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Amateur astronomers detect gamma ray burst.

Started by Sue, Oct 08, 2002, 04:28:00

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Sue

Item on BBC science news page.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2306027.stm
Project mentioned by Nial Tanvir in his talk. Our speaker for next April successful!

Mike

Wow, that's excellent. Does anyone know if any astronomers, professional or amateur, have ever caught the actual explosion of a GRB and not just the afterglow ?
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan