* Astronomy

Through a stroke of luck, astronomers have witnessed the first violent moments of a stellar explosion known as a supernova. Astronomers have seen thousands of these stellar explosions, but all previous supernovae were discovered days after the event had begun. This is the first time scientists h...

A sunspot observation was made on 17 March 807 AD by the Benedictine monk Adelmus, who observed a large sunspot that was visible for eight days; however, Adelmus incorrectly concluded he was observing a transit of Mercury Source

The 120 - 260 metre wide asteroid 2014 AY28 will make a close pass (16.7 lunar distances, 0.0429 AU), travelling at 5.37 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th March 2014 @ 03:34 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...

The 290 - 650 metre wide asteroid 2014 EL45 will make a close pass (49.8 lunar distances, 0.1279 AU), travelling at 19.27 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th March 2014 @ 06:04 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0...

**Moon 16.03.14**: Photo mosaic

Moon 16.03.14: Photo mosaic

Orbital elements: 2013 AS27 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0339 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 358.07567 (2000.0) P Q n 0.85168444 Peri. 253.07240 +0.84718067 -0.01712412 a 1.1022588 Node 105.25111 +0.14449266 +0.96923494 e 0.2280645 Incl. 33.39537 -0.51127956 +0.24554103 P 1.1...

Sun 16.03.14: Closeup detail of sunspot 12002 (single image capture) Sun 16.03.14: Closeup detail of sunspot 12005 Sun 16.03.14: photo mosaic captured with a 100mm refractor Sun 16.03.14: Ultraviolet photo mosaic Sun 16.03.14: Ultraviolet photo mosaic

The Corona Australids are a meteor shower that takes place between 14 and 18 March each year, peaking around 16 March. Source

The Pulsora (H5) meteorite fell in Madhya Pradesh, India, on the 16th March, 1863. A total mass of 560 g was recovered. 23° 22'N, 75° 11'E

Often overshadowed by her famous brother William, Caroline Herschel became a renowned observer in her own right and the world's first female professional astronomer. Read more Caroline Lucretia Hersch...

NGC 2395 (also OCL 502 and Collinder 144) is a magnitude +8.0 open star cluster located 1,670 light-years away in the constellation Gemini. The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum) reflector at Datchet, Berkshire, on th...

NGC 3664 (also Arp 5, UGC 6419, IRAS 11218+0336, MCG 1-29-41, and PGC 35041) is a magnitude +12.6 barred spiral galaxy located 64 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy is gravitationally interacting with the neighbouring galaxy NGC 3664A (PGC 35042): these two galaxies ar...

The 32 - 71 metre wide asteroid 2014 DM23 will make a close pass (30.8 lunar distances, 0.0790 AU), travelling at 4.12 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th March, 2014 @ 04:00 UT ±00:05. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...

The Gyokukei (OC) meteorite fell in Cholla-namdo, South Korea, on the 17th March, 1930. A total mass of 1320 g was recovered. 35° 0'N, 127° 30'E

NGC 2560 (also MCG 4-20-27, UGC 4337 and PGC 23367) is a magnitude +13.8 lenticular galaxy located 225 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copenhagen O...