Amateur observation of a brown dwarf
The news notes section of the January 2006 issue of Sky and Telescope (page 24) reports on Dave Tosteson's visual detection of brown dwarf LSR 0602+3910, an apparent first for amateur observation. Dave contributed the largest set of visual observations contained in the Arp book.
posted by Alex Witze at 9:20 PM
2 Comments:
Alex, Thanks for your comments on the visual sighting of the Brown Dwarf. One correction should be made: it was the January of 2007, not 2006, issue of Sky and Telescope. Also, congratulations to you and Jeff on the Arp Book. It is a fabulous collection for the amateur interested in Dr. Arp's history and for exploring the galaxies either visually or by imaging.
Dave Tosteson
Got it, Dave, thanks. This brings up a funny point. Did anyone notice that the February 2007 issue of S&T was labeled as November 2006 on the cover? Now that's a goof!
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