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Originally Posted by PeterM
Significantly and in what is expected by be the opening of the flood gates on astronomical discoveries the first Pan- STARRS - PS1 (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response Sytem) located on Mount Haleakala. Maui has made its first extragalactic discovery of a transient object - in this case a supernova designated 2008id at magnitude 23 in a faint host galaxy as reported in CBET1617.
PS1 only came on line fairly recently and will be followed by 3 others by 2012. PS1 will image its entire sky very regularly and many, many new supernova, astreoids, comets, variable stars and pretty much what goes bump in the night are expected to be amongst the discoveries. With other rapid response survey telescopes coming online in the future including Sky Mapper in Australia, it's going to make it more and more challenging for us amateurs to "get lucky".
Vive la revolucion
PeterM
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You can only hope for it to break down for a few weeks mate
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Matt.