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Amateur astronomer, Nick Howes, has taken the first pictures showing...
A cracked comet
March 24, 2010 C2007 Q3 Siding Spring as imaged by Nick Howes using the Faulkes Telescope North http://www.physorg.com/news188670462.html (PhysOrg.com) -- A leading amateur astronomer has made a major astronomical discovery thanks to a sophisticated educational telescope project led by Cardiff University astronomers. Amateur astronomer, Nick Howes, has taken the first pictures showing a split in the icy nucleus of Comet C2007 C3 using a remote-controlled telescope through the Faulkes Telescope Project based in the School of Physics and Astronomy. See: http://www.physorg.com/news188670462.html |
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