NGC 4808 (also IRAS 12532+0434, MCG 1-33-28, UGC 8054 and PGC 44086) is a magnitude +11.7 spiral galaxy located 35 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at W...
NGC 4935 (also MCG 3-33-23, UGC 8159 and PGC 45093) is a magnitude +13.0 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 295 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift using a 40.64 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor a...
NGC 5019 (also IRAS 13101+0459, MCG 1-34-9, UGC 8288 and PGC 45885) is a magnitude +13.6 face-on spiral galaxy located 296 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum refle...
NGC 5027 (also IRAS 13108+0619, MCG 1-34-10, UGC 8297 and PGC 45936) is a magnitude +13,4 face-on spiral galaxy located 325 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Win...
NGC 5060 (also IRAS 13147+0618, MCG 1-34-15, UGC 8351 and PGC 46278) is a magnitude +13.3 spiral galaxy located 286 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the C...
NGC 5137 (also PGC 46907) is a magnitude +15.1 spiral galaxy located 331 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift using a 40.64 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester,...
NGC 5143 (also MCG 6-30-5 and PGC 46918) is a magnitude +15.8 spiral galaxy located 267 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy was discovered by Irish astronomer R. J. Mitchell, assistant to Lord Rosse III, using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflector at Birr Cas...
NGC 5667 (also IRAS 14289+5941, MCG 10-21-4, UGC 9344 and PGC 51830) is a magnitude +12.5 spiral galaxy located 89 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 reflector at W...
NGC 5678 (also IRAS 14306+5808, MCG 10-21-5, UGC 9358 and PGC 51932) is a magnitude +11.3 spiral galaxy located 88 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 reflector at W...
In Search of... is a television series that was broadcast weekly from 1977 to 1982, devoted to mysterious phenomena. Original run April 17, 1977 - March 1, 1982 October 4, 2002 - November 22, 2002 Read more
The 48 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2014 GJ45 will make a close pass (26.5 lunar distances, 0.0680 AU), travelling at 13.29 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th April 2014 @ 11:35 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
The 13 - 28 metre wide asteroid 2013 TG6 will make a close pass (68.3 lunar distances, 0.1755 AU), travelling at 5.14 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th April 2014 @ 02:10 UT ±00:36. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU...
Title: First Observation of Planet-Induced X-ray Emission: The System HD 179949 Authors: S. H. Saar, M. ****z, V. L. Kashyap, J. C. Hall We present the first observation of planet-induced stellar X-ray activity, identified for the HD 179949 system, using Chandra / ACIS-S. The HD 179949 system con...
The Battle of Culloden (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Chùil Lodair) was the final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising. Taking place on 16 April 1746, the battle pitted the Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart against an army commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, loyal to the Britis...
