Steve Fossey
Steve Fossey | |
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Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of London |
Known for | SN 2014J, HD 80606b |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Institutions | University College London, UCL Observatory |
Thesis | The diffuse interstellar features and interstellar relationships (1990) |
Website | www |
Stephen John Fossey is a British astronomer working at UCL Observatory, which is part of University College London (UCL).[1] He is one of the three editors of The Observatory magazine.[2]
Fossey's research interests are in the interstellar medium, exoplanets and time-domain astronomy. Along with and , Fossey discovered in 2009 that the exoplanet HD 80606b (previously known from radial velocity) transits its host star.[3][4] Fossey also discovered supernova SN 2014J, the closest supernova for each for several decades, in January 2014.[5]
Education[]
Fossey studied at University College London (UCL), receiving his Bachelor of Science with Honours in 1983. This was followed in 1990 by a PhD in Astronomy (also at UCL).[1] Fossey later became a member of staff at ULO (University of London Observatory).
Research and publications[]
The areas of research that Fossey takes most interest in are extrasolar planets, the interstellar medium, and molecular astrophysics.[6] He has authored over a dozen refereed scientific papers on these topics.[7] His first scientific publication was a single-author letter in Nature.[8]
Fossey is an editor of The Observatory magazine.[9]
References[]
- ^ a b "profile". Ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ^ "The Observatory Magazine: Contact Information". Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "systemic". Oklo.org. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ^ "European Week of Astronomy and Space Sciences - Press Releases". Star-www.herts.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ^ "Supernova in Messier 82 discovered by UCL students". Ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ^ "London's Global University". UCL. 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ^ "Author query results for Fossey, S". NASA ADS. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ^ Fossey, S. J. (1991). "Red Rectangle emission". Nature. 353 (6343): 393. Bibcode:1991Natur.353..393F. doi:10.1038/353393b0. S2CID 4329633.
- ^ "The Observatory Magazine". Ulo.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- Academics of University College London
- Alumni of University College London
- British physicists
- 21st-century British astronomers
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