* Astronomy

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Post Info TOPIC: September 14th


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
September 14th
Permalink  
 


On September 14, 3 B.C. Jupiter came near Regulus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_Bethlehem

A total solar eclipse will occur on September 14, 2099. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_September_14,_2099

The Boston lighthouse was first lit on September 14, 1716
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Light

Wednesday 2 September 1752 was followed by Thursday 14 September 1752
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar

Fiestas de Santa Fe (Reconquest of Santa Fe on September 14, 1692)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiestas_de_Santa_Fe

In mid September 1954, nuclear bombing tests were performed in Totskoye range
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44971820/totskoye-nuclear-test/

The first example of a crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword_puzzle#History

On September 14, 1958 a Mohr rocket reached a height of 50 km
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohr_rocket

The Zond 5 spacecraft was launched in 1968
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zond_5

The Venera 12 spaceprobe was launched in 1978
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_12

In 2011, JAXA tried again to ignite Akatsui's engine to enter into a Venusian orbit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akatsuki_(spacecraft)

The Iridium 33 satellite was launched on September 14, 1997
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_satellite_collision#Spacecraft

'Balloon of Peace' Atlantic crossing from September 14 to September 18, 1984
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kittinger#Later_civilian_career

The Foton M-3 mission was launched on the 14th September 2007
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t13012571/foton-m3-mission/



__________________


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

People

Eugene Huu-Chau Trinh (born September 14, 1950) is a Vietnamese American biochemist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_H._Trinh

John Bennett Herrington (born September 14, 1958) is a retired United States naval aviator and former NASA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Herrington

Sir Peter Markham Scott (14 September 1909 - 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Peter_Scott

Claudius Clavus (Suartho) (September 14, 1388 - ?), was a Danish geographer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_Clavus

Alexander von Humboldt (September 14, 1769 - May 6, 1859) was a Prussian geographer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_von_Humboldt

Robert Sinclair Dietz (September 14, 1914 - May 19, 1995) was Professor of Geology at Arizona State University.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Dietz

Victor Hugo Benioff (September 14, 1899 - February 1, 1968) was an American seismologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Benioff

Nikolai Vasilievich Bugaev (September 14, 1837 - June 11, 1903) was a prominent Russian mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Bugaev

Karl Taylor Compton (September 14, 1887 - June 22, 1954) was a prominent American physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Taylor_Compton

Nicol Williamson (14 September 1936 - 16 December 2011) was a British actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol_Williamson

Nigel John Dermot Neill (born 14 September 1947) is a Northern Irish-born New Zealand actor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Neill

George Frideric Handel completed Messiah in 1741
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeGbWD2EIv8

Johann Kies (September 14, 1713 - July 29, 1781) was a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Kies

Hermann Joseph Klein (September 14, 1844 - July 1, 1914) was a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Joseph_Klein

Annibale Riccò (September 14, 1844 - September 23, 1919) was an Italian astronomer 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annibale_Ricc%C3%B2

John Lowry Dobson (September 14, 1915 - January 15, 2014) was a populariser of amateur astronomy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dobson_(amateur_astronomer)

Edme-Sébastien Jeaurat (14 September 1725 - 7 March 1803) was a French astronomer 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edme-S%C3%A9bastien_Jeaurat



__________________


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

NGC Discovered 

NGC 26 is a spiral galaxy discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 14th September 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58545724/ngc-26/

NGC 104 is a globular star cluster discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille on the 14th September 1751. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t4020260/47-tucanae/

NGC 5807 is a compact galaxy discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 14th September 1866.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58545701/ngc-5807/

NGC 6952 is a barred spiral galaxy discovered by Jérôme Eugène Coggia in 1877.
The galaxy was rediscovered by Lewis A. Swift on the 14th September 1885 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52349180/ngc-6951/

NGC 6991 is an open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 14th September 1829. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58545696/ngc-6991/



__________________


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

September 14 2015: Distortion of space-time first seen by LIGO. Colliding blackholes
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t5410685/ligo/

Abraham Lincoln in Jonesboro, Illinois, saw "Donti's Comet" on September 14, 1858
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Donati

Leda a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter was discovered by Charles T. Kowal on September 14, 1974
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_(moon)

Asteroid (60) Echo was discovered on September 14, 1860.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60_Echo

Asteroid (62) Erato is the first asteroid to have been credited with co-discoverers, Oskar Lesser and Wilhelm Forster, who discovered it on September 14, 1860
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/62_Erato

Asteroid (79) Eurynome was discovered by J. C. Watson on September 14, 1863
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/79_Eurynome

Near-Earth asteroid 2006 RH120 was discovered on September 14, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_RH120



__________________


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

Meteorites

1511, September 14. At noon an almost total darkening of the heavens occurred at Crema.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58548051/crema-meteorite-1511/

The Aubres (Aubrite) meteorite fell in Rhone-Alpes, France, on the 14th September 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44972023/aubres-meteorite/

The Palca de Aparzo (L5) meteorite fell in Jujuy, Argentina, on the 14th September 1988.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44972033/palca-de-aparzo-meteorite/

The Boumdeid (L6) meteorite fell in Assaba, Mauritania, on the 14th September 2011.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54959742/boumdeid-meteorite-2011/



__________________
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.



Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse
Powered by ActiveBoard