Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Apr 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994pasau..11....7e&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Society of Australia, Proceedings, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 7-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Galactic Structure, Radio Telescopes, Supernovae, Visual Observation, Astronomical Photography, Astrophysics, Australia
Scientific paper
The main features of visual searching for supernovae in other galaxies by amateur astronomers are described, and an outline is given of the results which have been achieved so far by this method. A short comparison is made between visual searching and photographic searching. A more extensive comparison is then made between visual searching for supernovae in Australia, and the work of the Berkeley Automatic Supernova Search at Leuschner Observatory, since 1986. Among the conclusions is the claim that a competent visual observer could produce similar results to those produced by the Berkeley group if a telescope of similar aperture was used for a similar amount of observing time, and from a good observing site. Indeed, visual searching might possibly produce more results, and such a search would only cost a small fraction of what was spent on this automatic search. It would be a worthwhile project to conduct a visual search with a suitably desinged 76-cm telescope, or a one metre telescope, over a period of a few years, to see if this conclusion could be supported in practice.
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