* Astronomy

NGC 466 is a magnitude +12.7 galaxy located 225 million light-years away in the constellation Tucana. NGC 466 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen Road, Claremont, Cape Town on the 3rd October 1836. RA 0...

NGC 348 is a magnitude +13.8 spiral galaxy located 375 million light-years away in the constellation Phoenix. NGC 348 was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen Road, Claremont, Cape Town on the 3rd Octobe...

NGC 323 (also PGC 3374) is a magnitude +12.6 elliptical galaxy located 329 million light-years away in the constellation Phoenix. NGC 323 was discovered by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen Road, C...

NGC 210 (also PGC 2437) is a magnitude +10.9 spiral galaxy (type SAB(s)b) located 70 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 210 was discovered by the German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) speculum reflecting telescope at Clayhall Farm House...

The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has initiated the basic reconstruction of an only astrophysical observatory in the country, Nasreddin Tusi Shamakhi observatory. The presidential press-service informed that according to the presidential decree of September 5, taking into account t...

Supervolcanoes ripped up early Mars Mars may have had giant explosive volcanoes in its ancient past that spewed billions upon billions of tonnes of rock and ash into the sky. Vast areas of collapsed ground in a region of the planet called Arabia Terra are their likely remains, believe Joe Michalski a...

The 44 - 99 metre wide asteroid 2013 RU9 will make a close pass (33.3 lunar distances, 0.0856 AU), travelling at 8.13 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd October 2013 @ 00:24 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...

The Ngawi (LL3.6) meteorite fell in Jawa Timur, Indonesia, on the 3rd October, 1883. A total mass of 1393 g was recovered. 7° 27'S, 111° 25'E

Zagami Mars Meteorite Sale A small Zagami slice with Fusion Crust that is currently on display in a Science Museum in the USA is to be put up for sale. The meteorite has been on display since June 1997 when it was loaned to the museum by an anonymous donor. The ten year loan agreement has finished, a...

Anniversary of the Chassigny Meteorite Fall (Mars Meteorite) in 1815 The Chassigny (chassignite) meteorite fell in Champagne-Ardenne, France, on the 3rd October, 1815. A total mass of 4 kg was recovered. 47° 43'N, 5° 22'E

A SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket is scheduled to launch the CASSIOPE satellite from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California at 16:00 UT, 14th September, 2013. The CU Boulder DANDE satellite will be launched as a secondary payload. Webcast

The San Pedro de Quiles (L6) meteorite fell in Coquimbo, Chile, in spring 1956. A total mass of 282 g was recovered. 31° 1'S, 71° 24'W

The Norfolk (Iron, IIIAB) meteorite fell in Virginia, USA, in 1906. A total mass of 23 kg was recovered. 36° 54'N, 76° 18'W

The Norfork (Iron, IIIAB) meteorite fell in Arkansas, USA, in October, 1918. A total mass of 1.05 kg was recovered. 36° 13'N, 92° 16'W

The Moorleah (L6) meteorite fell in Tasmania, Australia, on the 9th October, 1930. A total mass of 8.89 kg was recovered. 40° 58' 30"S, 145° 36' 0"E