Sentences with phrase «many amateur astronomers»

As an amateur astronomer (I built my own 10 ″ reflector) I spend many hours stargazing.

A group of people gathered at the Battery Park City esplanade on Fri., June 3, when B.P.C. resident, physician and amateur astronomer Sheldon Palgon examined Saturn through his powerful telescope.

«Amateur astronomer captures rare first light from massive exploding star: First observation of optical light from shock breakout in a supernova explosion.»

Now, physicists and amateur astronomers — armed with do - it - yourself gear — are going to double check that math during the Aug. 21 solar eclipse.

An amateur astronomer caught a supernova on camera during the explosion's earliest moments, giving physicists a glimpse of a long - sought phase of stellar death.

As a result, Representative Dana Rohrabacher of Southern California has introduced congressional bills that would provide monetary awards to amateur astronomers for their contributions to the asteroid hunt.

But compare the image taken in June last year with one taken by amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley on 8 May and you will see that one of them, known as the south equatorial belt, has disappeared.

As a result, amateur astronomers are playing a crucial role in the search.

A few days later, amateur astronomers Mel Helm and Keith Quattrocchi also found it.

«There's no upper limit on the amount of damage that could occur if a large asteroid were to hit,» says Roy Tucker, an imaging specialist and amateur astronomer in Tucson, Arizona.

More than 300,000 amateur astronomers have participated in the Planet Hunters project.

Comet 332P was discovered in November 2010, after it surged in brightness and was spotted by two Japanese amateur astronomers.

«In the 19th century and before, amateur astronomers did a lot of the observation.»

Some 12 years since it was thought lost because of a systems failure, a NASA satellite has been found, still broadcasting, by an amateur astronomer.

Jupiter is hit by an average of 6.5 objects per year that create impacts large enough to be visible from Earth, according to preliminary results from a worldwide campaign by amateur astronomers to observe the giant planet.

Amateur astronomers, long major players in ascertaining the exact orbits of asteroids, are likely to play less and less of a role as professionals turn their powerful telescopes to the objects once considered too mundane for academics to study at all.

The estimate was presented at an international workshop on Jupiter for professional and amateur astronomers organised by Europlanet 2020 Research Infrastructure at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur in Nice, France.

Isshi Tabe and Dr Jun - ichi Watanabe, of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) in Japan, set up the Find Flash project following the observation of an impact flash by four Japanese amateur astronomers on 20th August 2010.

John McKeon, who observed the St Patrick's Day impact said, «Collaboration is extremely important in the amateur astronomer community.

On March 28th I became aware that an amateur astronomer in Austria, Gerrit Kernbauer, had discovered a possible impact on Jupiter on March 17th.

This is a result in itself and, together with the reports of amateur astronomer John McKeon, has helped us come up with our preliminary estimate which slightly reduces previous estimates of the flux of impacting objects in Jupiter.

This was the fourth in a series of fireballs in Jupiter observed serendipitously by amateur astronomers since June 2010.

Meteors impacting Jupiter's upper atmosphere can create spectacular fireballs, such as the one observed by amateur astronomers Gerrit Kernbauer and John McKeon on 17th March 2016.

«It was my favorite object to look at when I was an amateur astronomer,» Schultz said.

Paglen was able to identify and photograph these secret spacecraft due to the work of a diverse international group of amateur astronomers who maintain a catalogue of classified spacecraft in Earth's orbit by producing mathematical descriptions of orbits using simple tools like stopwatches and binoculars.

The work done by the NASA surveys, and the other international professional and amateur astronomers, to discover and track NEOs is really remarkable.»

RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME In September 2016, an amateur astronomer was looking at spiral galaxy NGC 613 (shown), located about 65 million light - years away in the constellation Sculptor, and caught a supernova exploding.

The first person to study the impact sites after Jupiter emerged from behind the Sun was David Gray, an amateur astronomer in County Durham, who saw the dark band immediately, in spite of poor conditions.

The new dot in the sky was discovered on 3 September by Arizona - based amateur astronomer Bill Yeung.

Except for a few clouds, the sky is blue and bright, and it seems an odd time for an amateur astronomer to be planet hunting.

When Jupiter emerged from its annual pass behind the sun last March, amateur astronomers saw a brand - new blotch of vermilion on the solar system's largest planet, just west of the Great Red Spot, Jupiter's signature storm.

Corey lives with his wife and young daughter in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, where he manages to find the stars (occasionally) with the help of the Amateur Astronomer's Association of New York.

«It satisfies that amateur astronomer drive to discover cool - looking things,» says Adam Bolton at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, Arizona.

But as Johnson explained here today at the 219th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, that all changed thanks to British amateur astronomer Kevin Apps, who is working closely with the Kepler science team.

Surveillance is the X-37B's most likely task, and the plane's trajectory — confirmed when amateur astronomers spotted it in a moderately inclined, 40 - degree orbit in May — supports that view.Those sightings «dismissed the idea that the U.S. military was developing technology to put something into orbit undetected,» Weeden notes.

Steve: Yeah and he was very attracted to these kinds of things; Johnny Carson: also a very passionate amateur astronomer and a big donor to James Randi's debunking efforts, in fact.

When Hummels arrived at Columbia in 2005, only a dozen or so amateur astronomers attended the biweekly open telescope nights hosted by the astronomydepartment, says David Helfand, the department chair.

This video, taken by amateur astronomer Masayuki Tachikawa of Kumamoto, Japan, shows the moment when the object burned up in the atmosphere (the small flash to the center - left at about 2 seconds).

With the new recognition, he notes, Sark will likely see a boost in tourism, especially among amateur astronomers who might visit to take advantage of the island's crisp, clear skies during winter months, perhaps to catch a spectacular view of the Milky Way (main picture).

The Australian amateur astronomer's latest discovery is called Comet C / 2014 Q2 (Lovejoy), and it's in the midst of its brightest period.

To confirm the signal was a planet and not a blip in the system, Dr Bayliss called in help from one of the world's largest telescopes, the Magellan Telescope in Chile, and an amateur astronomer, T G Tan, who operates from his backyard in Perth.

«This is arguably one of the finest images of M51 ever taken by an amateur astronomer,» said judge and astronomer Will Gater in a press release.

These observations make Saturn's rings the only location besides Earth, the moon and Jupiter where scientists and amateur astronomers have been able to observe impacts as they occur.

British amateur astronomer Stuart Atkinson, for example, has become the best source by far on Opportunity's progress.

I'm just an amateur astronomer appreciating the night sky.

Therapist by day and amateur astronomer by night, Castro joined the NASA - funded Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project when it began in February — not knowing she would become one of four volunteers to help identify the project's first brown dwarf, formally known as WISEA J110125.95 +540052.8.

Among the most used by amateur astronomers are The New Cosmos: Answering Astronomy's Big Questions, Comets: Visitors from Deep Space, The Universe from Your Backyard, Deep - Sky Observing with Small Telescopes, and Stars and Galaxies.

But from his homemade backyard observatory in Northern California, Ron Bissinger, 58, leads the charge that has drawn countless amateur astronomers into the hunt for these alien worlds.

Nicknamed «the Penguin» or «the Porpoise» by amateur astronomers, NGC 2936 used to be a standard spiral galaxy before being torn apart by the gravity of its cosmic companion.

In 1783 the 19 - year - old amateur astronomer John Goodricke suggested in a communication to the Royal Society of London that the cause might be a darker body passing in front of the star.