Plaskett’s Star (HR 2422) is a spectroscopic binary at a distance of around 6600 light-years. It is one of the most massive binary stars known with a total mass of […]
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PSR J1748-2446ad
PSR J1748-2446ad is the fastest-spinning pulsar known at 716 Hz (period being 0.00139595482(6) seconds). This pulsar was discovered by Jason W. T. Hessels of McGill University on November 10 2004 […]
(55636) 2002 TX300
(55636) 2002 TX300 is a bright Kuiper belt object in the outer Solar System estimated to be about 286 km in diameter.
Gliese 105
Gliese 105 (also known as 268 G. Ceti) is a triple star system in the constellation of Cetus. It is located relatively near the Sun at an estimated distance of […]
8422 Mohorovičıć
8422 Mohorovičıć is an asteroid named after Croatian scientist Andrija Mohorovičić.Its orbital period is 5 years and 38 days. It was discovered on December 5 1996 from Farra d’Isonzo (Italy).
Psi Draconis
Psi Draconis (ψ¹ Dra ψ¹ Draconis) is a star in the constellation Draco. It also has the traditional name Dziban from the Arabic Adh-Dhi’ban meaning The two wolves or The […]
HD 98618
HD 98618 is a star 126 light years from Earth that is almost identical in most respects to the sun; it has therefore been proposed as a candidate solar twin. […]
Arp 107
Arp 107 is a set of galaxies about 450 million light-years away in the constellation Leo Minor. The galaxies are in the process of colliding and merging.
Theta1 Orionis C
Theta1 Orionis C is a member of the Trapezium open cluster that lies within the Orion Nebula. The star C is the most massive of the four bright stars at […]
Arp 299
Arp 299 (parts of it are also known as IC 694 and NGC 3690) is a pair of colliding galaxies approximately 134 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. […]