| 词条 | Gregg Thompson (astronomer) |
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Gregg D. Thompson of Brisbane, Australia is an amateur astronomer and the executive director of the Dreamtech Designs and Productions company. AstronomyGregg Thompson was one of the founding members of the Southern Astronomical Society (SAS).[1] Before 1981 he started making a set of charts of bright galaxies, designed to help deep sky observers in their search for extragalactic supernovae.[2] In 1985 he received the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, together with Robert Owen Evans,[3] who had made several supernova discoveries using Thompson's charts.[2] Evans wrote that the number of galaxies he was able to observe grew substantially after the charts were produced. Gregg Thompson also helped verify some of Evans' discoveries.[4] Public outreachIn 1990 Gregg Thompson co-authored with James T. Bryan, Jr. the astronomical atlas The Supernova Search Charts and Handbook, containing 248 comparison charts of 345 of the brightest galaxies,[5] highly valued especially by supernova hunters and recommended by the Supernova Search Committee of the American Association of Variable Star Observers.[6] In 1993 he published The Australian Guide to Stargazing, a manual for both naked-eye and telescope observing of the sky of the southern hemisphere with explanatory diagrams, photographs and detailed drawings, describing the basics of the night sky observation to novice amateur astronomers.[7] With his Dreamtech Designs and Productions company he also opened the educational interactive high-tech attractions SpaceWalker and Infinity at the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.[7][8] References1. ^{{cite web |title = The Southern Astronomical Society Celebrates its 20th Anniversary |work = Astronomical Events |publisher = Southern Astronomical Society |date = |url = http://www.sas.org.au/aevents.htm |accessdate = 2007-09-15 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070903091335/http://www.sas.org.au/aevents.htm |archivedate = 2007-09-03 |df = }} {{s-start}}{{succession box | before = Russell Merle Genet | title = Amateur Achievement Award of Astronomical Society of the Pacific (together with Robert Evans) | years = 1985 | after = Jean Meeus}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Gregg}}2. ^1 {{cite book | last = Evans | first = Robert | authorlink = Robert Evans (astronomer) | title = Supernova Search Manual | publisher = American Association of Variable Star Observers | year = 1993 | location = Cambridge, USA | pages = | url = http://www.aavso.org/observing/programs/sn/supernovasm.shtml | isbn = 1-878174-11-8}} 3. ^{{cite web | title = Past Amateur Achievement Winners | publisher = Astronomical Society of the Pacific | url = http://www.astrosociety.org/membership/awards/pastamateur.html | accessdate = 2007-09-15}} 4. ^{{cite web |last = Evans |first = Robert |authorlink = Robert Evans (astronomer) |title = Searching for Supernovae: A More Personal Story |publisher = Research in Evangelical Revivals |url = http://revivals.arkangles.com/searchingforsupernovae.php |accessdate = 2007-09-15 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070914230539/http://revivals.arkangles.com/searchingforsupernovae.php |archivedate = 2007-09-14 |df = }} 5. ^{{cite web | title = Supernova Search Charts and Handbook, Pack/set ICL - Abstract | publisher = The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System | bibcode = 1990ssch.book.....T | accessdate = 2007-09-15}} 6. ^{{cite web |title=Supernova Search Observing Program |publisher=American Association of Variable Star Observers |url=http://www.aavso.org/observing/programs/sn/ |accessdate=2007-09-16 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404051752/http://www.aavso.org/observing/programs/sn/ |archivedate=2007-04-04 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 7. ^1 {{cite web |last = Wheeler |first = Chris |authorlink = |title = SAS Library |publisher = Southern Astronomical Society |url = http://www.sas.org.au/Library/Library.htm |accessdate = 2007-09-15 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070829191141/http://www.sas.org.au/Library/Library.htm |archivedate = 2007-08-29 |df = }} 8. ^{{cite news | title = Qld: World s first funhouse for the future on the Gold Coast | work = AAP General News (Australia) | publisher = Australian Associated Press | date = 2000-08-08 | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-30387105.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516200019/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-30387105.html | dead-url = yes | archive-date = 2011-05-16 | accessdate = 2007-09-15}} 6 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|Australian astronomers|Amateur astronomers|20th-century astronomers|21st-century astronomers |
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