NGC 2777 (also UGC 4823, MCG 1-24-6, IRAS09080 0724 and PGC 25876) is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy located 68 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point...
NGC 2864 (also MCG 1-24-20, IRAS09216 0609 and PGC 26644) is a magnitude +14.6 spiral galaxy located 468 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observa...
NGC 2882 (also UGC 5030, MCG 1-24-21, IRAS 09 239 +0810 and PGC 26781) is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy located 99 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point o...
NGC 2942 (also RAS 09361 3413, MCG 6-21-65, UGC 5140 and PGC 27527) is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy located 203 million light-years away in the constellation Leo Minor. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Ro...
Joseph von Fraunhofer (6 March 1787 - 7 June 1826) was a German optician. He is known for the discovery of the dark absorption lines known as Fraunhofer lines in the Sun's spectrum, and for making excellent optical glass and achromatic telescope objectives. Read more
Sun 04.03.14: Ultraviolet (380nm) photo mosaic #2 Sun 04.03.14: Ultraviolet (380nm) photo mosaic Sun 04.03.14: Captured with a 100mm refractor and vesta pro webcam
An investigation by Adrian Melott, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Kansas, and colleagues reveals a promising new method of detecting past comet strikes upon Earth and gauging their frequency. The results will be unveiled at the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting...
Title: New Vacuum Solar Telescope observations of a flux rope tracked by a filament activation Author: Shuhong Yang, Jun Zhang, Zhong Liu, Yongyuan Xiang One main goal of the New Vacuum Solar Telescope (NVST) which is located at the Fuxian Solar Observatory is to image the Sun at high resolution. Ba...
Title: OQ Carinae: A New Southern Z Cam Type Dwarf Nova Author: Rod Stubbings, Mike Simonsen Long term optical monitoring of the dwarf nova OQ Car has been conducted to study the previously unknown behaviour of this star system. The observations have shown OQ Car to have frequent dwarf nova outburst...
Title: A Medieval Multiverse: Mathematical Modelling of the 13th Century Universe of Robert Grosseteste Author: Richard G. Bower (Durham), Tom C. B. McLeish F.R.S. (Durham), Brian K. Tanner (Durham), Hannah E. Smithson (Oxford), Cecilia Panti (Rome), Neil Lewis (Georgetown), Giles E. M. Gasp...
On Saturday, March 5, [1870] as one of Mr. Enys' shepherds was proceeding from the station in the direction of Lake Lyndon, Canterbury, he saw an aerolite fall, starting over Mount Torlesse and sloping towards Big Ben. Before reaching the latter, it burst into many pieces. The shepherd is unable to s...
NGC 2749 (also MCG 3-23-36, UGC 4763 and PGC 25508) is a magnitude +11.8 elliptical galaxy located 192 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using the 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copenhage...
NGC 2876 (also MCG-01-24-016 and PGC 26710) is a magnitude +13.1 lenticular galaxy located 281 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using the 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory ...
