The 54 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2013 WA44 will make a close pass (68.7 lunar distances, 0.1765 AU), travelling at 3.53 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th December, 2013 @ 14:02 UT ±01:54. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0...
On December 9, 1965 at about 4:43 p.m. E. S. T. shortly before sunset, people were engaged in their usual pursuits, but for some the routine was momentarily interrupted by a most exciting event - a brilliant ball of fire, rocketing through the daylight sky. Even though lasting only a few seconds, peop...
19521 Chaos, is a cubewano, a Kuiper belt object not in resonance with any planet. Chaos was discovered in 1998 by the Deep Ecliptic Survey, with Kitt Peak's 4 m telescope. Assuming it has an albedo of 0.09, the absolute magnitude (H) of 4.9 would make it about 460 km in diameter. It is named after the pri...
NGC 7826 (also ESO 538-**19) is a magnitude +7.6 double star or asterism located about 2022 light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The brightest star is of magnitude +9.3. The asterism was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 sp...
NGC 957 (also Cr 28 and OCl 362) is a magnitude +7.6 open star cluster located 5920 light-years away in the constellation Perseus. 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 9th December 1...
NGC 2527 (also NGC 2520, Cr 174, OCl 685, ESO 430-SC015, Lund 429, and GC 1621) is a magnitude +6.5 open star cluster located 1960 light-years away in the constellation Puppis. The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculu...
NGC 1439 (also ESO 549-9, MCG -4-9-56, and PGC 13738) is a magnitude +11.3 elliptical galaxy located 77 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) f/13 speculum reflector at Dat...
NGC 1426 (also PGC 13638, MCG -4-9-54, AM 0340-221, ESO 549-1) is a magnitude +11.4 elliptical galaxy located 66 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) f/13 speculum reflec...
NGC 1401 (also PGC 13457, ESO 482-26, MCG -4-9-42) is a magnitude +12.1 lenticular galaxy located 69 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) f/13 speculum reflector at Datc...
NGC 1353 (also PGC 13108, ESO 548-31, MCG -4-9-22, IRAS 03298-2059, UGCA 76) is a magnitude +11.5 barred spiral galaxy located 70 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy was discovered by German-English astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm reflecting teles...
The Dhofar 1436 (Achondrite - lunar feldspathic impact-melt breccia) meteorite was discovered in the Dhofar region of Sultanate of Oman, on the 8th December, 2004. A total mass of 24.2 g was recovered. 18° 25' 24"N, 54° 25' 24"E Lunar meteorite (feldspathic impact melt brecci...
On December 8, 1980, a meteorite fell on the territory of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, in the Husa-El-Abr region about 450 km northeast of Aden. Read more
Title: The detonating meteor of December 8, 1930 Authors: Wylie, L. R. On December 8, 1930, at S :00 P.M., 90th meridian time, one of the most widely observed meteors in recent years was seen. It fell soon after sundown and although the sky was clear in the surrounding area no stars were yet visible. It r...
NGC 995 (also PGC 10008, UGC 2118, MCG 7-6-44 andr GWT 539.63) is a magnitude +13.5 lenticular galaxy located 184 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the...
