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NGC 645 (also UGC 1177, MCG 1-5-16, ZWG 412.13, IRAS01375 +0528, PGC 6172) is a magnitude +12.7 barred spiral galaxy located 152 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lass...

NGC 631 (also UGC 1153, MCG 1-5-7, ZWG 412.6, NPM1G +05.0064, PGC 5983) is a magnitude +14.0 elliptical galaxy located 259 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell'...

Title: Detection of a Nearby Halo Debris Stream in the WISE and 2MASS Surveys Authors: Carl J. Grillmair, Roc Cutri, Frank J. Masci, Tim Conroy, Branimir Sesar, Peter R. M. Eisenhardt, Edward L. Wright Combining the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer All-Sky Release with the 2MASS Point Source C...

A large, vibrant meteor lit up sky over Liberal early this morning, and one man who witnessed the meteor was impressed. Read more

Sunspots 11882, 11881 and 11879

C/1826 U1 Discovered: 1826 October 22.8 ( A = 1 .05 AU, r = 0.97 AU, Elong. = 56°) (Pons) Last seen: 1827 January 6.22 (A = 1.79 AU, r = 1.43 AU, Elong. = 55°) J. L. Pons (Florence, Italy) discovered this comet on 1826 October 22.8 The comet was independently discovered by T. Clausen (Hamburg, Germany) on Oc...

The 46 - 100 metre wide asteroid 2013 TY5 will make a close pass (31.7 lunar distances, 0.0813 AU), travelling at 10.45 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th October, 2013 @ 19:48 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...

The 21 - 47 metre wide asteroid 2013 UQ1 will make a close pass (17.9 lunar distances, 0.0459 AU), travelling at 6.99 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th October, 2013 @ 22:53 UT ±00:06. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...

22 Jun 12 the Multiverse Duration: 47 mins On the latest edition of Dr Karl -why we need the Multiverse, why the earth's core is so hot and new discoveries about breast milk. Download 22MB

Science In Action - 12/05/2011[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00gjc19/Science_In_...

Colombian Authorities Investigate Impact of Supposed Meteorite Colombian Civil Defense authorities reported a still unidentified object, that could be a meteorite, fell in the central department of Meta. Read more

SIRIUS FM-6 is a new, high-power satellite designed to operate in a Geostationary orbit (GEO). This satellite will be the seventh SSL-built spacecraft in the SIRIUS XM Radio fleet and will provide nearly double the power of the satellites in SIRIUS XMs existing, in-orbit constellation, continui...

The Aba Pseudometeorite is reported to have fallen in Kanto, Japan, in 28 April, 1927. 35° 57'N, 140° 24'E

Meteor spotted shooting across the Colorado sky A meteor shot across the sky Thursday morning. Chris Peterson, who works at the Cloudbait Observatory, said after comparing two videos, he believes it began over Mead and ended over Yuma. It travelled about 125 mi. and the height was about 28 mi. Read m...

Orbital elements: 2006 WJ3 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0201 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 105.20575 (2000.0) P Q n 0.42487454 Peri. 178.40144 +0.62807432 -0.74913491 a 1.7523825 Node 232.63203 +0.71097019 +0.66241596 e 0.4244390 Incl. 15.36039 +0.31629738 -0.00140883 P 2.32 H...