumagalli In a 5 hour H{\alpha} exposure of the N-W region of the Coma cluster with the 2.1m telescope at SPM (Mx) we discovered...
NGC 4851 (also NGC 4851-1 and PGC 44439) is a magnitude +14.2 spiral galaxy located 361 million light-years away 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 Copenh...
NGC 4858 (also IRAS 12566+2823, MCG 5-31-51 and PGC 44535) is a magnitude +15.2 spiral galaxy located 433 million light-years away 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-Refr...
NGC 4859 (also MCG 5-31-53, UGC 8097 and PGC 44534) is a magnitude +13.6 spiral galaxy located 329 million light-years away 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...
