NGC 4378 (also UGC 7497, MCG 1-32-52, GWT 42.92, VCC 785, IRAS12227 0512 and PGC 40490) is a magnitude +11.7 spiral galaxy located 118 million light-years (35.1 million parsecs) away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5...
NGC 4580 (also UGC 7794, MCG 1-32-117, GWT 42,183, VCC 1730, IRAS12352 0538 and PGC 42174) is a magnitude +11.8 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 48 million light-years (25.6 million parsecs) away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Her...
NGC 4586 (also UGC 7804, MCG 1-32-122, GWT 42,187, VCC 1760, IRAS12359 0435 and PGC 42241) is a magnitude +11.7 spiral galaxy located 57 million light-years (17.5 million parsecs) away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47...
NGC 4630 (also UGC 7871, IRAS12399 0414, MCG 1-32-136 and PGC 42688) is a magnitude +12.5 irregular face-on barred galaxy located 34 million light-years (17.9 million parsecs) away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5...
NGC 1641 (also ESO 84-SC24) is a magnitude +11.6 open star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud located in the constellation Dorado. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 2nd Dec...
The 18 - 41 metre wide asteroid 2014 BX43 will make a close pass (9.0 lunar distances, 0.0232 AU), travelling at 16.63 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd February, 2014 @ 00:54 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...
Title: The Norma cluster (ACO3627) -- III. The Distance and Peculiar Velocity via the Near-Infrared Ks-band Fundamental Plane Author: T. Mutabazi, S. L. Blyth, P. A. Woudt, J. R. Lucey, T. H. Jarrett, M. Bilicki, A. C. Schroder, S. A. W. Moore (Version, v2) While Norma (ACO3627) is the richest clust...
On February 1, 2002, Chinese astronomer Zhang Daqing from Kaifeng discovered a new comet in the constellation Cetus, and reported it to the IAU. He found that Japanese astronomer Kaoru Ikeya had discovered it earlier than he had, as the time of sunset is earlier than China. According to tradition, s...
Gertrude Caton-Thompson (1 February 1888 - 18 April 1985) was an influential English archaeologist at a time when participation by women in the discipline was uncommon. She worked as an archaeologist in Egypt at the sites of Abydos and Oxyrhynchus. While studying at the British School of Archae...
Countdown is a 1968 film directed by Robert Altman, based on the novel The Pilgrim Project by Hank Searls. It stars James Caan and Robert Duvall Read more Release date: 1st February 1968
NGC 1653 (also UGC 3153, MCG 0-13-3, GWT 394.2 and PGC 15942) is a magnitude +11.9 elliptical galaxy located 47.809 million parsecs (156 million light-years) away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) r...
Spiral Beauty Graced by Fading Supernova About 35 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Eridanus (The River), lies the spiral galaxy NGC 1637. Back in 1999 the serene appearance of this galaxy was shattered by the appearance of a very bright supernova (SN 1999em). Astronomers st...
NGC 1638 (also UGC 3133, MCG 0-12-69 or GWT 393.68 and PGC 15824) is a magnitude +12.0 lenticular galaxy located 145.79 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telesco...
NGC 1684 (also MCG -1-13 -31, IRAS 04500-0311 and PGC 16219) is a magnitude +12.0 elliptical galaxy located 204 million light-years away in the constellation Orion. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Clay...
