* Astronomy

NGC 2570 (also UGC 4354, MCG 4-20-36, ZWG 119.68 and PGC 23443) is a magnitude +14.3 spiral galaxy located 302 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer Ralph Copeland using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflector at Birr Castle on the 20...

Title: New results on the exotic galaxy 'Speca' and discovering many more Specas with RAD@home network Author: Ananda Hota (1, 2), Judith H. Croston (3), Youichi Ohyama (4), C. S. Stalin (5), Martin J. Hardcastle (6), Chiranjib Konar (4), R.P. Aravind (2), Sheena M. Agarwal (2), Sai Arun Dharmik Bh...

Jemlapur, India (?). Fell 1901, February. Stone. Intermediate Chondrite. Ordinary (L6) Approx. recovered weight: 0.45 kg A stone of about 1 lb. (454g), labelled "Jemlapur, Miuldera Tk (fell Feb.|01)," was found in a curio dealer's shop in Beckenham in 1913, but neither locality nor f...

The Dosso (L6) meteorite fell in Dosso, Niger, on the 19th February, 1962. A total mass of 1.25 kg was recovered. 13° 3'N, 3° 10'E

The Sinnai (H6) meteorite fell in Sardegna, Italy, on the 19th February, 1956. A total mass of 2 kg was recovered. 39° 18'N, 9° 12'E

The Portugal (Stone) meteorite fell in Evora, Portugal, on the 19th February, 1796. A total mass of 4.5 kg was recovered. 38° 30'N, 8° 0'W

The Eichstädt (H5) meteorite fell in Bayern, Germany, on the 19th February, 1785. A total mass of 3 kg was recovered. 48° 54'N, 11° 13'E

Title: The daylight meteor of February 19, 1935 Authors: Wylie, C. C. The detonating meteors of 1934 for which we have recently published paths are examples of meteors Read more

Human remains excavated in a cathedral in northern Poland are very likely those of the Renaissance astronomer Nicolas Copernicus, archaeologists working in the cathedral said. The remain...

The Mir space station was launched on the 19th February, 1986 at 21:28:23 UTC Mir was a Soviet and later Russian space station. It was the world's first consistently inhabited long-term research station in space, and the first of the third generation type of space station, constructed from 1986 t...

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands. Captain William Smith in the British merchant brig Williams, while sailing to Valparaiso, Chile in 1819 deviated from his route south of Cape Horn, and on 19 February sighted Williams Point, the northeast extremity of Livingston Island...

The Battle of Lugdunum, also called the Battle of Lyon, was fought on 19 February 197 at Lugdunum (modern Lyon, France), between the armies of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus and of the Roman usurper Clodius Albinus. Severus' victory finally established him as the sole emperor of the Roman Empi...

NGC 1817 (also OCL 463 and Collinder 60) is a magnitude +7.7 open star cluster located 6,432 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. The cluster is near to (and perhaps connects to) NGC 1807, and consists of a ~100 magnitude +11 - 14 stars, with a scattering of several magnitude +8 or 9 stars. In 7...

NGC 2184 (also known as the Mini-Hyades Cluster) is a magnitude +13.6 asterism located in the constellation Orion. The brightest star is magnitude +9.2 The group of 5 stars, or asterism, was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Windsor...

NGC 2219 is a scattered open cluster located 6,600 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. The cluster contains about 20 stars of magnitude 7-13 The cluster or asterism, was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope on the 19th Febru...