| 词条 | Peter Francis Williams |
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Peter Francis Williams is an amateur astronomer from New South Wales, Australia. He specializes in early detection of declines in R Coronae Borealis-type stars and the long-term monitoring of several southern Mira variables and eclipsing binary stars. He was the first person who detected the naked-eye Nova known as V382 Velorum in 1999[1] and seven years later he discovered the Nova Ophiuchi 2006.[2] Both discoveries brought him the Nova/Supernova Award of the American Association of Variable Star Observers.[3] In 2007 he received the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.[4] He is a life member of the Sutherland Astronomical Society. References1. ^{{cite web|title=Alert Notice 259: 1040-51 Nova Velorum 1999 [V382 Vel]|url=http://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-259|publisher=American Association of Variable Star Observers|accessdate=12 July 2014}} {{s-start}}{{succession box | before = Kamil Hornoch | title = Amateur Achievement Award of Astronomical Society of the Pacific | years = 2007 | after = Steve Mandel}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Peter Francis}}{{Australia-scientist-stub}}{{astronomer-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|title=Alert Notice 338: 1709-29 V2576 Ophiuchi - Nova Ophiuchi 2006 Number 2 |url=http://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-338 |publisher=American Association of Variable Star Observers|accessdate=12 July 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=The Nova/Supernova Award |url=http://www.aavso.org/novasupernova-award |publisher=American Association of Variable Star Observers|accessdate=12 July 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=2007 ASP Annual Award Recipients|url=http://www.astrosociety.org/membership/awards/07winnerspub.html|publisher=Astronomical Society of the Pacific|accessdate=12 July 2014}} 6 : Living people|Australian astronomers|Amateur astronomers|20th-century astronomers|21st-century astronomers|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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