The 70 - 160 metre wide asteroid 2013 AH76 will make a close pass (73.9 lunar distances, 0.1899 AU), travelling at 12.46 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd January 2014 @ 18:18 UT ±19:53. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
Title: Comet notes: Comet D'Arrest Authors: van Biesbroeck, G. The writer has secured a few observations of the Ohio-Pennsylvania fireball of January 3, [1930] but not enough to make even an approximate determination of its path. Source
On January 3, 1970, 20:14 local time, three stations of the Prairie Network (Hominy and Woodward, Oklahoma, and Pleasanton, Kansas) photographed the track of a meteor after a several year search. The meteor was the first ever photographed in the United States. Analysis of the photographs indicat...
NGC 2240 is a magnitude +11.0? open star cluster of ~20 stars located 5059 light years away in the constellation Auriga. The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope Clayhall Farm House in Old Windsor, on the 3rd Januar...
NGC 1919 (also ESO 85-SC73) is a magnitude +12.3 open cluster with emission nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud located in the constellation Dorado. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape To...
The 62 - 140 metre wide asteroid 2013 YL2 will make a close pass (3.6 lunar distances, 0.0093 AU), travelling at 21.99 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd January 2014 @ 00:46 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
THAICOM Announces The THAICOM 6 Satellite Project THAICOM Public Company Limited announced today that the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has approved the THAICOM 6 satellite that was proposed by the Company and the Board of Directors of THAICOM Plc. has approved the inves...
Title: The meteor of January 2, 1927 Authors: Wylie, L. R. At 6:03 P.M. On the evening of January 2, 1927, Mrs. John Doe (name changed), the wife of a farmer living in southeastern Iowa, was going toward the barn to help with the milking. It was quite dark and Mrs Doe was carrying a flashlight to use occasi...
NGC 2334 (also IC 465, MCG 8-13-98, ZWG 234.95, NPM1G 50.0078 or PGC 20357) is a magnitude +13.7 compact galaxy located 275.27 million light-years away in the constellation Lynx. The galaxy was discovered by Irish astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney, assistant to William Parsons, using the 'Parsonst...
NGC 2330 (also IC 457, MCG 8-13-78, ZWG 234.74, NPM1G +50.0075 and PGC 20272) is a magnitude +14.8 elliptical galaxy located 221 million light-years away in the constellation Lynx. The galaxy was discovered by Irish astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney, assistant to William Parsons, using the 'Parson...
NGC 2310 (also ESO 309-7, McG -7-15-1, AM 0652-405, and PGC 19811) is a magnitude +11.7 lenticular galaxy located 53 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen...
NGC 2105 (also ESO 86-SC29) is a magnitude +12.2 open cluster located in the constellation Dorado. The estimated ageof the cluster is about 15 million years. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont,...
NGC 2053 (also ESO 86-SC17) is a magnitude +12.2 open cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud located in the constellation Dorado. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 2nd January...
NGC 1968 (also ESO 56-SC130) is a magnitude +9.0 open star cluster and emission nebula located in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cap...
