The 48 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2014 BB3 will make a close pass (45.2 lunar distances, 0.1160 AU), travelling at 3.87 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st February 2014 @ 13:06 UT ±00:17. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0...
Asteroid (385) Ilmatar is at Opposition in the constellation Leo on the 21st February 2014. Magnitude: 10.6 Distance to Earth: 1.530 AU Distance to Sun center: 2.517 AU
Comet 168P/Hergenrother is a periodic comet in the solar system. The comet originally named P/1998 W2 returned in 2005 and got the temporary name P/2005 N2. The comet will come to perihelion on 1 October 2012, and is expected to reach about apparent magnitude 15.2. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/...
Title: Chandra LETGS spectroscopy of the Quasar MR2251-178 and its warm absorber Authors: J.M. Ramírez (1), S. Komossa (1), V. Burwitz (1), S. Mathur (2) ((1) Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestriche Physik, Garching, Germany, (2) Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus)...
Title: The impact of a 126 GeV Higgs on the neutralino mass Author: C. Beskidt (1), W. de Boer (1), D. I. Kazakov (1,2) ((1) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, (2) Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, Dubna, Russia) We highlight the differences of the dark matter sector bet...
Sun 20.02.14: Photo mosaic Sun 20.02.14: The eastern limb Sun 20.02.14: The eastern limb, Ultraviolet (380nm) image Sun 20.02.14: The western limb, Ultraviolet (380nm) image Sun 20.02.14: Ultraviolet (380nm) Photo mosaic Sun 20.02.14: Ultraviolet (380nm) Photo mosaic
NGC 2397 (also ESO 58-30, IRAS 07214-6854 or PGC 20766) is a magnitude +11.8 spiral galaxy located 63 million light-years away in the constellation Volans. It is located in the vicinity of NGC 2397A and NGC 2397B. The nucleus consists of old yellow and red stars, with younger stars formed within the o...
NGC 2753 (also MCG 4-22-15 or PGC 25603) is a magnitude +14.0 barred spiral galaxy located 128 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered by Danish-German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copenhagen O...
NGC 2862 (also IRAS 09219+2659, MCG 5-22-45, UGC 5010 or PGC 26690) is a magnitude +12.9 barred spiral galaxy located 188 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by Danish-German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refra...
NGC 2927 (also MCG 4-23-16, UGC 5122 or PGC 27385) is a magnitude +12.9 barred spiral galaxy located 347 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by Danish-German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copenh...
NGC 2929 (also IRAS 09346+2323, MCG 4-23-17, UGC 5126 or PGC 27398) is a magnitude +13.8 spiral galaxy located 345 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by Danish-German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at...
NGC 2930 (also MCG 4-23-18, WAS 1 or PGC 27404) is a magnitude +14.2 spiral galaxy located 339 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by Danish-German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copenhagen Obser...
NGC 2931 (also MCG 4-23-19 or PGC 27415) is a magnitude +14.2 spiral galaxy located 344 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by Danish-German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copenhagen Observator...
NGC 3375 (also 2MASX J10470078-0956285, MCG-01-28-002 or PGC 32205) is a magnitude +12.6 lenticular galaxy located 113 million light-years away in the constellation Sextant. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/19 refracti...
