* Astronomy

One of Western Europe's earliest known urban societies may have sown the seeds of its own downfall, a study suggests. Mystery surrounded the fall of the Bronze Age Argaric people in south-east Spain - Europe's driest area. Data suggests the early civilisation exhausted precious natural resource...

ATel 5935: SN 2014G is a Type II-L

The Franklin (H5) meteorite fell in Kentucky, USA, sometime in March, 1921. A total mass of 9.06 kg was recovered. 36° 43'N, 86° 34'W

The Kamiomi (H5) meteorite fell in Kanto, Japan, in late March or early April during the years 1913 to 1916. A total mass of 448 g was recovered. 36° 2' 30"N, 139° 57' 24"E

The Khmelevka (L5) meteorite fell in Omskaya oblast', Russia, on the 1st March, 1929. A total mass of 6.11 kg was recovered. 56° 45'N, 75° 20'E

The Trebbin (LL6) meteorite fell in Brandenburg, Germany, on the 1st March, 1988. A total mass of 1250 g was recovered. 52° 13'N, 13° 10'E

Meteorite Falls on the Roof of a Family Allotment in Oslo According to Norwegian daily VG, the meteorite caused a hole in the roof of the house. The owner of the house, Rune Thomassen told VG that the meteorite piece was about as big as a snowball, and as heavy as a regular stone in its size. [url=http://w...

Title: The Columbus eclipse Authors: Rigge, W. F. he lunar eclipse in question was a total one with the magnitude 1.11. According to Oppoizer mid-totality occurred in 1504 March 1 at 0h 39 Read more

NGC 2427 (also ESO 208-27, IRAS07350-4731 and PGC 21375) is a magnitude +11.6 intermediate spiral galaxy located 45 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm(18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at the Cape...

NGC 4637 (also UGC 7881, MCG 2-32-188 and PGC 42744) is a magnitude +13.8 lenticular galaxy located between 57 to 63 light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy forms a galactic pair, with the brighter galaxy NGC 4638. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer R. J. Mitchell, assistant t...

NGC 4738 (also UGC 7999, MCG 5-30-10 and PGC 43517) is a magnitude +13.4 spiral galaxy located 219 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney, assistant to William Parsons, using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflect...

NASA's GPM Observatory Completes First Dry Run NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory satellite went through its first complete comprehensive performance test (CPT), beginning on Oct. 4, 2012 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Md. The testing ran twe...

Sun 28.02.14: Ultraviolet (380NM) photo mosaic Sun 28.02.14: Photo mosaic captured with a 100mm refractor and webcam Sun 28.02.14: The western limb Sun 28.02.14: The eastern limb Sun 28.02.14: Test UV (380nm) photo mosaic

Jupiter 27.02.14: Jupiters moons (processed image) Jupiter 27.02.14: Jupiter captured with a 100mm refractor Jupiter 27.02.14: Jupiter captured with a 100mm refractor

Orbital elements: 2014 DS22 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0269 AU Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC M 348.18142 (2000.0) P Q n 0.30223449 Peri. 59.21805 +0.21466374 -0.97628111 a 2.1990750 Node 18.44954 +0.86289805 +0.17605462 e 0.5887130 Incl. 5.11046 +0.45752205 +0.12601572 P 3.26 H 21....