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Rick
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You are never too old....
#2266737 - 03/18/08 10:47 PM

I saw this article in the Japan Times English language newspaper today and thought it pretty cool!

clear skies,
Rick

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Mr Q
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Re: You are never too old.... new

[Re: Rick]
#2266754 - 03/18/08 10:52 PM

I'm curious as to the magnitude of the stars discovered. I would assume they must be very faint (15th+)? Mr Q

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MikeRatcliff
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Re: You are never too old.... new

[Re: Mr Q]
#2268069 - 03/19/08 03:12 PM

Or actually looking for novae (sudden increases in magnitude)? That's my guess. The supply of faint stars is practically infinite.

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matt
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Re: You are never too old.... new

[Re: MikeRatcliff]
#2269653 - 03/20/08 08:19 AM

I like those "amateurs" with their 40" scopes.

At least, they could give more info on the new stars, eh?

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OldDeadOne
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Re: You are never too old.... new

[Re: matt]
#2269716 - 03/20/08 09:06 AM

uhhhh Matt that's a 16" scope they have

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Tom Polakis
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Re: You are never too old.... new

[Re: MikeRatcliff]
#2270060 - 03/20/08 12:12 PM

Quote:

Or actually looking for novae (sudden increases in magnitude)? That's my guess. The supply of faint stars is practically infinite.

Yeah, I presume that the Japanese word for "novae" was translated into "new stars," as evidenced by the phrase, "they want to find super new stars this year."

Tom

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nytecam
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Re: You are never too old.... new

[Re: Rick]
#2270149 - 03/20/08 12:51 PM

Interesting article that's probably got messed in translation which I suspect refers tp supernovae [SNe] discoveries of which there are maybe a >100 per year [>1/3 by amateurs] and not a dozen as quoted. There are many amateur teams worldwide doing this painstaking work including UK [Tom Boles has >100 to his credit] and in France, the States and, of course, Japan amoungst others. My mate Ron Arbour in UK discovered SNe 2008s a month ago via his 16" homebuilt Newtonian and typically reaches mag 18 via CCD [like the Japanese team] in a 30s exposures.

BTW - those Japanese amateurs seem young to me

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PWPanther
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Re: You are never too old.... new

[Re: Rick]
#2272289 - 03/21/08 11:55 AM

Nice Observatory too. Considering the cost of housing in Japan they must have good paying jobs.

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nytecam
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Re: You are never too old.... new

[Re: matt]
#2273986 - 03/22/08 07:05 AM

Quote:

I like those "amateurs" with their 40" scopes. At least, they could give more info on the new stars, eh?

Try latest bright supernovae but the recent gamma-ray burst in Bootes at 7BLY was 10 million times brighter than a typical SNe at that range which briefly reached naked eye mag 5 but there's no report of anyone seeing it - unless you know better

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[Re: nytecam]
#2274622 - 03/22/08 01:50 PM

Rick,
Nice article, thanks for sharing,
Jason

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