* Astronomy

The 460 - 1000 metre wide asteroid 2006 DP14 will make a close pass (6.2 lunar distances, 0.0160 AU), travelling at 27.13 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th February 2014 @ 19:05 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (o...

V5582 SGR II A high school teacher in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, became the first person to locate an undiscovered star in the galaxy. Read more V5582 Sgr = Nova Sagittarii 2...

The Guibga (L5) meteorite fell in Namentenga, Burkina Fas, on the 26th February, 1972. A total mass of 288 g was recovered. 13° 30'N, 0° 41'W

The Seldebourak (H5) meteorite fell in Tamanghasset, Algeria, on the 26th February, 1947. A total mass of 150 g was recovered. 22° 50'N, 4° 59'E

The Olmedilla de Alarcón (H5) meteorite fell in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, on the 26th February, 1929. A total mass of 40 kg was recovered. 39° 34'N, 2° 6'W

The Atemajac (L6) meteorite fell in Jalisco, Mexico, on the 26th February, 1896. A total mass of 94.2 g was recovered. 20° 4'N, 103° 40'W

The 1000 - 2200 metre wide asteroid 1996 SK will make a close pass (67.2 lunar distances, 0.1726 AU), travelling at 19.26 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th April, 2012 @ 20:02 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance...

The 73 - 160 metre wide asteroid 2009 EC1 will make a close pass (48.5 lunar distances, 0.1246 AU), travelling at 8.07 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th February 2014 @ 14:15 UT ±2 days 11:34. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km...

NGC 2360 (also Caroline's Cluster, Caldwell 58, Collinder 134 and Melotte 64) is a magnitude +7.2 open cluster located 6152 light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. The cluster is located in the Perseus Arm, 3.5° east of the star gamma Canis Majoris. The cluster is compact, with the main s...

NGC 2399 is a magnitude 13-14 group of three stars located in the constellation Canis Major. The grouping was discovered by American astronomer George Phillips Bond using a 38.1 cm (15 inch) refractor at Harvard on the 26th February 1853. Right Ascension 07h 29m 49.9s, Declination Dec -00° 12' 49"...

NGC 2450 (also MCG 5-19-8, GWT 148.22 and PGC 21807) is a magnitude +14.7 barred spiral galaxy located 225 million light-years away in the constellation Gemini. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Obser...

NGC 2590 (also IC 507, UGC 4392 , MCG 0-22-10 and PGC 23616) is a magnitude +13.1 barred spiral galaxy located 230 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The spiral was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille O...

A total solar eclipse occurred on February 26, 1998. Read more Spoiler

A total solar eclipse occurred on February 26, 1998. Read more Spoiler

A total solar eclipse occurred on Monday, February 26, 1979. Read more Spoiler Spoiler

Mercury: at magnitude -0.5, starts the month in the constellation of Aquarius. Mercury is at Perihelion on the 3rd. Mercury is close to Neptune (2.5° separated) on the 4th. Mercury is at inferior conjunction on the 15th. The planet is best seen from 8.9h -10.4h. (On February 1st, RA=22h07m30s ...