Julian Oey (from NSW) 2018 Shoemaker NEO Grant Winner

[geolindon]

"Julian Oey from New South Wales, Australia will receive $11,845 for the purchase of a 0.5m (20”) telescope to go with an existing mount, camera, and facility at the JBL observatory at a dark, dry location outside Bathurst, Australia. The remote controlled JBL facility will complement Oey’s successful Blue Mountain Observatory, providing two southern hemisphere sites with different weather patterns, helping avoid clouds. The new telescope will be used primarily to provide physical characterization of near Earth asteroids."

reposted from; http://www.planetary.org/blogs/bruce-betts/2018/20180312-shoemaker-neo-grants.html

Congratulations Julian!!
L

[JA]

Good on him. Hopefully keeps an eye out for that next civilisation killer.

Best
JA

[bert]

Just for the record, it’s now a 24 inch scope inbound rather than the 20...