Title: ALMA Observations of the IRDC Clump G34.43+00.24 MM3: Hot Core and Molecular Outflows Author: Takeshi Sakai, Nami Sakai, Jonathan B. Foster, Patricio Sanhueza, James M. Jackson, Marc Kassis, Kenji Furuya, Yuri Aikawa, Tomoya Hirota, Satoshi Yamamoto We have observed a cluster forming c...
Though the universe is filled with billions upon billions of stars, the discovery of a single variable star in 1923 altered the course of modern astronomy. And, at least one famous astronomer of the time lamented that the discovery had shattered his world view. The star goes by the inauspicious name...
Observatory celebrates its 130th anniversary Coats Observatory, Paisley, is commemorating the milestone with a string of heavenly events. The observatory was a gift to the town from the Paisley Philosophical Institution and funded primarily by Thomas Coats, of the famous Coats thread-manufa...
Messier 73 (M73, also known as NGC 6994) is an asterism of four stars in the constellation of Aquarius. An asterism is composed of physically unconnected stars that appear close to each other in the sky as seen from Earth. Read more
4942 Munroe is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Henri Debehogne at La Silla Observatory in Chile on February 24, 1987. In 2013, it was named after Randall Munroe, a former NASA roboticist and the author of xkcd. Read more
Title: Out of Old Books- The Lunar Eclipse of October 4, 1884) Authors: Sawyer Hogg, H. Last month we reprinted descriptions of several lunar eclipses of the past three hundred years during which the moon became totally invisible, even in a telescope. The eclipse of October 4, 1884 is frequently c...
Orbital elements:
2013 HO Earth MOID = 0.0190 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 90.53111 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.95220555 Peri. 270.96538 -0.39459273 -0.91649802
a 1.0232512 Node 202.62892 +0.89631714 -0.36816519
e 0.0316899 Incl. 9.84491 +0.20226753 -0.15647931
P 1.04 H 26.0 G 0....
NGC 7404 (also IC 5260, ESO 346-10, MCG-7-47-1 and PGC 69964) is a magnitude +12.8 elliptical galaxy located 88 million light-years away in the constellation Grus. NGC 7404 was discovered by John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Cl...
Hubble Sees NGC 7090 - An actively star-forming galaxy This image portrays a beautiful view of the galaxy NGC 7090, as seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy is viewed edge-on from the Earth, meaning we cannot easily see the spiral arms, which are full of young, hot stars. However, a s...
NGC 7764 (also ESO 293-4, MCG -7-48-27, VV 715, AM 2348-410 and PGC 72597) is a magnitude +12.3 barred spiral galaxy located 78 million light-years away in the constellation Phoenix. NGC 7764 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 45.72 cm (18 inch) f/13 speculum reflector a...
NGC 7713 (also ESO 347-28, MCG -6-51-13, AM 2333-381 and PGC 71866) is a magnitude +10.9 barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. NGC 7713 was discovered by John Herschel using a 45.72 cm (18 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at the Cape of Good Hope on the 4th October 1836. RA 23h 36m 15.3...
NGC 7628 (also UGC 12534, MCG 4-55-5, GWT 476.14 and PGC 71153) is a magnitude +12.8 elliptical galaxy located 191 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. NGC 7628 was discovered by Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observa...
NGC 7368 (also ESO 345-49, MCG-7-46-10, IRAS22426-3936 and PGC 69661) is a magnitude +12.4 barred spiral galaxy located 108 million light-years away in the constellation Grus. NGC 7368 was discovered by John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at F...
NGC 7356 (also UGC 12159, MCG 5-53-10, GWT 495.14 and PGC 69530) is a magnitude +14.1 spiral galaxy located 334 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. NGC 7356 was discovered by Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory...
