The 130 - 300 metre wide asteroid 2000 KA will make a close pass (23.3 lunar distances, 0.0599 AU), travelling at 11.79 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th November, 2013 @ 18:47 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
The 38 - 85 metre wide asteroid 2013 VP12 will make a close pass (27.1 lunar distances, 0.0697 AU), travelling at 9.84 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th November, 2013 @ 09:15 UT ±00:02. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
NGC 1326 (also ESO 357-26, MCG -6-8-11, IRAS03220-3638, FCC 29, and PGC 12709) is a magnitude +10.6 face-on barred spiral/disk-shaped galaxy located 62 million light years away in the constellation Fornax. NGC 1326 lies close to NGC 1326A and NGC 1326B . It is part of the small Fornax Cluster, w...
NGC 924 (also PGC 9302, UGC 1912, MCG 7.3.12 and GWT 462.12) is a magnitude +12.5 lenticular galaxy located 205 million light-years away in the constellation Aries. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Clay Ha...
NGC 932 (also PGC 9379, UGC 1931, MCG 07-03-14, GWT 462.14, 20,0087 NPM1G and IRAS02251 2006) is a magnitude +12.5 face-on spiral galaxy located 188 million light-years away in the constellation Aries. In many catalogues the galaxy bears the designation of NGC 930. NGC 930 is regarded as a none...
NGC 1341 (also PGC 12911, ESO 358-8, MCG -6-8-20, IRAS 03260-3719) is a magnitude +11.8 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 85 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. NGC 1341 is a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster. The galaxy was discovered by John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (1...
Meteor Falls in Western Greece Many residents of Western Greece experienced a unique and incredible phenomenon at 9pm yesterday evening. Meteorologists spoke of a meteorite that was to fall in the Ionia sea. The phenomenon was particularly noticed from the residents of Zante in the regions of Mah...
A spectacular meteor shower lit up the skies of large areas of Queensland last night The fireball was seen by people on the Darling Downs, Lockyer Valley, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Sunshine Coast and Logan about 8pm. Read more
The entry of a ~2 tonne meteoroid into the earth's atmosphere produced a daylight fireball visible from Quebec, Ontario, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York. The terminal point of the fireball was located 50 km northeast of Montreal, Quebec at an altitude of ~36 km. Read more Fall date June 14, 1...
The Kondor-E is a small civilian radar Earth observation satellite to be launched in 2013 on a Strela launch vehicle from the Baikonur cosmodrome. Read more
Reports of sonic boom, flash in sky spark buzz over possible meteorite in Quebec Social media sites lit up Tuesday evening with reports that a meteorite may have been seen and heard in the Montreal and Ottawa regions. Numerous people posted Twitter messages reporting a bright flash of blue light acc...
NGC 894 is a star forming region in the northwestern arm of the face-on spiral galaxy NGC 895, located 105 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 894 was discovered by Irish astronomer R. J. Mitchell, assistant to William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) spe...
NGC 1045 (also PGC 10129 and MCG -2-7-59) is a magnitude +12.4 lenticular galaxy located 213.6 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Clayhall Farm Ho...
The 530 - 1200 metre wide asteroid 2013 UH9 will make a close pass (69.1 lunar distances, 0.1776 AU), travelling at 12.06 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 28th November, 2013 @ 05:36 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or...
