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20-05-2011, 02:31 PM
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Saturn storm ESO VLT & amateur visible light images
Hi All,
Today in an ESO press release on the current Great Saturn Storm, IR data from the VLT in Chile along with amateur visible light data from Broken Hill Australia was presented in a paper by Oxford University planetary physicist Dr Leigh Fletcher. This press release announces the publication of this paper in the AAAS Journal “Science” released today.
“Science”, which is published in the US, has the highest paid circulation of any peer reviewed general science journal in the world with an estimated readership of 1 million.
It certainly gives me a warm fuzzy feeling to have my work used by Leigh Fetcher and to see it presented side by side with data from the ESO’s VLT. It is great that Broken Hill received a mention in the notes on the image and it was a thrill to see the credit line, (ESO/University of Oxford/L.N. Fletcher/T. Barry).
It is most encouraging to see professionals recognizing the value of the contribution that amateurs can make and as time goes on there will obviously be many more opportunities for such pro/am collaborations.
The link below features details on the visible light an IR data used in the paper, in which Broken Hill Australia gets a mention.
http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1116a/
Have also attached a link to the full ESO announcement.
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1116/
Have also attached a link to the NASA JPL media release on the same story.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-150&cid=release_2011-150&msource=c20110519&tr=y&auid=837 7233
Regards
Trevor
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20-05-2011, 03:04 PM
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ze frogginator
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Too late.  Congrats again.  You must be stoked.
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20-05-2011, 03:06 PM
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Dazzled by the Cosmos.
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Some much deserved recognition for your excellent planetary work.
Well done Trevor!
Cheers
Dennis
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20-05-2011, 03:36 PM
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Also made it into today's New Scientist - not as lofty and learned as Science, but much more widely read - well done!
Dean
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20-05-2011, 03:43 PM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Fantastic news Trevor, congratulations!
You must be stoked!
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20-05-2011, 04:13 PM
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Congratulations Trevor - good to see some reward for the effort. Regards Ray
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20-05-2011, 05:53 PM
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Well done Trevor 
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20-05-2011, 05:58 PM
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Congratulations Trevor. It must be very satisfying knowing all your work is put to good use.
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20-05-2011, 06:57 PM
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Fast Scope & Fast Engine
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Congrats Trevor on your continuing work.
You even made the local paper but on a different subject.
Heard a rumor on the clothesline that you had shot off again to the Kecks.
Cheers Kev.
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20-05-2011, 07:31 PM
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Congrats, well done.
John.
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20-05-2011, 07:57 PM
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Congratulations Trevor,Well deserved mentions in the journels
Cheers
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20-05-2011, 08:00 PM
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Well done Trevor!
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20-05-2011, 08:45 PM
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Thanks to all for your comments, more and more researchers are seeing value in the data recorded by amateurs, it certainly makes the hours that go into capturing and processing the data feel all the more worth while.
We are fortunate in this country to have some exceptionally talented astro imagers that set the standard that the rest of us strive to achieve. I particularly respect the work of the pioneering planetary imagers here in Australia.
I really am enjoying my journey through astronomy, things just seem to keep happening for me and not a day goes by that I don't learn something new. My fine tuning of "FRED" continues and I wait in great anticipation for my new primary mirror to be finished.
Regards
Trevor
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20-05-2011, 09:00 PM
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Congratulations Trev !! Bloody well done
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20-05-2011, 09:20 PM
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Congratulations on having you work published in Science, Trevor! A great reward for your great work.
As a research scientist myself I fully appreciate the significance of getting published in Science or Nature (and it's something that I certainly haven't achieved), so you should be very proud of you achievement.
Cheers,
Stephen
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20-05-2011, 11:00 PM
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Rob
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Congratulations Trevor, a real honour.
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23-05-2011, 11:08 AM
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No More Infinities
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Great work and congrats, Trevor
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