Title: Total eclipse of the moon : January 28, 1888 Authors: Pickering, E. C. Some additional interest has lately been given to the observation of total eclipses of the moon by the suggestion of certain observations for which such occasions are particularly advantageous. The occurrence of a total...
Orbital elements:
2012 HG31 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0120 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 311.01772 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.30765311 Peri. 172.93511 +0.78211531 +0.61616962
a 2.1731774 Node 148.42569 -0.58004374 +0.77437210
e 0.5301421 Incl. 10.21990 -0.22769477 +0.14381536
P 3.20...
Orbital elements:
2014 BG25 Earth MOID = 0.0374 AU
Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC
M 27.14431 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.15871096 Peri. 218.73277 +0.95077249 +0.27550797
a 0.8977443 Node 124.70069 -0.22355494 +0.92682968
e 0.2462668 Incl. 9.93682 -0.21460397 +0.25511194
P 0.85 H 25.2 G 0...
On 2014 Jan 28 UT, the 12 km diameter asteroid (1179) Mally will occult a 3.6 mag star in the constellation Pisces for observers along a path across N Australia. Read more
NGC 4577 (also NGC 4591, IRAS12366 0617, UGC 7821, VCC 1780, MCG 1-32-124, GWT 42191 and PGC 42319) is a magnitude +13.0 inclined spiral galaxy located 111 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was possibly discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel usi...
NGC 3302 (also ESO 437-7, MCG -5-25-20, AM 1033-320 and PGC 31391) is a magnitude +12.5 lenticular galaxy located 187 million light-years away in the constellation Antlia. The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhaus...
NGC 3157 (also IC 2555, ESO 435-51, MCG -5-24-26, IRAS10094-3123 and PGC 29691) is a magnitude +13.2 barred spiral galaxy located 130 million light-years away in the constellation Antlia. The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting teles...
NGC 2564 (also ESO 562-1, NPM1G -21.0210, CGMW 2-3167 and PGC 23290) is a magnitude +12.5 lenticular galaxy located 233 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhau...
NGC 2439 (also Cr 158, Mel 74, ESO 429-SC011, Lund 370 and OCL 688) is a magnitude +6.9 open cluster located 12,573 light-years away in the constellation Puppis. This cluster has an age of about 10 million years. Observationally, this cluster is along the line of sight of two groups of B-type supergi...
GOCE, ESAs first satellite dedicated to measuring the Earths gravity field, has been presented to the press today in Turin, Italy, before being shipped to ESTEC the space agencys research and technology centre in the Netherlands for final testing. The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circu...
The 320 - 710 metre wide asteroid 2002 WQ4 will make a close pass (40.8 lunar distances, 0.1050 AU), travelling at 9.58 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 28th January, 2014 @ 17:13 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
Lucien Henri d'Azambuja (January 28, 1884, Paris - July 18, 1970) was an French astronomer who studied the solar chromosphere. He worked at the Paris Observatory in Meudon, where he, along with Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, built a large spectrograph. Read more
Title: Fireball of January 27, 1906 Authors: Denning, W. F. A magnificent fireball was seen by many persons in the north of England on the evening of January 27 at 8h. 33m. Descriptions of its appearance have been received from Hull, Bramley, Bradford, Patrington, and other places in Yorkshire, fro...
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