{"id":522,"date":"2013-02-09T16:39:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T16:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=522"},"modified":"2013-02-09T16:39:03","modified_gmt":"2013-02-09T16:39:03","slug":"five-amateur-astronomers-honored-for-comet-finding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=522","title":{"rendered":"Five amateur astronomers honored for comet finding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sky and Telescope reports on five amateur astronomers being recognized for their comet discoveries: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/news\/Five-Amateurs-Share-Edgar-Wilson-Award-190374961.html\" target=\"_d\">Five Amateurs Share Edgar Wilson Award: <em>Discovering a comet remains one of amateur astronomy&#8217;s greatest accomplishments, and five individuals are being honored for doing just that.<\/em> &#8211; SkyandTelescope.com <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Recently five amateurs were honored with the 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/observing\/objects\/comets\/54309987.html\" target=\"new_window\">Edgar Wilson Award<\/a>. Established in 1998, this award goes to those dedicated observers lucky enough to spot a comet using amateur-grade equipment. Below is the list of winners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leonid Elenin of Russia, who spotted comet P\/2011 NO1 on July 7, 2011<\/li>\n<li>Artyom Novichonok and Vladimir Gerke of Russia, co-discoverers of comet P\/2011 R3 on September 7, 2011<\/li>\n<li>Terry Lovejoy of Australia, for his discovery of comet C\/2011 W3 on November 27, 2011<\/li>\n<li>Fred Bruenjes of Warrenburg, Missouri, for his discovery of comet C\/2012 C2 on February 11, 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sky and Telescope reports on five amateur astronomers being recognized for their comet discoveries: Five Amateurs Share Edgar Wilson Award: Discovering a comet remains one of amateur astronomy&#8217;s greatest accomplishments, and five individuals are being honored for doing just that. &#8211; SkyandTelescope.com Recently five amateurs were honored with the 2012 Edgar Wilson Award. Established in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=522\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Five amateur astronomers honored for comet finding<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-8q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":303,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=303","url_meta":{"origin":522,"position":0},"title":"Amateur astronomers: Discovering a multi-planet system + Awards for comet discoveries","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Some news of amateur astronomy accomplishments: Here is a story about amateur astronomers using the sophisticated technique of microlensing to\u00a0 discover a multiple-planet system. 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