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Asteroid (192) Nausikaa
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Asteroid (192) Nausikaa is a large main-belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 17, 1879 at Pula, then in Austria, now in Croatia. The name derives from Nausicaä, a princess in Homer's Odyssey. Read more Google earth file: Asteroid (192) Nausikaa.km...
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Blobs Lyra observing highlights
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Google earth file: Lyra.kmz (8kb, kmz)
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Asteroid (43) Ariadne
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Asteroid (43) Ariadne is a fairly large and bright main-belt asteroid. It is the second-largest member of the Flora asteroid family. It was discovered by N. R. Pogson on April 15, 1857, and named after the Greek heroine Ariadne. Read more ...
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Exoplanets (23kb, KMZ) Latest Data (KMZ)
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Blobs Ursa Major Highlights
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Notable object locations in the constellation Ursa Major for amateur astronomers (+ professionals). Google earth file: Ursa Major.kmz (7kb, kmz) Ed ~ You may need to switch to 'sky mode'.
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Asteroid (194) Prokne
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Asteroid (194) Prokne is a very large and dark main-belt asteroid. It has a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on March 21, 1879 in Clinton, New York, and named after Procne, the sister of Philomela in Greek mythology. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/194...
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HD 93129A
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HD 93129A is one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way. It is an O-type supergiant located about 10,000 light-years from Earth in the bright nebula NGC 3372, the same nebula that harbors other super luminous stars, like Eta Carinae. HD 93129A.kmz [url=http://www.box.net/shared/e6xbozukgy...
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Blobs Cygnus highlights
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Google earth file: Cygnus highlights.kmz (8kb, kmz)
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Asteroid (37117) Narcissus
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Asteroid (37117) Narcissus (provisional designation: 2000 VU2) is a Centaur minor planet. It was discovered by William Kwong Yu Yeung at the Desert Beaver Observatory near Eloy, Arizona, on November 1, 2000. It is named for Narcissus, a hunter and divinely-punished character of Greek mythology...
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TNO 2002 MS4
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TNO 2002 MS4 is a Trans-Neptunian object (TNO). It was discovered in 2002 by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown. It is classified as a cubewano by the Minor Planet Centre. Read more Google earth file: TNO 2002 MS4.kmz (15kb, kmz)
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Thackeray's Globules
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Expand (251kb, 1280 x 960) Credit NASA Thackeray Globule.kmz Google Sky file (1kb, kmz) Dark clouds in the HII star-forming region, IC 294...
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Asteroid (405) Thia
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Asteroid (405) Thia is at Opposition on the 26th June, 2011. Magnitude=11.0 Distance to Sun=2.248 AU Distance to Earth=1.236 AU Asteroid (405) Thia is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material. It was discovered by A...
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NGC 2770
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The edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 2770 has produced three bright supernovae recently. All three supernovae are thought to be of the core-collapse variety, but the most recent of the trio, SN2008D, was first detected by the Swift satellite at more extreme energies as an X-ray flash (XRF) or possibly a lo...
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U Cygni
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Maxima of the long period variable U Cygni on the 15th May, 2011. Magnitude: 5.9-12.1 Period: 463.2 days Type: Mira Position(2000): RA 20 05 30.02, Dec +57 59 08.6 U Cyg is normally a very dim red star located about 1 arc minute from the magnitude 8 white star HD 193700 (which is also var...
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Annular Solar Eclipse of January 15 2010 This event is the first Annular Solar Eclipse of 2010 will be viewable from eastern Europe, most of Africa, Asia, and Indonesia.. Download (22kb, kmz) On Jan 15th 2010 at approx 13.20 hrs IST, there is a a...
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