The 21 - 47 metre wide asteroid 2014 AE51 will make a close pass (6.1 lunar distances, 0.0156 AU), travelling at 12.69 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th January 2014 @ 18:19 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
Makara Sankranti is one of the most auspicious occasions for the Hindus, and is celebrated in almost all parts of India and Nepal in a myriad of cultural forms, with great devotion, fervour, and gaiety. It is a harvest festival. Read more Happy Makar Sankranti - Pongal 2014 Greetings [spoiler][vide...
Comet Brooks, 1889, January 14 (?). This comet was discovered by Brooks on January 14. It was never seen after that date eithr by its discoverer or by other observers. Read more While sweeping the eastern heavens in the neighbourhood of the Sun, on the morning of January 15, 1889, at 6h 5m LMT, I discov...
It is related in the Chinese annals that on the 14th of January, 616 B.C., a meteoric stone-fall broke several chariots and killed ten men. Read more 616 - Jan. 14: A large shooting star like a bushel fell onto the rebel Lu Ming-yueh's camp. It destroyed his wall-attacking tower and crushed to death mo...
The 33 - 75 metre wide asteroid 2006 AN will make a close pass (32.7 lunar distances, 0.0841 AU), travelling at 5.61 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th January 2014 @ 01:36 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
NGC 4866 is a lenticular galaxy located 80 Million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It was first observed by British astronomer Sir William Herschel on January 14, 1787 Source
NGC 4595 (also UGC 7826 , McG 3-32-81 , ZWG 99,106 , VCC 1811 , IRAS12373 +1534 , and PGC 42396) is a magnitude +12.1 almost face-on barred spiral galaxy located 29 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel...
NGC 4571 (also UGC 7788, IC 3588, and PGC 42100) is a magnitude +11.8 face-on spiral galaxy located 58 ±11 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at W...
Hubble portrays a dusty spiral galaxy The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided us with another outstanding image of a nearby galaxy. This week, we highlight the galaxy NGC 4183, seen here with a beautiful backdrop of distant galaxies and nearby stars. Located about 55 million light-years...
NGC 3600 (also UGC 6283, IRAS11130 +4152, MCG 7-23-38, GWT 213.38, MK 1443, KUG 1113 418 or PGC 34353) is a magnitude +11.7 edge-on spiral galaxy located 40 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47....
NGC 2798 (also UGC 4905, IRAS09141 +4212, MCG 7-19-55, KCPG 195A, GWT 209.45, KUG 0914 +422 A, ARP 283, VV 50 or PGC 26232) is a magnitude +12.0 barred spiral galaxy located 77 ±6 million light-years away in the constellation Lynx. The galaxy is gravitationally interacting with the neighbouring gal...
NGC 107 (also PGC 1606 or MCG -2-2-14) is a magnitude +15.2 spiral galaxy located 284 ±20 million light years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy is about 5' north (PA 320°) from the magnitude 7.4 star HD 2195. The galaxy was discovered by German-Baltic astronomer Otto Wilhelm von Struve usin...
Suwahib meteoric stone A new meteoric stone from Suwahib, Arabia. Starting in December 1930, Mr. Bertram Thomas made the crossing of the Rub1' al Khali, the desert region of Arabia lying between the mountains of the south coast and the Persian Gulf. Never before had this desert been crossed by any Eu...
The 330 - 730 metre wide asteroid 2013 YZ13 will make a close pass (53.5 lunar distances, 0.1375 AU), travelling at 16.96 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th January 2014 @ 11:00 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (o...
