NGC 1820 (also ESO 85-SC39) is a magnitude +9.0 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 1...
NGC 1816 (also ESO 85-SC37) is a magnitude +9.0 open star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud located 170,000 light-years away 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, Claremon...
The 59 - 130 metre wide asteroid 2013 YK48 will make a close pass (15.5 lunar distances, 0.0399 AU), travelling at 12.55 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd January 2014 @ 19:29 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0...
Title: Chandra and Spitzer Imaging of the Infrared Cluster in NGC 2071 Authors: S.L. Skinner, K.R. Sokal, S.T. Megeath, M. Guedel, M. Audard, K.M. Flaherty, M.R. Meyer, A. Damineli We present results of a sensitive Chandra X-ray observation and Spitzer mid-IR observations of the infrared cluste...
NGC 4904 (also PGC 44846, MCG 0-33-26, UGC 8121, IRAS 12584 +0014) is a magnitude +12.0 face-on barred spiral galaxy located ~54 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum...
NGC 2597 is a pair of magnitude +13.4 stars located in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy NGC 2598 is located near to the double star. The stars were discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 1st January 1864. Right Ascension 08h 29m 57.4s, De...
NGC 2386 is a magnitude +14.1 double star located in the constellation Gemini. The pair were discovered by Irish astronomer Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflecting telescope at Birr Castle, on the 1st January 1876. Right Ascension 07h 28m 38.1s, Declinat...
NGC 2328 (also ESO 309-16, MCG -7-15-2, IRAS07010-4159 and PGC 20046) is a magnitude +12.1 lenticular galaxy located 54 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 Feldhau...
NGC 2112 (also OCL 509, Lund 1122, and Collinder 76) is a magnitude +9.1 open cluster located 3066 light-years away in the constellation Orion. The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Clayhall Farm House in O...
NGC 2278 is a pair of stars located in the constellation Gemini. The stars were discovered by German astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) refractor at the Copenhagen Observatory on the 1st January 1865. Right Ascension 06h 48m 16.3s, Declination +33° 23' 43"
NGC 2259 (also OCL 492) is a magnitude +10.7 open cluster located 10800 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 1st January 1787...
NGC 1635 (also PGC 15773, UGC 3126, MCG 0-12-63, ZWG 393.60, IRAS 04375-0038) is a magnitude +12.4 barred spiral galaxy located about 153 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) r...
NGC 1620 (also PGC 15638, UGC 3103, MCG 0-12-52, GWT 393.46 or IRAS04340-0014) is a magnitude +12.3 spiral galaxy located about 161 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflec...
The Jiddat al Harasis 804 (Eucrite) meteorite was discovered in Al Wusta, Oman, in January 2013. A total mass of 4.4 kg was recovered. 19° 49' 44"N, 56° 28' 55"E