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04-01-2016, 01:18 PM
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Bright the hawk's flight
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Cheers boys  ...something a bit out of left field I guess and nothing ground breaking but pretty cool non the less.
...and first day back for me to H 
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Mike
I think "nothing groundbreaking" is being a little modest!! This discovery tells us about how galaxies form. Galaxies are the engine rooms of star formation and the recycling of heavy elements. If there were no galaxies we wouldn't be here. You have contributed to our knowledge of how we came to be.
Malcolm
PS first day back here also
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04-01-2016, 01:54 PM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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Originally Posted by barx1963
Mike
I think "nothing groundbreaking" is being a little modest!! This discovery tells us about how galaxies form. Galaxies are the engine rooms of star formation and the recycling of heavy elements. If there were no galaxies we wouldn't be here. You have contributed to our knowledge of how we came to be.
Malcolm
PS first day back here also
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Ha ha, thanks Mal, I guess you're right. I just meant this is something that could happen to any of us really, we merrily snap away at the sky for hours and hours, month after month, year after year and maybe, just maybe, there is something new in amongst that data that hasn't been noticed before...aaaand I just got lucky
Still not quuuuite in the witnessing an impact on Jupiter league though  ala A.Wesley 
Mike
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05-01-2016, 06:28 AM
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Lost in Space ....
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Still not quuuuite in the witnessing an impact on Jupiter league though ala A.Wesley
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In my books a Galaxy outweighs a Jupiter anytime 
Although both just show what amateurs can do for science, just proves the point again !! 
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05-01-2016, 07:34 AM
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In my books a Galaxy outweighs a Jupiter anytime |
I suppose that's true Brent.
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05-01-2016, 09:13 AM
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I suppose that's true Brent.
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05-01-2016, 07:19 PM
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Regulus - Couer de Leon
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Congratulations Mike, what an absolutely incredible return on your time and skills. And it's nice to have the Subaru image to be able to get a good look at it.
Very pleased for you.
Trevor
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06-01-2016, 10:28 AM
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1¼" ñì®våñá
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Very cool Mike, very cool indeed!
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06-01-2016, 02:26 PM
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Geez, you go away of Christmas and look what you miss!
Congratulations Mike. This is really is brilliant work. It also fills me with hope since I'm currently photographing (well not right now, it's daytime) from the same area, and have been offered use of land that's even darker out past Yass.
Please keep dazzling us with your amazing work.
-Cam
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06-01-2016, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by barx1963
Mike
I think "nothing groundbreaking" is being a little modest!! This discovery tells us about how galaxies form. Galaxies are the engine rooms of star formation and the recycling of heavy elements. If there were no galaxies we wouldn't be here. You have contributed to our knowledge of how we came to be.
Malcolm
PS first day back here also
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Ditto to all the positive comments.
There are various ways to access the quality and worth of a paper. The first is where you are able to publish it. The Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) ranks scientific journals as A*, A, B, C. You really don't want to be publishing in a 'C' journal. MNRAS Letter doesn't have an entry in the rankings but MNRAS is an 'A' journal, so that is very good. (The paper will certainly be seen by your target audience.) Then you look at the citation rate. If a paper sinks without trace it wasn't much chop (or no one recognises you genius  ). If however every man and his dog cites it then you have a real 'hit'. Knowing that will take a year or two. Given you have a 'first' and not just 'another' I think there will be interest in the paper.
BTW if you want to get cited there appear to be three successful approaches.
- Publish an amazing discovery that everyone wants to talk about. (very difficult)
- Publish a load of twaddle that everyone jumps on to give you a kicking. (harder than it sounds - and hard on the ego)
- Come up with a new instrumental or analytical technique that everyone wants to use. (also very difficult but the citations continue for years)
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06-01-2016, 11:09 PM
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Thanks so much again guys for finding this interesting and for the kind feedback
Here is the just released Canberra Times piece on the discovery 
The coolest thing was that the reporter interviewed Prof Brian Schmidt about the discovery, via phone, from inside my observatory!
Mike
Last edited by strongmanmike; 06-01-2016 at 11:58 PM.
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06-01-2016, 11:18 PM
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Aidan
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one for the scrap book
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07-01-2016, 05:36 AM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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That's great news, Mike! Hearty congrats from me too!
Well deserved for your years of dedication to the art and science of astronomy/astrophotgraphy
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07-01-2016, 12:11 PM
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Watch me post!
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Gday Mike
Just saw it printed in todays Melb Age as well.
Just for a moment, ( based on the story alongside it ),
i thought you had become a Bikie strongman
Andrew
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07-01-2016, 12:56 PM
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Narrowfield rules!
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Was also in the Syd morning Hearld today and just now an interview on ABC radio(702). Your going a bit viral Mike
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07-01-2016, 03:08 PM
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Thanks everyone, it's going crazy, been a busy day so far with phone interviews including the US, with more scheduled for tomorrow and next week even, including live TV
Sheeesh...it was just a smudge 
Mike
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07-01-2016, 03:47 PM
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BTW Mike, WHO Magazine called, they wanted to know your Star Sign.
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07-01-2016, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by RB
BTW Mike, WHO Magazine called, they wanted to know your Star Sign.
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Orion of course (The Hunter)...you see, the Sun made it through one little corner of the constellation that year
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07-01-2016, 03:55 PM
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Aidan
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Today, someone at work said to me "did you hear that some guy found a galaxy"! so Mike, you are being talked about, a household name soon
they also asked if you got to name the galaxy. i did tell them that the IAU are not that cool.
If you could name it, what would you call it ?
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07-01-2016, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Somnium
Today, someone at work said to me "did you hear that some guy found a galaxy"! so Mike, you are being talked about, a household name soon |
Cool to hear
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they also asked if you got to name the galaxy. i did tell them that the IAU are not that cool.
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Yes, I have been saying there are some 200 Billion galaxies in the universe so eventually finding a unique name becomes very difficult...especially once we get down to a dwarf galaxy of Mag 26
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I've always liked Kevin - the name originally intended for Jesus until one of the wise men bumped his head on the door to the manger
Mike
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