Posted on 06/14/2009 1:57:41 PM PDT by metmom
While some 14-year-olds are scoring their mall to find the latest fashions, Caroline Moore discovered a supernova in a nearby galaxy.
Astronomers say Moore is the youngest person to ever discover a supernova — and in her case, an extremely rare one, ScienceDaily.com reports.
The supernova, that scientists have coined SN 2008ha, is a new type of stellar explosion that may be the weakest of its kind ever seen.
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When my kids got obsessed with something that wholesome, I’d just let them have at it. I never complained about how much time or effort they put into it.
I always figured that doing stuff like that would be keeping them out of getting into far worse stuff. I knew where they were and what they were doing and far be it from me to look a gift horse in the mouth.
I also wanted to let them learn the rewards that come from that kind of effort.
Yes, true... much better that they do the wholesome things... :-)
Does it run?
I lived in Vernon, then West Milford. I loved to spend nights on top of Hidden Valley, watching for the Perseids and the Leonids. I was just off Greenwood Lake in West Milford. Once in a while you could make out the Milky Way, but not very often. Sometimes if the clouds were just right, you could see the line from the light pollution around the New York City metro area.
My guess is that their observatory is closer to Florida than Monroe. Good for Caroline Moore. I hope she is able to capitalize on her discovery.
Runs like a scalded dog. 68000 miles, no dents. garage kept since new. Needs restoring though, the red paint is faded and the door panels are starting to curl up on the bottom. No, it is not for sale, it will be my retirement project.
I guess she happened to be looking in the right place, at the right time. It's a really big universe; maybe no one else was paying attention at that time.
Those 1.5" refractors without equatorial mounts really sucked.
Think of what he could have done with ‘scope the girl used!
bttt
Congratulations, Ms. Moore! My only complaint is that she doesn’t get a co-author credit in the ApJ paper — I think it’s the least they could do for her since she told them where to point and what to analyze!
I have no use for adults who steal a child’s thunder.
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Space Pingerooooooo
Even worse, I read the article on the astroph preprint service. The article was well written, and should have no problems being published, but they didn’t even thank Ms. Moore in the acknowledgements! I try to make it a practice in my papers to thank everyone who had the slightest part of making the work happen. Then again, I don’t have tenure (and never will)...
Thank you. I like the ones with pictures!
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Pictures.....
Billions and Billions.....
Where, where??? I didn’t see any.
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“Billions and billions......”
A standard comment from Carl Sagan
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