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How would an amateur bring this to the attention of the big telescopes so quickly? Are there alert mailing lists with people screening them?
by peterbraden 9y ago
How would an amateur bring this to the attention of the big telescopes so quickly? Are there alert mailing lists with people screening them?
- antognini 9y agoYou can send an astronomer's telegram: http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/ http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/ There's a pretty active community of amateur astronomers who search for new supernovae. Until recently amateurs actually discovered most new supernovae. Japanese amateurs especially found a lot because there's nothing over the Pacific, so they could discover all the supernova that went off when it was night over the Pacific.
- cypherpunks01 9y agoThanks, interesting! I think this may be the relevant "telegram" for this story? http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=9521 http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=9521