NGC 2280 (also ESO 427-2, MCG -5-16-20, UGCA 131, AM 0642-273, IRAS 06428-2735 and PGC 19531) is a magnitude +10.5 spiral galaxy located 25.236 million parsecs (75 million light-years) away in the constellation Canis Major. The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel using a 47...
NGC 2325 (also ESO 427-28, MCG -5-17-5 and PGC 20047) is a magnitude +11.0 elliptical galaxy located 22.744 million parsecs (74 million light-years) away in the constellation Canis Major. The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telesc...
Title: SPITZER/IRAC-MIPS Survey of NGC2451A and B: Debris Disks at 50-80 million years Authors: Zoltan Balog, Laszlo L. Kiss, Jozsef Vinko, G. H. Rieke, James Muzerolle, Andras Gaspar, Erick T. Young, Nadya Gorlova We present a Spitzer IRAC and MIPS survey of NGC 2451 A and B, two open clusters in th...
Hubble Watched a Pulsating Stellar Relic This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the planetary nebula NGC 2452, located in the southern constellation of Puppis. The blue haze across the frame is what remains of a star like our sun after it has depleted all its fuel. When this happens, the co...
Title: NGC 2579 and the carbon and oxygen abundance gradients beyond the solar circle Authors: C. Esteban, L. Carigi, M. V. F. Copetti, J. García-Rojas, A. Mesa-Delgado, H. O. Castañeda, D. Péquignot We present deep echelle spectrophotometry of the Galactic HII region NGC 2579. The data have been...
NGC 2886 is a magnitude +13.9 group of four stars located in the constellation Hydra. The grouping was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope, on the 1st February 1837. Right Ascension 09h 26m 38.7s, Declination -21°...
NGC 2919 (also UGC 5102, MCG 2-25-7, CGCG 63-13, IRAS 09321 +1030 and PGC 27232) is a magnitude +12.9 spiral galaxy located 41.335 million parsecs (135 million light-years) away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 c...
NGC 2920 (also ESO 565-15, IRAS09318-2038 and PGC 27197) is a magnitude +13.0 spiral galaxy located 152 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope on t...
NGC 3250 (also ESO 317-26, MCG -7-22-7, 2MASX J10263227-3956380 and PGC 30671) is a magnitude +11.2 elliptical galaxy located 41.066 million parsecs (134 million light-years) away in the constellation Antlia. Nearby are the galaxies: NGC 3250B, NGC 3250C and NGC 3250D. The galaxy was discovere...
NGC 3275 (also ESO 375-50, MCG -6-23-46, AM 1028-362, IRAS 10286-3628 and PGC 31014) is a magnitude +11.4 barred spiral galaxy located 42.4000 million parsecs (138 million light-years) away in the constellation Antlia. The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel at the Cape of...
NGC 3378 (also ESO 318-12, MCG -7-22-29, IRAS 10444-3945 and PGC 32189) is a magnitude +12.7 barred spiral galaxy located 238 million light-years away in the constellation Antlia. The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) ref...
Police were inundated with calls from scores of people from Didim to Bodrum after they heard a big bang and a flash of light across the skies. Despite officers being unable to explain the flashing green, yellow and red lights, Voices has solved the phenomena. It was not a UFO but a meteorite which crash...
Orbital elements:
2014 BU43 Earth MOID = 0.0082 AU
Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC
M 79.12149 (2000.0) P Q
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e 0.4036889 Incl. 6.72255 -0.39832757 +0.26042677
P 0.64 H 26.6 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2012 LA11 Earth MOID = 0.0064 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 18.88198 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.01567225 Peri. 238.32854 -0.76532387 -0.63806089
a 0.9801676 Node 261.88244 +0.61568188 -0.68739938
e 0.1017896 Incl. 4.90244 +0.18765713 -0.34692996
P 0.97 H 26.1 G...