Blue Streak was a British medium range ballistic missile (MRBM), and later the first stage of the Europa satellite launch vehicle. Blue Streak was cancelled without entering full production. The maiden flight was on the 5th June 1964. A part of the Blue Streak rocket launched on 5 June 1964 from Woom...
The 220 - 490 metre wide asteroid Asclepius will make a close pass (42.0 lunar distances, 0.1079 AU), travelling at 13.48 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th August, 2012 @ 08:46 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0...
Daule Guayas, Ecuador Fell: 23 March 2008, approximately 9 a.m. local time (UT-5) Classication: Ordinary chondrite (L5) History: People in Daule and the surrounding region heard a series of loud detonations and, moments later, two stones were seen to fall. A single stone fell outside a home next...
There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. Statistics say that each of us drinks from 2 to 4 litres of water every day, however most of the water we 'drink' is embedded in the food we eat: producing 1 kilo of beef for example consumes 15,000 litr...
NGC 2766 (also MCG 5-22-9, UGC 4801 and PGC 25735) is a magnitude +13.6 spiral galaxy located 341 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 22nd Ma...
NGC 2850 (also MCG 5-22-9, UGC 4801 and PGC 25735) is a magnitude 13.6 spiral galaxy located 341 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector on the 22nd March 1884. Right Ascension 09h 08...
NGC 2850 (also PGC 26452) is a magnitude +14.2 lenticular galaxy located 341 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 22nd March 1882. Right Asce...
NGC 3069 (also IC 580, MCG 2-26-5 and PGC 28788) is a magnitude +14.2 spiral galaxy located 245 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by Danish-Irish astronomer John Dreyer using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflector at Birr castle on the 15th March 1877. Th...
NGC 3307 (also MCG -4-25-29 and PGC 31430) is a magnitude +13.5 lenticular galaxy located 174 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. 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 Good Hope on the 22nd Ma...
NGC 3326 (also MCG 1-27-25, UGC 5799 and PGC 31701) is a magnitude +13.7 face-on spiral galaxy located 375 million light-years away in the constellation Sextans. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point obse...
NGC 3337 (also PGC 31860) is a magnitude +14.3 spiral galaxy located 372 million light-years away in the constellation Sextans. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta, on the...
NGC 3341 (also MCG 1-27-31, UGC 5831 and PGC 31915) is a magnitude +14.0 peculiar galaxy located 377 million light-years away in the constellation Sextans. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observato...
NGC 3349 (also NGC 3349-1, MCG 1-28-2 and PGC 31989) is a magnitude +14.5 spiral galaxy located 379 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in S...
