Title: The Suzaku X-ray spectrum of NGC 3147. Further insights on the best "true" Seyfert 2 galaxy candidate Authors: G. Matt, S. Bianchi, M. Guainazzi, X. Barcons, F. Panessa NGC 3147 is so far the most convincing case of a "true" Seyfert 2 galaxy, i.e. a source genuinely lack...
NGC 3364 (also IRAS 10448+7241, MCG 12-10-82, UGC 5890 and PGC 32314) is a magnitude +12.8 spiral galaxy located 126 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 refle...
NGC 3392 (also MCG 11-13-42 and PGC 32512) is a magnitude +13.7 elliptical galaxy located 150 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 Windsor Road, S...
NGC 3394 (also IRAS 10473+6559, MCG 11-13-41, UGC 5937 and PGC 32495) is a magnitude +12.4 face-on spiral galaxy located 157 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 specul...
NGC 4108 (also IRAS 12042+6726, MCG 11-15-23, UGC 7101 and PGC 38423) is a magnitude +12.3 spiral galaxy located 115 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor R...
NGC 4115 is a magnitude +13.1 star located in the constellation Coma Berenices. The star was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 3rd April 1826. Right Ascension 12h 07m 09.4s, Declination +14° 24' 25"
NGC 4221 (also MCG 11-15-40, UGC 7288 and PGC 39266) is a magnitude +12.5 barred spiral galaxy located 61 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough...
NGC 4787 (also MCG 5-30-121, UGC 8026 and PGC 43875) is a magnitude +14.4 lenticular galaxy located 349 million light years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz refractor at the Copenhage...
Renowned female mountaineer dies of diabetes Chinese mountaineer Panduo, the first woman to ascend Mount Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West, from the northern slope, died of diabetes on Monday. Panduo, who reached the summit of the world's highest peak, Qomolangma (8,848 meters), fr...
Title: The Rotational Light Curve of (79360) Sila-Nunam, an Eclipsing Binary in the Kuiper Belt Author: David Rabinowitz, Susan Benecchi, William Grundy, Anne Verbiscer We combine long-term photometric observations in multiple band passes to determine the rotational light curve for the bina...
On 2014 April 02, the 17 km diameter asteroid (1014) Semphyra will occult the 4.5 mag star HIP 74392 in the constellation Libra for observers along a path across N Australia, Indonesia. Read more
NGC 2805 (also MCG 11-12-3, UGC 4936 and PGC 26410) is a magnitude +11.0 face-on spiral galaxy located 79 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 Winds...
