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15 years 10 months ago #68653 by johnflannery
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Hi all,

I was reading an article in the July "Sky and Telescope" about a star in Cassiopeia which briefly flared in brightness last Halloween. One of the amateur astronomers mentioned as having taken a photo of the constellation at the time is our own Keith Geary! Well done Keith! Are the right though in classing you as a "British astronomer"??? :?

One of the books I have on the biographical data for named lunar craters lumps a number of Irish astronomers into the "British" category. Sheesh!!!!! Do people check the accuracy of birthplaces at all?

Let the debate begin :wink:

John

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15 years 10 months ago #68654 by Frank Ryan
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Lets see it Kieth!!
Well done.

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15 years 10 months ago #68656 by dave_lillis
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S&T do post corrections if they are asked,
Nice one Keith.

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15 years 10 months ago #68663 by Keith g
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I'm chuffed! :P This was only second time as far as I am aware that an event called a 'microlensing' event had taken place, where professional astronomers have theorised that when a massive object such as a large planet, star, or indeed a blackhole passes directly in front of a star, it bends the stars' light around it such that the star will brighten, and then fade back to normal brightness again quickly.

When professional astronomers recieved my image they were very excited, as I am the only one to catch the star at near maximum brightness. These events up to then were the stuff of many papers, books and articles, but this it is believed is so rare, that anything like this is highly sought after by professional observatories.

I remember that hallowen night in 2006, I was actually out imaging at the time, when I recieved an alert on my mobile phone, and I quickly got on the case. I simply was in the right place at the right time. Just to have my name mentioned in S&T after all theses years makes me happy. I'll post the link to the event, it's heavy going, but you'll get the idea.

Thanks John for spotting this :P I'll get the july S&T as quickly as I can !
I like to think I'm the only one that imaged indirectly a blackhole 8-)

spiff.rit.edu/richmond/tass/other_cas_06/other_cas_06.html

Keith..

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15 years 10 months ago #68666 by DeirdreKelleghan
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Yahoo , well done


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15 years 10 months ago #68670 by Seanie_Morris
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Way to go Keith!

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