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23-05-2018, 06:14 PM
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Wow more good publicity , well done Mike and it must be very satisfying. Yes you must be a very versatile bloke!
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24-05-2018, 09:53 PM
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Country living & viewing
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Yes sure is Terry. Any clue as to what your upcoming publication is? 
Mike
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Here is mine. 
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advan...dFrom=fulltext
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25-05-2018, 10:24 AM
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really cool Mike - congratulations. Cheers Ray
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25-05-2018, 11:28 AM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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Thanks Simon and Ray 
.. and Terry that's pretty cool too, you look to be doing some consistently good work
Mike
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25-05-2018, 08:37 PM
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Fantastic work! Congratulations.
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28-05-2018, 09:26 PM
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Mike,
This is amazing!! Congratulations!!
Inspirational!!
Regards,
Tim
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28-05-2018, 09:56 PM
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My God it's full of stars
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Location: Melbourne
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Nice detective work there Mike!
Goes to show what dedication can produce in the right hands... well done!
Make one wonder what more could be discovered if we all turned our attention to deeper imaging of rare & unusual targets instead of just hammering M8, M20, M42 & co....
Maybe there’s a paper in that! 
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29-05-2018, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by topheart
Mike,
This is amazing!! Congratulations!!
Inspirational!!
Regards,
Tim
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Cheers Tim
Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy01
Nice detective work there Mike!
Goes to show what dedication can produce in the right hands... well done!
Make one wonder what more could be discovered if we all turned our attention to deeper imaging of rare & unusual targets instead of just hammering M8, M20, M42 & co....
Maybe there’s a paper in that! |
Totally agree, always pays to scrutinise your data I have done an interview and photo shoot (at my observatory) for Fairfax, so a story about the discovery will likely appear in print soon
Mike
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30-05-2018, 09:07 AM
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Featured in the Canberra Times today
This is the on line article version
Mike
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30-05-2018, 02:48 PM
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It's all very well being published in such arcane journals as "Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias" (IAC), but when you get a headline in such an august journal as the "Brisbane Times" - well then you KNOW you've hit the big time!
"Former strongman who discovered galaxy makes new astronomical find"
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nat...28-p4zhvm.html
Congratulations, Mike!
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30-05-2018, 02:48 PM
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a.k.a. @AstroscapePete
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Congratulations Mike - amazing work! 
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30-05-2018, 09:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by julianh72
It's all very well being published in such arcane journals as "Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias" (IAC), but when you get a headline in such an august journal as the "Brisbane Times" - well then you KNOW you've hit the big time!
"Former strongman who discovered galaxy makes new astronomical find"
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nat...28-p4zhvm.html
Congratulations, Mike!
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Ha ha, yes thanks Julian, it probably appeared in a number of Fairfax papers around the country 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Retrograde
Congratulations Mike - amazing work! |
Thanks Pete
MIke
Last edited by strongmanmike; 30-05-2018 at 10:03 PM.
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02-06-2018, 01:31 PM
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The Glenfallus
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Location: Central Coast, NSW
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Well done Mike! I am wondering with close inspection how many other PNe's you might find similar extended structures on?? A lifetime of work there!!
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02-06-2018, 10:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rodstar
Well done Mike! I am wondering with close inspection how many other PNe's you might find similar extended structures on?? A lifetime of work there!!
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Cheers Rod
Absolutely, in fact I am part of a team (occasionally) that looks for just such things.
I confirmed THIS ONE a little while ago in fact
Also THIS ONE but Don Goldman then went a little deeper from Siding Spring with his 20" CDK
Mike
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05-06-2018, 07:28 PM
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The Glenfallus
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That is awesome Mike. Great work!
Nice images by the way.
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05-06-2018, 10:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rodstar
That is awesome Mike. Great work!
Nice images by the way.
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Thanks a lot Rod ...looking forward to taking a stroll down Amber Lane some day
Mike
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06-06-2018, 01:24 PM
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PI cult member
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Location: Brisbane
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Congrats Mike - Astronomy really is one of the science areas where amateurs can assist professionals.
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07-06-2018, 09:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by julianh72
It's all very well being published in such arcane journals as "Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias" (IAC), but when you get a headline in such an august journal as the "Brisbane Times" - well then you KNOW you've hit the big time!
"Former strongman who discovered galaxy makes new astronomical find"
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nat...28-p4zhvm.html
Congratulations, Mike!
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Appeared in the free community paper The Chronicle, too...with a different photo...I look like a "farmer wants a wife" candidate ...and apparently, as one work mate described, I look like I am in a wheelchair outside a dunny.... 
Last edited by strongmanmike; 20-06-2018 at 03:00 PM.
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