Messier 88 (also M88, NGC 4501 and PGC 41517) is a magnitude +10.4 spiral galaxy located 47 ±8 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier using a 10 cm (4 inch) refracting telescope on the 18th March 1781. The galaxy w...
Messier 91 (also M91, NGC 4548 and PGC 41934) is a magnitude +11.0 barred spiral galaxy located 63 ±16 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier using a 10 cm (4 inch) refracting telescope on the 18th March 1781. The...
Messier 89 (also M89, NGC 4552, UGC 7760 and PGC 41968) is a magnitude +10.7 elliptical galaxy located 50 ±3 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier using a 10 cm (4 inch) refracting telescope on the 18th March 1781. The gal...
Messier 90 (also M90, Arp 76, NGC 4569, UGC 7786 and PGC 42089) is a magnitude +10.3 spiral galaxy located 58.7 ±2.8 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier using a 10 cm (4 inch) refracting telescope on the 18th March 1781....
NGC 5696 (also MCG 7-32-32, UGC 9923 and PGC 52235) is a magnitude +12.3 spiral galaxy located 205 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 Windsor Road, Sl...
NGC 5966 (also MCG 7-32-32, UGC 9923 and PGC 55552) is a magnitude +12.3 elliptical galaxy located 205 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 Windsor Roa...
NGC 5992 (also IRAS15425+4114, MCG 7-32-49, UGC 10003 and PGC 55913) is a magnitude +13.2 spiral galaxy located 437 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...
NGC 5993 (also IRAS 15426+4116, MCG 7-32-50, UGC 10007 and PGC 55918) is a magnitude +13.2 barred spiral galaxy located 440 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 ref...
The 11 - 25 metre wide asteroid 2005 FN will make a close pass (31.6 lunar distances, 0.0812 AU), travelling at 8.09 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th March 2014 @ 01:28 UT ±01:12. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...
The 160 - 360 metre wide asteroid 2014 DB11 will make a close pass (71.0 lunar distances, 0.1824 AU), travelling at 8.89 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th March 2014 @ 02:35 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
The 320 - 710 metre wide asteroid 2013 WT44 will make a close pass (12.7 lunar distances, 0.0327 AU), travelling at 11.13 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th March 2014 @ 07:10 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
The 19 - 43 metre wide asteroid 2014 EO12 will make a close pass (18.7 lunar distances, 0.0481 AU), travelling at 7.47 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th March 2014 @ 20:50 UT ±00:02. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
Title: Meteor News (Meteor Spectra, List I; The Detonating Fireball of March 18, 1934; Dates for the Byrd Co-operative Programme; The Perseids, 1934; Meteor Photography by the Texas Observers; The Use of Photography in Recording Fireballs) Authors: Millman, P. M. Read more
Title: ATLAS lifts the Cup: Discovery of a New Milky Way satellite in Crater Author: V. Belokurov, M. J. Irwin, S. E. Koposov, N. W. Evans, E. Gonzalez-Solares, N. Metcalfe, T. Shanks We announce the discovery of a new Galactic companion found in data from the ESO VST ATLAS survey, and followed up with...
