PeterM
14-05-2013, 12:54 PM
Hi all,
I hope you will join in and congratulate Stu Parker on his personal 50th Supernova discovery. Infact it's 51 now as he found another one last night!
While 50 is a milestone for Stu, I can see 100 coming up much quicker than the first 50.
I still remember well his first discovery in NGC134 and what a beautiful image Stu took of that galaxy and his first SN.
Well his 50th has been just as impressive, located in NGC428, the SN is very bright at mag 12.2 and he imaged it just before dawn only 5 degrees above the horizon. Being only 50 million light years away this is getting a lot of interest from professional astronomers.
The rest of the BOSS team send you a HUGE congratulations Stu, you have inspired us and supported us to be the successful team we are and you are a top bloke even for a Kiwi (that's just a bit of fun folks).
Stu and the whole BOSS team came together from an email posted on a chat site about supernova 6 years ago. In that time we have achieved so much. We have helped advance the science behind supernova and inspired other amateurs.
Best of all we have become life long friends.
Ya dun good Stu, congratulations.
I hope you will join in and congratulate Stu Parker on his personal 50th Supernova discovery. Infact it's 51 now as he found another one last night!
While 50 is a milestone for Stu, I can see 100 coming up much quicker than the first 50.
I still remember well his first discovery in NGC134 and what a beautiful image Stu took of that galaxy and his first SN.
Well his 50th has been just as impressive, located in NGC428, the SN is very bright at mag 12.2 and he imaged it just before dawn only 5 degrees above the horizon. Being only 50 million light years away this is getting a lot of interest from professional astronomers.
The rest of the BOSS team send you a HUGE congratulations Stu, you have inspired us and supported us to be the successful team we are and you are a top bloke even for a Kiwi (that's just a bit of fun folks).
Stu and the whole BOSS team came together from an email posted on a chat site about supernova 6 years ago. In that time we have achieved so much. We have helped advance the science behind supernova and inspired other amateurs.
Best of all we have become life long friends.
Ya dun good Stu, congratulations.