From: Rachel G. (gibbo@panisse.lbl.gov)
Date: Tue Mar 16 2004 - 18:21:47 PST
and for those of you who require more information, see
Rep. Udall's and the House Science Committee's press
releases :
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=13764
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=13765
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Tony Spadafora wrote:
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Andrew Fruchter <fruchter@mindspring.com>
> > Date: March 16, 2004 4:53:34 PM PST
> > To: "Robert A. Knop Jr." <robert.a.knop@vanderbilt.edu>
> > Cc: Andrew Fruchter <fruchter@mindspring.com>, hstsearch@lbl.gov, Tony
> > Spadafora <ALSpadafora@lbl.gov>
> > Subject: Re: Supernova(?) in Adam's field
> >
> > Glad to see the group is starting to truly appreciate HST!
> >
> > If you really want to do cosmology between now and 2014 (or is that
> > 2041 -- NASA isn't quite clear on the launch date for SNAP right now),
> > I suggest you contact your Congresspersons immediately and have them
> > support HR550, Congressman Udall's resolution calling for an
> > independent investigation of the SM4 question.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > P.S. This is coming from my home address, since the second sentence
> > of this email might be interpreted as lobbying.
> >
> > On Mar 16, 2004, at 7:34 PM, Robert A. Knop Jr. wrote:
> >
> >> The software is still slowly coming along, so you all can't run it
> >> yet,
> >> but soon.
> >>
> >> Meanwhile, I thought I'd share this one thing I found. (See attached
> >> screenshot). I haven't yet identified this as one of Adam's, but it
> >> is
> >> possible that I've got a bug with my coordinate solution. (We'll know
> >> once I really do find Adam's again.)
> >>
> >> This is one we would probably not have found from the ground. If we
> >> did, we would have interpreted it as an AGN, as it would have been
> >> right
> >> on core. The HST image shows it 0.2" off core, though, and clearly a
> >> SN
> >> near the core of a spiral galaxy.
> >>
> >> If there are lots of these, then no surprise that there are lots of
> >> extinguished supernovae. Given that this is in the core of a spiral,
> >> it's probably more likely a II than a Ia.
> >>
> >> -Rob
> >>
> >> --
> >> --Prof. Robert Knop
> >> Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
> >> robert.a.knop@vanderbilt.edu
> >> <sn.png>
> >
>
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