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Amateur astronomer recording observations of the sun. Collectively, amateur astronomers observe a variety of celestial objects and phenomena. Common targets of amateur astronomers include the Sun, the Moon, planets, stars, comets, meteor showers, and a variety of deep sky objects such as star clusters, galaxies, and nebulae. Many amateurs like ...
It is unlikely or at least unclear if objects on a wide orbit (≥100 AU) formed in circumstellar disks and these objects are therefore more often referred as planetary-mass companions. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Only in rare cases, such as for HD 106906 b , the formation of the object in the disk is seen plausible.
Discovery [ edit ] The comet was discovered on October 24, 2021 by Georges Attard, an amateur astronomer from Mougins , and Alain Maury , a former astronomer at the CERGA and the Palomar Observatory , now director of the astronomical resources center Space in San Pedro de Atacama , Chile .
Astrophotography is a popular hobby among photographers and amateur astronomers. Techniques ranges from basic film and digital cameras on tripods up to methods and equipment geared toward advanced imaging. Amateur astronomers and amateur telescope makers also use homemade equipment and modified devices.
Comet Holmes / ˈ h oʊ m z / (official designation: 17P/Holmes) is a periodic comet in the Solar System, discovered by the British amateur astronomer Edwin Holmes on November 6, 1892.
Thomas Joel Bopp (October 15, 1949 – January 5, 2018) was an American amateur astronomer. In 1995, he discovered comet Hale–Bopp; Alan Hale discovered it independently at almost the same time, and it was thus named after both of them. [1] At the time of the comet discovery he was a manager at a construction materials factory and an amateur ...
Through 2023, the Newtons owned and operated an astronomy-themed bed and breakfast – the Observatory B&B – near Osoyoos, British Columbia. Guests were provided evening and morning astronomy "tours" using a rooftop telescope. Jack and Alice are cofounders of the Arizona Sky Village, an astronomy and nature-oriented community in Portal, Arizona.
Martin P. Mobberley (born 1958) is a British amateur astronomer, [1] author, and former electronics engineer.. He takes images of many cosmological objects, including comets, planets, novae, supernovae and asteroids from his observatory in Suffolk, England.