NGC 2279 is a magnitude +13.4 group of three stars located in the constellation Gemini. The group of stars were discovered by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan using a 30.48 cm (12 inch) refractor at the Paris Observatory on the 8th January 1885. Right Ascension 06 48 24.7 Declination +33° 24...
NGC 1927 is a non-existent object, possibly a quasar or part of Barnard's Loop, located in the constellation Orion. The object is near to the Herbig Ae star candidate HD 35929. The object was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Windso...
NGC 1726 (also MCG -1-13-42, PGC 16508) is a magnitude +11.7 lenticular galaxy located 184 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 8th...
NGC 1707 (also IC 2107) is a magnitude +12.8 group of stars located in the constellation Orion. The asterism was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflector at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 8th January 1828. The grouping were rediscovered by Guillaume Bigour...
Title: Beni M'hira: A new chondritic (L6) meteorite fall from Tunisia Author: Laridhi Ouazaa, N., Perchiazzi, N., D'Orazio, M., Rochette, P., Clocchiatti, R., & Folco, L., , The Beni M'hira meteorite fell on January 8, 2001 in southeastern Tunisia. This is only the fifth observed fall from Tu...
Astronomers spot best candidate for a Thorne-Zytkow object, a hybrid star proposed almost 40 years ago. Astronomers say that they have discovered the first example of a long-sought cosmic oddity: a bloated, dying star with a surprise in its core - an ultradense neutron star. Such entities, known a...
The 21 - 46 metre wide asteroid 2013 YV102 made a close pass (6.7 lunar distances, 0.0171 AU), travelling at 14.62 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 7th January 2014 @ 03:12 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...
I have a meteor found in so. cal. in the early 70ies. It is magnetic. and pot marked. It weighs aprox. 1.5 lbs. 3.5" long 2.5' w. and is 2.75 h. It was found in the desert on a sand dune Dad said it just didn't belong there. so he put it in the shed and just found it again. If anybody can help me get a value on t...
Title: Meteor of January 7, 10.31 P.M. Authors: Denning, W. F. AMONG the "Notes'' in NATURE, vol. xv., p. 244, there is a description of a large meteor, of which I was fortunate enough to secure a good observation ; but on comparing the apparent path, as observed by myself, with that recorded in th...
NGC 2448 (also ESO 493 - ** 8) is a magnitude +5.0 is a open star cluster, or asterism, located 3392 light-years away in the constellation Puppis. The cluster of ~20 stars are grouped around the magnitude +5.6 eclipsing binary star HD 62747 The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John He...
The 140 - 320 metre wide asteroid 2013 VF13 will make a close pass (72.4 lunar distances, 0.1860 AU), travelling at 10.02 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th January 2014 @ 00:05 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0...
The 20 - 46 metre wide asteroid 2013 YM48 will make a close pass (8.8 lunar distances, 0.0227 AU), travelling at 13.27 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th January 2014 @ 14:15 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
Supervolcanoes 'can grow in just hundreds of years' The largest volcanoes on our planet may take as little as a few hundred years to form and erupt. These "supervolcanoes" were thought to exist for as much as 200,000 years before releasing their vast underground pools of molten rock. Re...
