Ethiopia unveils telescope in first phase of space programme Ethiopia unveiled Friday the first phase of a space exploration programme, which includes East Africa's largest observatory designed to promote astronomy research in the region. Read more
Distant rock caught by Earth-bound telescopes In a technical feat, astronomers measured the size of a small rock six billion kilometres away to an accuracy of a few kilometres and found its surface to be a mysterious ice-like white. Years of planning combined with a network of telescopes to grab the...
The 12 - 26 metre wide asteroid 2013 UB will make a close pass (1.6 lunar distances, 0.0041 AU), travelling at 7.86 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th October, 2013 @ 09:52 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
Asteroid 2013 TV135 Could Hit Earth In 2032, Says Ukrainan Observatory A team of Ukranian astronomers at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory discovered asteroid 2013 TV135, a 1,345-foot (410 meter) minor planet last week, the nations Ria Novost reports. According to their calculations, 201...
A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on October 18, 2013, the last of three lunar eclipses in 2013.
It will be visible from the Americas (for the end), Europe, Africa, and most of Asia (the beginning of the eclipse will be visible in east Asia). The western part of the Philippines (including wes...
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory Open House Saturday, September 27, 2008 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free. The Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO), located near Penticton, BC, Canada, is a world-class facility for science and technology research related to rad...
STS-34 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis. It was the 31st shuttle mission overall, and the fifth flight for Atlantis. STS-34 launched from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on 18 October 1989, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on 23 October. During the mission, the Jupit...
Iowa State astronomer helps research team see misaligned planets in distant system Using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system featuring multiple planets orbiting at a severe tilt to their host star. Such tilted...
Friedrich Simon Archenhold (2 October 1861 in Lichtenau, Westphalia - 14 October 1939 in Berlin) was an astronomer who founded the Treptow Observatory (Treptow Sternwarte) in Berlin-Treptow. He graduated from Realgymnasium in Lippstadt before entering Friedrich Wilhelm University in 1882 a...
NGC 7648 (also IC 1486, IRAS23213 0923, UGC 12575, GWT 406.96, MCG 1-59-72, MK 531 or PGC 71321) is a magnitude +12.8 lenticular galaxy located 163 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7...
NGC 7426 (also UGC 12256, MCG 6-50-12, GWT 515.12 or PGC 70042) is a magnitude +12.5 elliptical galaxy located 245 million light-years away in the constellation Lacerta. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector...
NGC 7385 (also UGC 12207, MCG 2-58-17, GWT 430.15 or PGC 69824) is a magnitude +12.2 elliptical galaxy located 361 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflect...
NGC 606 (also PGC 5874, UGC 1126, MCG 3-5-10, GWT 460.11 or IRAS01321 2109) is a magnitude +13.5 barred spiral galaxy located 458 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector...
2003 UY12 = 2003 US12 The 51 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2003 UY12 will make a close pass (33.6 lunar distances, 0.0863 AU), travelling at 14.25 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th October, 2013 @ 18:18 UT ±2 days 08:14. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moo...
