NGC 1797 (also IRAS 05053-0805, MCG -1-14-2, MK 1093, and PGC 16781) is a magnitude 13.5 spiral galaxy located 205 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.64 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at t...
NGC 1799 (also MCG -1-14-1 and PGC 16783) is a magnitude +13.7 lenticular galaxy located 204 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.64 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory,...
NGC 2558 (also MCG 4-20-22, UGC 4331, NPM1G +20.0168 and PGC 23337) is a magnitude +13.2 spiral galaxy located 230 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at...
NGC 2562 (also UGC 4345, MCG 4-20-31, GWT 119.63, ARAK 159 and PGC 23395) is a magnitude +13.0 spiral galaxy located 230 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflect...
NGC 2589 is a misplaced or non-existent galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. The object was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.64 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 13th February 1887. Sub...
You may recall Isaac Newton's famous quote: If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. One of those giants was the flamboyant silver-nosed Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. His accurate pre-telescopic observations laid the groundwork for modern astronomy. H...
A strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred at 08:26:45 (UTC) on Wednesday, January 09, 2008, in the Central Tibetan region, 445 km NE of Jumla, Nepal, at a Depth of 10 km Location 32.341°N, 85.146°E
Title: Women in Italian astronomy Author: Francesca Matteucci, Raffaele Gratton This document gives some quantitative facts about the role of women in Italian astronomy. More than 26% of Italian IAU members are women: this is the largest fraction among the world leading countries in astronomy....
Title: An Oort cloud origin of the Halley-type comets Author: J.-H. Wang, R. Brasser The origin of the Halley-type comets (HTCs) is one of the last mysteries of the dynamical evolution of the Solar System. Prior investigation into their origin has focused on two source regions: the Oort cloud and th...
Title: Amos's Earthquake: An Extraordinary Middle East Seismic Event of 750 B.C. Author: Steven A. Austin, Gordon W. Franz & Eric G. Frost Widely separated archaeological excavations in Israel and Jordan contain late Iron Age (Iron IIb) architecture bearing evidence of a great earthquake....
Title: The Detonating Fireball of 1956 February 12 Authors: Russell, J. A. This paper describes the orbit, size, brightness, and sounds of a meteor that appeared over Southern California on 1956 February 12, at 1h 7m 40s P.S.T. Parabolic elements were computed that indicate that the meteorite ove...
On May 19,1961, the Venera 1 spacecraft passed within 100,000 km of the planet Venus. On February 12, 1961, 00:34:36 UTC, the first planetary probe was launched to Venus by the Soviet Union. The Venus-1 Automatic Interplanetary Station, or Venera 1, was a 643.5 kg probe consisting of a cylindrical b...
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