Profile or Itagaki, discoverer of SN2023ixf

[JeremyS]

There is a charming article about the remarkable amateur astronomer who discovered this supernova.

https://www.science.org/content/article/amateur-astronomer-may-worlds-top-supernova-hunter

Warning: one of the pics shows a Tak 😊

 

[Mark at Beaufort]

Thanks Jeremy an interesting read. 

[John]

Very interesting piece - thanks for posting the link Jeremy 🙂

I had a look at SN2023xif last night with my ED120 refractor. It is still hovering around the mid-magnitude 12's. A bit of a challenge until it really got dark last night. My first sighting of it was around 2 months back so it's certainly got staying power (and lots of other power as well of course !) 🙂

 

[dweller25]

Wow, quite a setup and a good read 👍

[JeremyS]

Yes, Itagaki-san is not short of a telescope or two. Or observatories for that matter. But what tremendous dedication!