Amateur Astronomers Discover Dozens of Supernovae# Astronomy - 天文
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By David Tytell
July 9, 2002 | For Tim Puckett, amateur astronomy long ago transcended being
a hobby. Words like passion and obsession are more apt to explain Puckett's
dedication to the heavens. The most telling evidence is his homegrown Puckett
Observatory Supernova Search, affectionately referred to as POSS.
To date, he and his team of more than a dozen volunteers have discovered 54
supernovae. Fifty of those finds were made in just 46 months. The hunters
winnowed their discoveries from more
July 9, 2002 | For Tim Puckett, amateur astronomy long ago transcended being
a hobby. Words like passion and obsession are more apt to explain Puckett's
dedication to the heavens. The most telling evidence is his homegrown Puckett
Observatory Supernova Search, affectionately referred to as POSS.
To date, he and his team of more than a dozen volunteers have discovered 54
supernovae. Fifty of those finds were made in just 46 months. The hunters
winnowed their discoveries from more