NGC 4545 (also IRAS 12323 +6348, MCG 11-15-64, UGC 7747 and PGC 41838) is a magnitude +12.3 barred spiral galaxy located 125.6 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 re...
The 20 - 45 metre wide asteroid 2004 YC will make a close pass (41.0 lunar distances, 0.1054 AU), travelling at 9.35 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th March 2014 @ 12:08 UT ±00:28. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...
Asteroid (163) Erigone is at Opposition in the constellation Leo on the 23rd February 2014. Magnitude: 11.3 Distance to Earth: 1.074 AU, Distance to Sun center: 2.063 AU
Knowing is a 2009 American-British science fiction disaster film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage. The project was originally attached to a number of directors under Columbia Pictures, but it was placed in turnaround and eventually picked up by Escape Artists. Production was fi...
Sun 19.03.14: The western limb Sun 19.03.14: The eastern limb with new sunspots Sun 19.03.14: Photo mosaic captured with a 100mm refractor (hazy clouds)
Title: The structure of correlation functions in single field inflation Authors: Sarah Shandera (Version v2) Many statistics available to constrain non-Gaussianity from inflation are simplest to use under the assumption that the curvature correlation functions are hierarchical. That is, i...
NGC 2438 (PK 231+4.2) is a magnitude +10.8 planetary nebula located about 2,900 light-years away in the constellation Puppis. The planetary nebula was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Clayhall Farm House in Old Wind...
NGC 2413 is a magnitude +13.6 open cluster located 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Puppis. The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Clayhall Farm House in Old Windsor on the 19th March 1786. Right...
NGC 2477 (also OCL 720, ESO 311-SC17, Caldwell 71 and Collinder 165) is a magnitude +5.8 open star cluster located ~3600 light-years away in the constellation Puppis. The cluster contains about 300 stars. The cluster was discovered by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille using a 1.27 cm (0...
NGC 2661 (also IRAS 08432+1248, MCG 2-23-4, UGC 4584 and PGC 24632) is a magnitude +12.8 face-on spiral galaxy located 189 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum refl...
NGC 2666 is an uncertain magnitude +12.1 open star cluster located 2800 light-years away in the constellation Lynx. The identification of the cluster is not certain, because the position given by Herschel has nothing corresponding to it in the sky. The position may refer to a loose scattering of st...
NGC 2712 (also IRAS 08561+4506, MCG 8-17-3, UGC 4708 and PGC 25248) is a magnitude +12.1 spiral galaxy located 83 million light-years away in the constellation Lynx. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, S...
NGC 2726 (also IRAS 09010+6007, MCG 10-13-54, UGC 4750 and PGC 25498) is a magnitude +12.5 spiral galaxy located 70 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 reflect...
NGC 2742 (also NGC 2816, IRAS 09036+6040, MCG 10-13-57, UGC 4779 and PGC 25640) is a magnitude +11.4 spiral galaxy located 59 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 speculu...
NGC 2855 (also IRAS 09190-1141, MCG -2-24-15, UGCA 161 and PGC 26483) is a magnitude +11.7 lenticular galaxy located 87 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 reflect...
