The Donald C. Backer Precision Array for Probing the Epoch of Reionisation (PAPER) is a radio interferometer funded by the National Science Foundation to detect 21 cm Hydrogen (HI) fluctuations occurring when the first galaxies ionized intergalactic gas at around 500 Million years after the Big...
Orbital elements:
2013 GJ35 Earth MOID = 0.3391 AU
Epoch 2013 Mar. 29.0 TT = JDT 2456380.5 MPC
M 33.38884 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.24613840 Peri. 227.49976 -0.77256392 -0.17651170
a 2.5216403 Node 293.06664 +0.56627270 -0.62603432
e 0.5223078 Incl. 41.52206 -0.28719370 -0.75955556
P 4.00 H 15.6...
A cyclist killed in a crash in central London was a talented scientist doing research on global warming, her employer has said. Dr Katharine Giles, a lecturer at University College London (UCL), was on her way to work when she collided with a tipper truck in Victoria on Monday. [url=http://www.bbc....
The 20 - 45 metre wide asteroid 2003 RU11 will make a close pass (75.1 lunar distances, 0.1931 AU), travelling at 9.22 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st July, 2013 @ 05:03 UT ±00:02. See moreThe Lunar Distanc...
The 57 - 130 metre wide asteroid 2008 NP3 will make a close pass (11.6 Lunar Distances, 0.0297 AU), travelling at 9.14 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th July, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance bet...
Orbital elements:
2013 CE129 Earth MOID = 0.0074 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 326.75188 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.63883656 Peri. 229.93914 -0.29316315 +0.95553440
a 1.3351894 Node 23.07260 -0.85064008 -0.24552358
e 0.2967361 Incl. 4.65001 -0.43642505 -0.16331620
P 1.54 H 22.1...
ESO's VLT snaps a planetary nebula This intriguing new picture from ESO's Very Large Telescope shows the glowing green planetary nebula IC 1295 surrounding a dim and dying star located about 3300 light-years away in the constellation of Scutum (The Shield). This is the most detailed picture of thi...
Title: The Mass of the Black Hole in Cygnus X-1 Authors: Jerome A. Orosz, Jeffrey E. McClintock, Jason P. Aufdenberg, Ronald A. Remillard, Mark J. Reid, Ramesh Narayan, Lijun Gou Cygnus X-1 is a binary star system that is comprised of a black hole and a massive giant companion star in a tight orbit. Bui...
Lovely 'snowfakes' mimic nature, advance science Exquisitely detailed and beautifully symmetrical, the snowflakes that David Griffeath makes are icy jewels of art. But don't be fooled; there is some serious science behind the UW-Madison mathematician's charming creations. Although they lo...
Orbital elements:
2013 GC34 Earth MOID = 0.2801 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 356.75850 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.22377266 Peri. 28.55815 -0.72928726 +0.67786363
a 2.6869816 Node 195.28866 -0.67544457 -0.73494589
e 0.5335987 Incl. 20.64238 -0.10915458 +0.01885305
P 4.40 H 21.0...
Title: DONUTS: A science frame autoguiding algorithm with sub-pixel precision, capable of guiding on defocused stars Authors: J. McCormac (1, 2 and 3), D. Pollacco (2), I. Skillen (1), F. Faedi (2), I. Todd (3), C. A. Watson (3) ((1) Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain, (2...
Sunspots 11719, 11717, 11718, 11716, 11714, 11720, 11711, 11713 and 11715 captured with a 100mm refractor + Vesta pro webcam + Solar filter. Processed with Avistack2 Music via an Amiga 1200
The 430 - 960 metre wide asteroid 2002 TR190 will make a close pass (66.6 lunar distances, 0.1712 AU), travelling at 13.58 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th October, 2012 @ 04:43 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or...