This week I
received my fifth award from the Astronomical League. This time, it is the
Globular clusters award. The requirement was to observe at least 50 globulars,
three of which had to be so-called challenge objects. I was kind of productive
in observing extragalactic globulars (most of which were located in M31), so I
logged 58 globulars altogether, including 13 challenging objects.
In most
cases, one has to hand in the logs to a coordinator in the club one is
affiliated with. In my case this would be the Tucson Amateur Astronomy
Association. In this case, however, I had to submit the logs to the Program
Chair Bob Kerr, who did a great job in reviewing my results.
According
to him, I was the first to log the extragalactic globulars G119, G213 and G272 –
which is astonishing considering the fact that I was the 280th person
to finish this program. Bob also told me that I was the most distant awardee he
had the pleasure of working with.
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Diese Woche erhielt ich meinen fünften Award der
Astronomical League. Dieses Mal ist es der Kugelsternhaufen-Award. Die
Anforderung war, mindestens 50 Kugelsternhaufen zu beobachten, davon mussten
mindestens drei sogenannte herausfordernde Objekte sein. Ich war ziemlich
produktiv in der Beobachtung von extragalaktischen Kugelsternhaufen (dies
meisten befinden sich in M31), und so konnte ich insgesamt 58 Kugelsternhaufen protokollieren,
darunter 13 herausfordernde.
Meistens muß man die Aufzeichnungen zu einem Koordinator des
Clubs schicken, welchem man angehört. In meinem Fall ist das die Tucson Amateur
Astronomy Association. In diesem Falle jedoch musste ich die Aufzeichnungen an
den Programmvorsitzenden Bob Kerr senden, der bei der Prüfung meiner Ergebnisse
großartige Arbeit geleistet hat.
Gemäß seinen Aussagen war ich der erste, der die
extragalaktischen Kugelsternhaufen G119, G213 und G272 eingereicht hat – was erstaunlich
ist wenn man bedenkt, dass ich die 280. Person war, die dieses Programm
erfolgreich abschließen konnte. Bob sagte mir auch, dass ich der entfernteste
Auszeichnungsempfänger bin, mit welchem er das Vergnügen hatte, zusammen zu
arbeiten.
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Pictures
from top to bottom:
(1)
Globular Cluster Program Award
(2) Award
Pin
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Bilder von oben nach unten:
(1) Globular Cluster Program Auszeichnung
(2) Zugehörige Anstecknadel
Nice work Christian! And Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteIf you are interested, Jerry Farrar has observed many GC's in M31 over the past 2-3 years and even identified some inconsistencies between published sources/catalogues.
Hi Alan,
ReplyDeletethank you very much. Wishing you happyn holidays.
Jerry's results sound interesting. Haven't found inconsistencies so far.
Best,
Christian
Congratulations, Christian!
ReplyDeleteThat's really impressive. I've seen a couple of extragalactic GC's but didn't bother to keep them listed. Guess, I should check my files :-)
Again, congratulations, you're a great visual observer!
Bye,
Frank
Dear Frank,
ReplyDeletethank you very much, indeed! I am getting quite embarassed.
I also had a "special night" when observing for this award: I observed globulars in four different galaxies (milky way, M31, M110 and M33 that is).
Thanks again - and let's hope for clear weather on Jan. 19th!
Best,
Christian