Thought the list would be interested in this. A New Zeland amateur astronomer named Rolf Olsen imaged the planet forming disk of a near by star with a 10" telescope. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/11/26/amateur-astronomer...
Now that is IPRESSIVE!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh" <mountaindrifter@gmail.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 2:16:56 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Another milestone for amateur astronomers Thought the list would be interested in this. A New Zeland amateur astronomer named Rolf Olsen imaged the planet forming disk of a near by star with a 10" telescope. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/11/26/amateur-astronomer... _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
Okay, I meant to say IMPRESSIVE!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: jcarman6@q.com To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 4:22:06 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Another milestone for amateur astronomers Now that is IPRESSIVE!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh" <mountaindrifter@gmail.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 2:16:56 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Another milestone for amateur astronomers Thought the list would be interested in this. A New Zeland amateur astronomer named Rolf Olsen imaged the planet forming disk of a near by star with a 10" telescope. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/11/26/amateur-astronomer... _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
Clever idea! I wonder if that technique would work on some random star -- maybe it would just happen to have a disk. Thanks, Joe ________________________________ From: Josh <mountaindrifter@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 2:16 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Another milestone for amateur astronomers Thought the list would be interested in this. A New Zeland amateur astronomer named Rolf Olsen imaged the planet forming disk of a near by star with a 10" telescope. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/11/26/amateur-astronomer... _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
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