by Jonathan Nally | May 31, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, Features, News, Telescopes
Above: An artist’s impression of gas swirling into a black hole. The Dynamic REd All-Sky Monitoring Survey (DREAMS) telescope will try to spot infrared radiation from black holes, neutron stars, quasars and many other objects in deep space. A NEW INFRARED...
by Jonathan Nally | May 27, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy
ABOVE: TG Tan and the PEST Observatory in his backyard, with which he hunts for transiting exoplanets. EVERY TWO YEARS, AUSTRALIA’S PROFESSIONAL ASTRONOMERS bestow the Berenice and Arthur Page Medal on an amateur astronomer who has made significant scientific...