NGC 3763 (also IC 714, MCG -2-30-9, IRAS11339-093 and PGC 35907) is a magnitude +12.8 barred spiral galaxy located 270 million light-years away in the constellation Crater. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer Andrew Ainslie Common using a 91.44 cm (36 inch) f/5.9 reflector at Ealing,...
Orbital elements:
2014 DK10 Earth MOID = 0.0007 AU
Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC
M 328.94342 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.41144833 Peri. 314.29500 -0.30033925 -0.94958255
a 1.7903002 Node 152.79920 +0.92155219 -0.31320551
e 0.5020199 Incl. 11.34750 +0.24604450 +0.01397434
P 2.40 H 27.8...
Orbital elements:
2014 DJ10 Earth MOID = 0.0061 AU
Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC
M 6.31114 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.86617239 Peri. 244.86288 +0.74836535 -0.64429451
a 1.0899331 Node 154.31241 +0.65926881 +0.74864479
e 0.1274169 Incl. 21.31865 -0.07289678 +0.15625481
P 1.14 H 23.1 G 0...
Stream of stars in Andromeda satellite galaxy shows cosmic collision The Andromeda Galaxy is surrounded by a swarm of small satellite galaxies. Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, among others, have detected a stream of stars in one of the Andromeda Galaxys outer satellite galaxies, a dwa...
Title: IGR J11014-6103: a newly discovered pulsar wind nebula? Authors: L. Pavan, E. Bozzo, G. Pühlhofer, C. Ferrigno, M. Balbo, R. Walter Context: IGRJ11014-6103 is one of the still unidentified hard X-ray INTEGRAL sources, reported for the first time in the 4th IBIS/ISGRI catalogue. Aims: We i...
Ab 'Abd Allah Muammad ibn Baah, or simply Ibn Battuta, also known as Shams ad-Din (February 25, 1304-1368 or 1369), was a Muslim Moroccan explorer, known for his extensive travels published in the Rihla (literally, "The Journey"). Over a period of thirty years, he visited most of the kno...
Title: Comet notes: Comet D'Arrest Authors: van Biesbroeck, G. In our files we have one clipping relating to the fall of a meteorite into the ocean on February 24, 1912. It fell very lose to a ship, from which the phenomenon was observed. Read more
NGC 1469 (also MCG 11-5-4, UGC 2909 and PGC 14261) is a magnitude +13.2 lenticular galaxy located 51 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner...
NGC 1485 (also IRAS 03598+7051, MCG 12-4-10, UGC 2933 and PGC 14432) is a magnitude +12.8 spiral galaxy located 50 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at...
NGC 2885 (also IC 538) is a magnitude +13.9 spiral galaxy located 363 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. 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, on the 24th February 1827. The galaxy...
NGC 3697 (also NGC 3697A, MCG 4-27-42, UGC 6479 and PGC 35347) is a magnitude +12.3 barred spiral galaxy located 288 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road,...
NGC 4771 (also IRAS 12507+0132, MCG 0-33-17, UGC 8020 and PGC 43784) is a magnitude +12.3 spiral galaxy located 52 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 C...
Title: Optical Integral Field Spectroscopy of NGC 5850 Authors: M. Bremer, J. Scharwächter, A. Eckart, J. Zuther, S. Fischer, M. Valencia-S Here we present the preliminary results of the analysis of VIMOS observations of the central 4.5 kpc of the double-barred galaxy NGC 5850. We use optical dia...
