Security Camera Captures Possible Meteor Thursday Evening People across the Midwest reported seeing a bright fireball streak across the sky Thursday evening ... and it was caught on camera in North Liberty. The fireball, a possible meteor, was spotted at about 5:40 p.m. Thursday. Reports indica...
NGC 1995 (also PGC 3325910 and 2MASXJ05330310-4840295) is a magnitude +9.8 binary star located in the constellation Pictor. The binary was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 28th Decemb...
NGC 2254 (also Lund 234, Collinder 103 and OCL 500) is a magnitude +9.1 open cluster located 7710 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 reflecting telescope at Clayhal...
NGC 1342 (also (Lund 110, Cr 40, Mel 21 and OCL 401) is a magnitude +6.7 open cluster located 2,170 light-years away in the constellation Perseus. NGC 1342 is nicknamed the Little Scorpion because of its resemblance to the constellation Scorpio. The cluster was discovered by German-British astro...
The Reliegos (L5) meteorite fell in Castilla y Leon, Spain, on the 28th December, 1947. A total mass of 17.3 kg was recovered. 42° 28' 30"N, 5° 20' 0"W
Orbital elements:
2011 YD29 Earth MOID = 0.0158 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 273.71968 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.47691422 Peri. 5.01559 +0.29413950 +0.94871017
a 0.7636585 Node 282.12648 -0.88096569 +0.22209617
e 0.3120929 Incl. 6.80768 -0.37064998 +0.22499403
P 0.67 H 26.0 G 0...
Orbital elements: 2011 BT15 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0013 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 36.48821 (2000.0) P Q n 0.63120667 Peri. 309.74665 +0.57676209 -0.81638539 a 1.3459275 Node 105.00619 +0.75848382 +0.52182954 e 0.3283427 Incl. 1.74022 +0.30339377 +0.24740417 P 1.56 H 21.9 G 0.15...
The 28 - 63 metre wide asteroid WV45 will make a close pass (23.8 lunar distances, 0.0611 AU), travelling at 5.93 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th December 2013 @ 14:22 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
The 70 - 160 metre wide asteroid 2013 YF will make a close pass (59.2 lunar distances, 0.1521 AU), travelling at 14.22 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th December 2013 @ 23:24 UT ±00:17. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
Jacob Bernoulli (also known as James or Jacques) (27 December 1654 - 16 August 1705) was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. Jacob Bernoulli was born in Basel, Switzerland. Following his father's wish, he studied theology and entered the ministry. But contrary to the...
Hosho (Japanese: "flying phoenix") was the world's first commissioned ship that was designed and built as an aircraft carrier, and the first aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Commissioned in 1922, the ship was used for testing carrier aircraft operations equipme...
NGC 2324 (also Cr 125, Mel 59 and OCL 542) is a magnitude +8.4 open cluster located 12400 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 2...
NGC 2262 (also Cr 109, Lund 242 and OCL 531) is a magnitude +11.3 open cluster located 11700 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. The cluster was discovered by the German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Windsor Road, Slough, on...
NGC 1015 (also PGC 9988, UGC 2124, MCG 0-7-66 or GWT 388.75) is a magnitude +12.2 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 121 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) refractor at the A...
