NGC 5249 (also MCG 3-35-15, UGC 8618 and PGC 48134) is a magnitude +12.9 lenticular galaxy located 353 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 at Datchet, Be...
NGC 5962 (also Arp 72, IRAS 15447+1802, MCG 3-40-39, UGC 10033 and PGC 55588) is a magnitude +11.3 spiral galaxy located 90 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum ref...
NGC 5996 (also Arp 72, IRAS 15447+1802, MCG 3-40-39, UGC 10033 and PGC 56023) is a magnitude +12.8 spiral galaxy located 152 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens. The galaxy is gravitationally interacting with the neighbouring galaxy NGC 5994: these two galaxies are listed as Ar...
Title: DEM L241, a Supernova Remnant containing a High-Mass X-ray Binary Authors: F. D. Seward, P. A. Charles, D. L. Foster, J. R. Dickel, P. S. Romero, Z. I. Edwards, M. Perry, R. M. Williams A Chandra observation of the Large Magellanic Cloud supernova remnant DEM L241 reveals an interior unresolv...
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 - 18 April 1955) was a German-born Swiss-American theoretical physicist, philosopher and author who is widely regarded as one of the most influential and best known scientists and intellectuals of all time. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einste...
Title: HD 54272, a classical lambda Bootis star and gamma Doradus pulsator Author: E. Paunzen, M. Skarka, D.L. Holdsworth, B. Smalley, R. G. West We detect the second known lambda Bootis star (HD 54272) which exhibits gamma Doradus-type pulsations. The star was formerly misidentified as a RR Lyra...
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Messier 93 (also M93, NGC 2447, ESO 493-SC7 and OCL 649) is a magnitude +6.2 open star cluster located 3600 light-years away in the constellation Puppis. The cluster consists of 80 stars spread across an area of 22 arcminutes. The brightest star in the cluster is a B9 type blue giant, indicating an ag...
NGC 2935 (also IRAS 09344-2054, MCG -3-25-11, UGCA 169 and PGC 27351) is a magnitude +11.3 barred spiral galaxy located 104 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum refl...
Messier 95 (also known as M95 or NGC 3351) is a barred spiral galaxy about 38 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781, and catalogued by Charles Messier four days later. On 16 March 2012, a supernova was discovered in M95. [url=http://en.wikipe...
NGC 3383 (also IRAS 10449-2410, MCG -4-26-10, ESO 501-97 and PGC 32224) is a magnitude +12.8 barred spiral galaxy located 168 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 in S...
NGC 3668 (also IRAS 11225 +6343, MCG 11-14-23, UGC 6430 and PGC 35123) is a magnitude +12.3 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 161 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 s...
NGC 4504 (also IRAS 12296-0717, MCG -1-32-22 and PGC 41555) is a magnitude +13.2 barred spiral galaxy located 46 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 Wi...
NGC 4521 (also NGC 4512, MCG 11-15-61, UGC 7706 and PGC 41621) is a magnitude +12.2 edge-on spiral galaxy located 116 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector a...