* Astronomy

NGC 5854 (also MCG 1-39-1, UGC 9726 and PGC 54013) is a magnitude +11.9 lenticular galaxy located 80 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 Clayhall Farm H...

NGC 5869 (also MCG 0-39-6, UGC 9742 and PGC 54119) is a magnitude +11.9 lenticular galaxy located 96 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 Clayhall Farm H...

The Santa Lucia (L6) meteorite fell in San Juan, Argentina, on the 23rd January, 2008. A total mass of 4 kg was recovered. 31° 32' 8"S, 68° 29' 22"W

The 41 - 93 metre wide asteroid 2014 CN13 will make a close pass (44.0 lunar distances, 0.1131 AU), travelling at 10.79 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th February 2014 @ 14:21 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 k...

The 79 - 180 metre wide asteroid 2014 CR will make a close pass (8.3 lunar distances, 0.0213 AU), travelling at 12.02 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th February 2014 @ 00:22 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....

Orbital elements: 2014 DH6 Earth MOID = 0.0018 AU Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC M 253.13566 (2000.0) P Q n 0.67802435 Peri. 238.78702 -0.79450752 +0.57277167 a 1.2832340 Node 334.36806 -0.26151733 -0.62252886 e 0.3158893 Incl. 27.79479 -0.54805701 -0.53328269 P 1.45 H 25.8 G...

"One-of-a-kind" Stone Age artefacts left by Swedish nomads 11,000 years ago have been discovered by divers in the Baltic Sea Archaeology professor at Södertörn University Björn Nilsson's team has been diving in Hanö, a sandy bay off the coast of Skåne County, and has been given the reso...

The Ras Tanura (H6) meteorite fell in Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia, on the 23rd February, 1961. A total mass of 6.1 g was recovered. 26° 40'N, 50° 9'E

The Laochenzhen (H6) meteorite fell in Henan, China, on the 23rd February, 1987. A total mass of 14.25 kg was recovered. 33° 8'N, 115° 10'E

The 240 - 540 metre wide asteroid 2006 DS14 will make a close pass (60.8 lunar distances, 0.1561 AU), travelling at 14.15 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th February, 2010. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), t...

NGC 2506 (also OCL 593, Melotte 80 and Caldwell 54) is a magnitude +7.6 open cluster located 11,300 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slou...

NGC 2525 (also IRAS 08032-1117, MCG -2-21-4, UGCA 135 and PGC 22721) is a magnitude +11.6 barred spiral galaxy located 73 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum refle...

NGC 2575 (also UGC 4368, MCG 4-20-40, IRAS08198 2427 and PGC 23501) is a magnitude +12.8 spiral galaxy located 178 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using the Foucault 80 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting tele...

NGC 3640 (also MCG 1-29-33, UGC 6368 and PGC 34778) is a magnitude +10.3 elliptical galaxy located 57 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, Berksh...

NGC 3645 (also NGC 3630, UGC 6349, MCG 1-29-31 and PGC 34698) is a magnitude +12.1 barred spiral galaxy located 68 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 Datc...