NGC 5214 (also MCG 7-28-30, UGC 8531 and PGC 47675) is a magnitude +13.6 face-on spiral galaxy located 371 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector a...
NGC 5362 (also IRAS 13527+4133, MCG 7-29-16, UGC 8835 and PGC 49464) is a magnitude +12.3 spiral galaxy located 100 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum re...
NGC 5383 (also IRAS 13550+4205, MCG 7-29-23, UGC 8875 and PGC 49618) is a magnitude +11.4 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 104 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f...
NGC 5900 (also IRAS 15132+4223, MCG 7-31-46, UGC 9790 and PGC 54431) is a magnitude +14.0 spiral galaxy located 115 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector...
NGC 5922 is a magnitude +10.7 double star located in the constellation Boötes. The star was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 9th April 1787. Right Ascension 15h 21m 09.1s, Declination +4...
Orbital elements:
2014 GE35 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0405 AU
Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC
M 51.28637 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.37325534 Peri. 232.24349 -0.06671220 -0.97145251
a 1.9104339 Node 223.34770 +0.98756439 -0.03173347
e 0.5254712 Incl. 19.36970 +0.14235892 -0.23510211
P 2.64 H...
Astronomer and Slovenian Museum Clash over Meteorite Find German Thomas Grau reported on Tuesday that he had found a rare 2.35 kilo meteorite in a forest near Jesenice (NW) in May. The Slovenian Museum of Natural History confirmed on Wednesday that the meteorite had indeed enlighten the sky over Sl...
The 20 - 46 metre wide asteroid 2014 GD34 will make a close pass (25.0 lunar distances, 0.0642 AU), travelling at 4.49 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th April 2014 @ 07:55 UT ±00:52. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU...
Title: The Galactic Center Cloud G0.253+0.016: A Massive Dense Cloud with low Star Formation Potential Authors: Jens Kauffmann (1), Thushara Pillai (1), Qizhou Zhang (2) ((1) Caltech, (2) Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) We present the first interferometric molecular line and dust emission maps for...
Title: An Ultra-Low Background PMT for Liquid Xenon Detectors Authors: D.S. Akerib, X. Bai, E. Bernard, A. Bernstein, A. Bradley, D. Byram, S.B. Cahn, M.C. Carmona-Benitez, D. Carr, J.J. Chapman, Y-D. Chan, K. Clark, T. Coffey, L. deViveiros, M. Dragowsky, E. Druszkiewicz, B. Edwards, C. H. Faha...
NGC 3206 (also IRAS 10184+5710, MCG 10-15-69, UGC 5589 and PGC 30322) is a magnitude +11.9 face-on spiral galaxy located 53 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculu...
NGC 3220 (also IC 604, MCG 10-15-73, UGC 5614 and PGC 30462) is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy located 54 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Wind...
NGC 3225 (also IRAS 10218+5824, MCG 10-15-77, UGC 5631 and PGC 30569) is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy located 98 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflec...