* Astronomy

The 39 - 87 metre wide asteroid 2013 UL9 made a close pass (42.2 lunar distances, 0.1084 AU), travelling at 7.92 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 31st October, 2013 @ 13:14 UT ±03:14. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU...

The Kappa Ursae Majorids are a newly discovered meteor shower, peaking between November 1 and November 10. Source

The Omicron Eridanids meteor shower peaks between November 1 and 10 Radiant: 04:06 (061) -03 Velocity: 27km/sec ZHR: 1 Read more

The 61 - 140 metre wide asteroid 2013 UK will make a close pass (71.9 lunar distances, 0.1846 AU), travelling at 4.03 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st November, 2013 @ 19:09 UT ±02:15. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...

The Eclipse Comet of 1948, formally known as C/1948 V1, was an especially bright comet discovered during a solar eclipse on November 1, 1948. Although there have been several comets that have been seen during solar eclipses, the Eclipse Comet of 1948 is arguably the best-known; it was however, best...

NGC 2253 is a missing object located in the constellation Camelopardalis, The object 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 November 1788. Right Ascension 06h 43d 42s, Declination...

NGC 7423 (also OCl 246) is a magnitude +13.5 open cluster located 13,535 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. 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 November 1788....

NGC 2215 (also OCL 550) is a magnitude +8.4 open cluster located 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 Clayhall Farm House in Old Windsor on the 1st November 1785. Right As...

El Paso de Aguila 25°22.2'N, 97°22.2'W Tamaulipas State, Mexico Fall: November 1977 Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: A fall was observed and a single 17.226 kg mass was immediately recovered. No additional masses were ever located. The fall occurred on a ranch beside the main highway between Mat...

Asco, Corsica. Fell 1805, November. Stone. Veined white chondrite. Original weight not known (P. Partsch, Die Meteoriten, Wien, 1843, p. 64). Source

Name: KANDAHAR. The place of fall or discovery: near Kandahar, Afganistan. Date of fall or discovery: FALL., November 1959. Class and type: STONY, chondrite. The number of individual specimens: ? Total weight: ? The circumstances of the fall or discovery: ? Source (PDF)

The Sevilla (LL4) meteorite fell in Andalucia, Spain, on the 1st November, 1862. A total mass of 180 g was recovered. 37° 25'N, 6° 0'W

MIT team discovers an exoplanet that orbits its star in 8.5 hours Researchers at MIT have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet named Kepler 78b that whips around its host star in a mere 8.5 hours - one of the shortest orbital periods ever detected. The planet is extremely close to its star - its orbital...

NGC 535 (also PGC 5282, UGC 997, MCG 0-4-133, GWT 385 124 or DRCG 7-35) is a magnitude +14.0 lenticular galaxy located 225 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 refractor at th...

NGC 539 (also NGC 563, PGC 5269, ESO 542-10, MCG -3-4-63 or NPM1G -18.0062) is a magnitude +13.5 barred spiral galaxy located 441 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 66.04 cm (26 inch) Alva...