Guest Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Iv been reading about the following story about an amateur astronomer discovering a comet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terry Lovejoy from Queensland has discovered his 3rd comet - a sungrazing comet C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy), which is due to smash into the Sun around December 15. What makes it even more special, is that it's extremely rare for sungrazing comets to be discovered from ground-based telescopes! Congrats Terry! Here's the IceInSpace thread discussing it: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/04/amateur-astronomer-discovers-sungrazing-comet/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 This is great, amateur astronomers are still as relevant as ever when it comes to making new discoveries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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