NGC 7046 (also IRAS 21123+0237, MCG 0-54-9, UGC 11708 and PGC 66407) is a magnitude +13.2 barred spiral galaxy located 191 million light-years away in the constellation Equuleus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum r...
NGC 7081 (also IRAS 21288+0216, MCG 0-54-30, UGC 11759 and PGC 66891) is a magnitude +12.8 spiral galaxy located 150 million light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflec...
NGC 7094 (also PK 66-28.1) is a magnitude +13.4 planetary nebula in the constellation Pegasus. The planetary nebula was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 10...
A Close Look at the Toby Jug Nebula ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has captured a remarkably detailed image of the Toby Jug Nebula, a cloud of gas and dust surrounding a red giant star. This view shows the characteristic arcing structure of the nebula, which, true to its name, does indeed look a littl...
Scientists have discovered a 31 kilometre diameter crater in the Saharan desert
the newfound crater was created by an impact of an asteroid roughly 1.2 kilometres wide. As yet the exact date of when it occurred has not been determined.
The crater was discovered in satellite images by Boston Uni...
The 82 - 180 metre wide asteroid 2013 TB6 made a close pass (34.2 lunar distances, 0.0878 AU), travelling at 12.63 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th October 2013 @ 20:20 UT ±00:05. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...
The 97 - 220 metre wide asteroid 2013 RB74 made a close pass (71.7 lunar distances, 0.1842 AU), travelling at 5.60 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th October 2013 @ 17:16 UT ±00:15. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...
The 44 - 99 metre wide asteroid 2013 RN9 made a close pass (29.1 lunar distances, 0.0748 AU), travelling at 9.39 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th October 2013 @ 08:37 UT ±00:02. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...
The 28 - 62 metre wide asteroid 2013 RX73 made a close pass (25.7 lunar distances, 0.0659 AU), travelling at 2.87 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th October 2013 @ 00:11 UT ±00:06. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU...
The Clouds (Nephelai) is a comedy written by the celebrated playwright Aristophanes lampooning intellectual fashions in classical Athens. It was originally produced at the City Dionysia in 423 BC and it was not well received, coming last of the three plays competing at the festival that year. It w...
Title: A nova re-accretion model for J-type carbon stars Author: S. Sengupta, R. G. Izzard, H.H.B. Lau The J-type carbon (J)-stars constitute 10-15% of the observed carbon stars in both our Galaxy and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). They are characterized by strong 13C absorption bands with low...
Title: The supposed meteorite fall in 1912 at Tingsĺs, Sweden Author: Frans E. Wickman The meteor that appeared on October 8, 1912 at 6:55 p.m. over Tingsĺs (=Tingsryd) was thought to have started a fire in the thatch-roofed economy buildings of the vicarage. Through the efforts of David Stenquist...
The 5 - 11 metre wide asteroid 2013 TR12 made a close pass (0.6 lunar distances, 0.0014 AU), travelling at 14.50 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th October 2013 @ 09:52 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...
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