NGC 1027 (also IC 1824, Melotte 6, Collinder 30 and OCl 357) is a magnitude +6.7 open star cluster located 2,520 light-years (772 parsecs) away in the constellation Cassiopeia. The open cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculu...
NGC 381 (also OCL 317) is a magnitude +9.3 open star cluster located in the constellation Cassiopeia. The open cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road in Slough, Berkshire, on the 3rd November 1787....
Pagans have pledged to perform "rain magic" to wash away Homer Simpson, the cartoon character, who was painted next to their famous fertility symbol, the Cerne Abbas giant, yesterday. Homer Simpson and Cerne Abbas g...
On the evening of Oct. 27, 1973, a meteorite hurtled through the sky in Canon City, Colo. It landed on a garage, tearing a six-inch hole in the roof and leaving a two-inch gash in the garages cement floor. The meteorite, which weighed 1.4 kg at the time of impact, was classified as a chondrite, a stony met...
Able Archer 83 was a ten-day NATO command post exercise starting on November 2, 1983 that spanned Western Europe, centred on the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) Headquarters situated at Casteau, north of the Belgian city of Mons. Able Archer exercises simulated a period of conf...
NGC 360 (also PGC 3743, ESO 79-14 or FGCE 119) is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy located 106 million light-years away in the constellation Tucana. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Clar...
NGC 1932 (also ESO 85-77, HD 271203, 2MASS J05222717-6609064) is a magnitude +10.1 star in the constellation Dorado. The star was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town on the 2nd Novem...
NGC 2130 (also ESO 86-SC37) is a magnitude +12.0 open star cluster located in the constellation Dorado. The open cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town on the 2nd November 183...
NGC 2154 (also ESO 86-SC42) is a magnitude +11.8 open star cluster located in the constellation Dorado. The open cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town on the 2nd November 18...
NGC 7633 (also ESO 77-15 and PGC 71274) is a magnitude +12.6 barred spiral galaxy located 172 million light-years away in the constellation Indus. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Clare...
NGC 7549 (also Arp 99, IRAS 23127+1846, MCG 3-59-14, UGC 12457 and PGC 70832) is a magnitude +13.2 barred spiral galaxy located 218 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by Bindon Stoney using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) reflector at Birr Castle on the 2nd Nove...
The 200 - 450 metre wide asteroid 2013 UY will make a close pass (62.4 lunar distances, 0.1604 AU), travelling at 15.08 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd November, 2013 @ 14:51 UT ±00:02. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...
The 12 - 28 metre wide asteroid 2013 UJ9 will make a close pass (4.9 lunar distances, 0.0126 AU), travelling at 9.28 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st November, 2013 @ 08:03 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...
