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Hello everyone,

I first showed details of my modified ALPY "200" spectrograph in a poster paper at ASPEKT 2014.
http://www.threehillsobservatory.co.uk/ ... opy_20.htm
This weekend I used it to confirm and classify a mag 16.5 possible supernova discovered by an amateur group (GSST). You can see details and my spectrum here on the IAU Transient Name Server
https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2016bme
I think this could be the first time a supernova has been discovered and confirmed as a supernova by amateurs without professional help.
(This has been an ambition of mine for a long time )

Cheers
Robin

Great Robin, indeed.

 

Berthold

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modified ALPY 200

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http://spektroskopieforum.vdsastro.de/v ... 424#p27670

Hello
everyone,

I first showed details of my modified ALPY "200" spectrograph
in a
poster paper at ASPEKT 2014.

http://www.threehillsobservatory.co.uk/ ... opy_20.htm
This weekend I
used it to confirm and classify a mag 16.5 possible
supernova discovered by
an amateur group (GSST).  You can see details
and my spectrum here on
the IAU Transient Name
Server
https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2016bme
I think this could be
the first time a supernova has been discovered
and confirmed as a supernova
by amateurs without professional help.
(This has been an ambition of mine
for a long time  
)

Cheers
Robin

Congratulations, Robin, well done!

Congratulations, Robin!

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