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 and seven years later he discovered the Nova Ophiuchi 2006. Both discoveries brought him the Nova/Supernova Award of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. In 2007 he received the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. He is a life member of the Sutherland Astronomical Society. rdf:langString
Peter Francis Williams (...) è un astronomo amatoriale australiano. Peter Francis Williams è un astrofilo australiano residente a , un suburbio di Sydney: in campo astronomico Williams si occupa principalmente di stelle variabili. Il 4 novembre 2013, dopo 42 anni di osservazioni, ha raggiunto la raguardevole cifra di 150.000 stime di magnitudine: le sue osservazioni sono registrate presso la AAVSO con la sigla WPX. rdf:langString
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rdf:langString 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 and seven years later he discovered the Nova Ophiuchi 2006. Both discoveries brought him the Nova/Supernova Award of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. In 2007 he received the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. He is a life member of the Sutherland Astronomical Society.
rdf:langString Peter Francis Williams (...) è un astronomo amatoriale australiano. Peter Francis Williams è un astrofilo australiano residente a , un suburbio di Sydney: in campo astronomico Williams si occupa principalmente di stelle variabili. Il 4 novembre 2013, dopo 42 anni di osservazioni, ha raggiunto la raguardevole cifra di 150.000 stime di magnitudine: le sue osservazioni sono registrate presso la AAVSO con la sigla WPX.
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