From: John P. Roberts (jpr602_at_mac.com)
Date: Fri Apr 09 2004 - 20:14:20 PDT
On Apr 9, 2004, at 5:12 AM, Dr. H. Paul Shuch wrote:
>> From: "John P. Roberts" <jpr602_at_mac.com>
>
>> otherwise I can't tell what's special about it; it's the 56th
>> supernova of 2004. Maybe someone can clue me in.
>
> It's always exciting when a scientific discovery (whether special or
> not) is made by an amateur. Should give us in The SETI League some
> encouragement.
I agree. I had been under the impression that a significant fraction of
supernovae were discovered by amateurs; it looks like it's actually a
small fraction.
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/lists/Supernovae.html
I do think that if a SETI contact is ever made, it's fairly likely than
it will be made by an amateur.
J.P. Roberts
WJ7P
Eugene, Oregon
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