Comet Giacobini-Zinner (official designation: 21P/Giacobini-Zinner) is a periodic comet in our solar system. It was discovered by Michel Giacobini from (Nice, France), who observed the comet in the constellation of Aquarius on December 20, 1900. It was recovered two passages later by Ernst Zi...
The 23 - 52 metre wide asteroid 2014 EN12 will make a close pass (25.6 lunar distances, 0.0658 AU), travelling at 12.31 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th March, 2014 @ 07:44 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
Orbital elements:
2014 EM Earth MOID = 0.0057 AU
Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC
M 302.75828 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.34982729 Peri. 227.05941 -0.78807425 +0.61547274
a 1.9948041 Node 350.90612 -0.54147504 -0.70197027
e 0.5466192 Incl. 4.17302 -0.29282034 -0.35837277
P 2.82 H 25.1 G 0....
Orbital elements: 2010 FR9 Earth MOID = 0.0156 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 307.14881 (2000.0) P Q n 0.49172364 Peri. 213.48041 -0.80901322 +0.58777368 a 1.5897250 Node 2.53199 -0.51482690 -0.70492335 e 0.3844070 Incl. 5.76859 -0.28363865 -0.39699517 P 2.00 H 26.0 G 0.15 U 7 [url...
NGC 2872 (also Arp 307, MCG 2-24-8, UGC 5018 and PGC 26733) is a magnitude +11.9 elliptical galaxy located 147 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy is gravitationally interacting with the neighbouring galaxy NGC 2874: these two galaxies are listed as Arp 307 in the Atlas of...
NGC 2678 is a magnitude +14.6 open star cluster located 2900 light-years away in the constellation Cancer. 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 the 15th March 1784. Right Ascensio...
NGC 2874 (also Arp 307, IRAS 09230+1138, MCG 2-24-10,, UGC 5021 and PGC 26740) is a magnitude +12.5 spiral galaxy located 174 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy is gravitationally interacting with the neighbouring galaxy NGC 2872: these two galaxies are listed as Arp 3...
NGC 3323 (also IC 2592, IRAS 10368+2535, MCG 4-25-36, UGC 5800 and PGC 31712) is a magnitude +13.4 barred spiral galaxy located 237 million light-years away in the constellation Leo Minor. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) refle...
NGC 3366 (also IC 2592, ESO 264-7, IRAS 10329-4325, MCG -7-22-24 and PGC 31335) is a magnitude +11.4 barred spiral galaxy located 133 million light-years away in the constellation Sextans. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum refl...
NGC 3385 (also MCG 1-28-9, UGC 5908 and PGC 32285) is a magnitude +12.6 lenticular galaxy located 359 million light-years away in the constellation Sextans. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough, ...
NGC 3387 (also ESO 268-40, IRAS 12446-4303, MCG -7-26-46 and PGC 43166) is a magnitude +15.0 compact galaxy located 472 million light-years away in the constellation Sextans. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Wind...
NGC 3666 (also MCG 2-29-25, UGC 6420 and PGC 35043) is a magnitude +11.7 barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berk...
NGC 3973 (also MCG 2-31-1, UGC 7475 and PGC 37439) is a magnitude +15.0 spiral galaxy located 284 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer R. J. Mitchell using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflector at Birr castle on the 15th March 1...
NGC 4371 (also MCG 2-32-33, UGC 7493 and PGC 40442) is a magnitude +11.0 lenticular galaxy located 43 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 Datchet, Berk...
Messier 98 (also NGC 4192) is intermediate spiral galaxy located about 44.4 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. Messier 98 was discovered by French astronomer Pierre Méchain on 15 March 1781 Read more Right ascension 12h 13m 48.292s Declination +14° 54' 01.69"
