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Old 11-07-2012, 09:59 AM
PeterM
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Stu is having a fantastic run indeed, but it is from sheer hard work and dedication. He has taken some 3000 images in the last few days. Greg, Colin and I are now using Drop Box to access images so that we can assist in blinking Stu's images. This gives us something to do while the weather in Brissy remains wet. New Zealand the land of the long white cloud? I don't think so!
The other thing to note here is just how much support professional astronomers are giving the discoveries. If you could see the list of Astronomers that we now have daily email contact with from 'scopes like the Gemini, Magellan, SALT etc it is just unbelievable.
The science that has come from some of the BOSS discoveries is also astonishing and shortly we will be able to let you know about a paper recently submitted to the Astrophysical Journal (with our names attached to a long list of professional astronomers!!! Wow) that has significant implications for Supernova types, maybe even rewriting the textbooks!
It just gets better and better.

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