NGC 4813 (also MCG -1-33-55 and PGC 44160) is a magnitude +13.1 lenticular galaxy located 64 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 Windsor Road, Slough,...
The Black Eye Galaxy (also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy; designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) was discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779, and independently by Johann Elert Bode in April of the same year, as well as by Charles Messier in 1780. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Eye...
NGC 4878 (also MCG -1-33-64 and PGC 44747) is a magnitude +12.9 barred spiral galaxy located 176 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 Windsor Road, Slou...
NGC 4879 is a magnitude +15.5 quadruple star located in the constellation Virgo. 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 23rd March 1789. Right Ascension 13h 00m 25.6s, Declination...
NGC 4888 (also MCG -1-33-74 and PGC 44766) is a magnitude +13.4 spiral galaxy located 178 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 Windsor Road, Slough, on...
NGC 4925 (also MCG -1-33-74 and PGC 44967) is a magnitude +13.1 lenticular galaxy located 159 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 Windsor Road, Slough...
NGC 4942 (also IC 4136, IRAS 13017-0723, MCG -1-33-78 and PGC 45177) is a magnitude +13.0 intermediate spiral galaxy located 80 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...
NGC 4978 (also MCG 3-34-2, UGC 8212 and PGC 45494) is a magnitude +13.1 lenticular galaxy located 297 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Sl...
NGC 4990 (also IRAS 13067-0500, MCG -1-34-4, UGC 8500 and PGC 45608) is a magnitude +13.5 lenticular galaxy located 146 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Co...
NGC 5190 (also IRAS 13282+1823, MCG 3-34-43, UGC 8500 and PGC 47482) is a magnitude +13.2 face-on spiral galaxy located 190 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflec...
NGC 5459 (also MCG 2-36-37, UGC 9005 and PGC 50215) is a magnitude +13.1 lenticular galaxy located 239 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observato...
NGC 5478 (also IRAS 14055-0127, MCG 0-36-19, UGC 9034 and PGC 50430) is a magnitude +13.6 face-on spiral galaxy located 346 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 refl...
The 75 - 170 metre wide asteroid 2014 DK112 will make a close pass (48.1 lunar distances, 0.1236 AU), travelling at 18.74 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd March 2014 @ 01:25 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...
The 29 - 65 metre wide asteroid 2003 HT42 will make a close pass (36.6 lunar distances, 0.0942 AU), travelling at 7.54 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd March 2014 @ 06:12 UT ±03:09. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...
Operation Teapot was a series of fourteen nuclear test explosions conducted at the Nevada Test Site in the first half of 1955. During shot "Wasp", ground forces took part in Exercise Desert Rock VI which included an armoured task force "Razor" moving to within 900 meters of gr...
