Supernova discovered from Raheny :)

the_monkey · 29-04-2014 9:46am #1

An amateur astronomer has found a supernova from his obervatory in Raheny,
he is on newstalk now talking to Pat Kenny .. very interesting.

I would imagine there would be too much light pollution in Raheny..

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/item/28963-irish-astronomer-discovers

Stargate · 29-04-2014 2:02pm

Many Congrats Dave .

Heard him on TodayFm this morning .

Well done !!

djhaxman · 29-04-2014 6:56pm

His 3rd find. He gave a talk in the college here in Maynooth after he found his 2nd one, iirc. It was very interesting stuff. He has great dedication to what he does because sifting through that much data and images must take a lot of patience.

Kersh · 29-04-2014 9:45pm

Daves obsy in Raheny is class!

Fully automated from the house, he can tell it to image X amount of galaxies a night, and plate solve them with previously taken images. Pretty amazing stuff.

What makes it even more amazing is that currently he is using a homemade 14" scope, ground and figured himself.

A true enthusiast.

Congratulations Dave!

ps200306 · 05-05-2014 5:34am

Yes, very well done. Have followed all his previous discoveries.

Justin1982 · 10-05-2014 12:31pm

Kersh wrote: »

Daves obsy in Raheny is class!

Fully automated from the house, he can tell it to image X amount of galaxies a night, and plate solve them with previously taken images. Pretty amazing stuff.

What makes it even more amazing is that currently he is using a homemade 14" scope, ground and figured himself.

A true enthusiast.

Congratulations Dave!

Impressive stuff in fairness.

Supernova discovered from Raheny :)

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