90376 Kossuth provisionally designated as (90376) 2003 VL is a main-belt asteroid named for the Hungarian lawyer journalist and politician Lajos Kossuth (1802โ1894). It was discovered on November 5 2003 […]
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NGC 4700
NGC 4700 is a spiral galaxy located 50 million light years away in the constellation of Virgo. NGC 4700 was discovered in March 1786 by the British astronomer William Herschel […]
HD 168607
HD 168607 is a blue hypergiant and luminous blue variable (LBV) star located in the constellation of Sagittarius easy to see with amateur telescopes. It forms a pair with HD […]
NGC 2146
NGC 2146 is a barred spiral galaxy type SB(s)ab pec in the constellation Camelopardalis. The galaxy was discovered in 1876 by Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke. It has a diameter of […]
(126155) 2001 YJ140
(126155) 2001 YJ140 also written as (126155) 2001 YJ140 is a trans-neptunian object discovered on December 20 2001 by C. A. Trujillo M. E. Brown Glenn Smith.
HD 168625
HD 168625 is a blue hypergiant and a variable star located in the constellation of Sagittarius easy to see with amateur telescopes.
40463 Frankkameny
(40463) Frankkameny is a Main Belt asteroid discovered by Canadian amateur astronomer Gary W. Billings of Calgary in 1999. Orbiting between Mars and Jupiter it revolves around the Sun once […]
Styx (moon)
Styx is a small natural satellite of Pluto whose discovery was announced on 11 July 2012. It is the fifth confirmed satellite of Pluto and was found approximately one year […]
SX Phoenicis
SX Phoenicis (SX Phe) is the prototype SX Phoenicis variable a type of pulsating variable in the constellation Phoenix. Its apparent magnitude is 7.12.
U Camelopardalis
U Camelopardalis or U Cam is a carbon star located 1500 light years away in the constellation of Camelopardalis near the North Celestial Pole.