* Astronomy

Sun 31.03.14: Two new sunspots appearing over the eastern limb Sun 31.03.14: Ultra violet photo mosaic (hazy conditions)

The 21 - 47 metre wide asteroid 2014 FB44 made a close pass (8.9 lunar distances, 0.0230 AU), travelling at 7.57 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 31st March 2014 @ 07:23 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The Revelstoke (CI1) meteorite fell in British Columbia, Canada, on the 31st March, 1965. A total mass of 1 g was recovered. 51° 20'N, 118° 57'W

The Zsadany (H5) meteorite fell in Bekes, Hungary, on the 31st March, 1875. A total mass of 552 g was recovered. 46° 56'N, 21° 30'E

The Avce (Iron) meteorite fell in Slovenia, on the 31st March, 1908. A total mass of 1.23 kg was recovered. 46° 0'N, 13° 30'E

The Kasamatsu (H) meteorite fell in Chubu, Japan, on the 31st March, 1938. A total mass of 710 g was recovered. 35° 22'N, 136° 46'E

NGC 2915 (also ESO 37-3, IRAS 09265-7624 and PGC 26761) is a magnitude +12.7 blue dwarf galaxy located 12.3 million light-years away in the constellation Chamaeleon. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at the Cape of Go...

NGC 3695 (also NGC 3698, MCG 6-25-78, UGC 6490 and PGC 35389) is a magnitude +13.9 barred spiral galaxy located 476 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by Danish-Irish astronomer Robert Stawell Ball using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) reflector at Birr Cast...

NGC 3700 (also MCG 6-25-79, UGC 6494 and PGC 35413) is a magnitude +14.0 spiral galaxy located 419 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by Danish-Irish astronomer Robert Stawell Ball using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) reflector at Birr Castle on the 31st Mar...

NGC 4465 (also PGC 41157) is a magnitude +14.5 spiral galaxy located 340 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan using a 30.48 cm (12 inch) refractor at the Arcetri Observatory on the 31st March 1886. Right Ascensio...

NGC 5006 (also ESO 576-6, MCG -3-34-11 and PGC 45806) is a magnitude +12.4 lenticular galaxy located 127 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/19 refractor at the Arcetri Obs...

NGC 5022 (also ESO 576-14, IRAS 13108-1917, MCG -3-34-21, PGC 45952 and PGC 45953) is a magnitude +12.9 spiral galaxy located 138 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/19 ref...

The Peace River (L6) meteorite fell in Alberta, Canada, on the 31st March, 1963. A total mass of 45.76 kg was recovered. 56° 8'N, 117° 56'W

2004 FU162 is a meteoroid which passed within about one Earth radius of the surface of the Earth at 15:35 UTC on March 31, 2004, or 2.02 Earth radii from the centre of the Earth. As of 2006 this is the third or fourth closest approach of any such space rock. The discovery was not announced until August 22, 2...

Orbital elements: C/2013 J3 (McNaught) T 2013 May 23.84546 TT MPC q 4.0381717 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 336.77972 -0.79072986 -0.52018677 Node 201.28756 -0.32108052 -0.09643024 e 1.0 Incl. 117.26064 -0.52120398 +0.84859115 From 35 observations 2013 May 8-10. MPEC 2013 - J40 Key to Orbital el...