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**Solar Storm Forecast 01-08-13**

Solar Storm Forecast 01-08-13

NGC 2061 (also ESO 363 - ** 16) is a magnitude +9.6 group of stars located 1768 ±82 light-years away, and 28700 light-years from the galactic center, in the constellation Columba. The grouping was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflector at Feldhausen, Cl...

NGC 2188 (also ESO 364-37, MCG -6-14-8, AM 0608-340, PGC 18536) is a magnitude +11.7 edge-on barred spiral galaxy located 34 million light-years away in the constellation Columba. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflector at Feldhausen, C...

NGC 2191 (also ESO 160-14 or PGC 18464) is a magnitude +11.4 lenticular galaxy located 207 million light-years away in the constellation Carina. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflector at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 9th Janu...

The Git-Git (L6) meteorite fell in Plateau, Nigeria, on the 9th January, 1947. A total mass of 480 g was recovered. 9° 36'N, 9° 55'E

The Phum Sambo (H4) meteorite fell in Kampong Cham, Cambodia, on the 9th January, 1933. A total mass of 7.8 kg was recovered. 12° 0'N, 105° 29'E

The Castrovillari (Stone) meteorite fell in Calabria, Italy, on the 9th January, 1583. A total mass of 15 kg was recovered. 39° 48'N, 16° 12'E

Orbital elements: 2012 AB11 Earth MOID = 0.0977 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 22.28063 (2000.0) P Q n 0.49130960 Peri. 20.29528 -0.59342185 -0.67261591 a 1.5906180 Node 108.86129 +0.65889716 -0.72140593 e 0.3300134 Incl. 27.85070 +0.46228242 +0.16480693 P 2.01 H 22.1 G...

The 76 - 170 metre wide asteroid 2013 WS43 will make a close pass (23.6 lunar distances, 0.0606 AU), travelling at 6.54 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th January 2014 @ 17:24 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...

The 9 - 20 metre wide asteroid 2014 AD16 will make a close pass (1.5 lunar distances, 0.0039 AU), travelling at 8.31 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th January 2014 @ 10:25 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...

The 44 - 98 metre wide asteroid 2013 YL48 will make a close pass (37.4 lunar distances, 0.0962 AU), travelling at 8.10 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th January 2014 @ 01:18 UT ±00:03. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...

Up to 15 meteors per hour may be observed in late hours of January 8 At present, the Earth is going through a meteor rain which is coming from the constellation of Puppides-Velides. Press secretary of the observatory in Pulkovo (near St. Petersburg) Sergey Smirnov says that the meteors may be seen in t...

UMD Undergraduates Discover Rare Eclipsing Double Asteroid Students in a University of Maryland undergraduate astronomy class have made a rare discovery that wowed professional astronomers: a previously unstudied asteroid is actually a pair of asteroids that orbit and regularly eclipse one...

The Jacobite rising of 1745, often referred to as "The 'Forty-Five," was the attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart. Read more

NGC 2364 is a magnitude +14.9 open cluster located 6259 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 8th January 1831. Right Ascension 07 20 46.4...