Mark Armstrong (astronomer)

This article is about the astronomer. For other people of the same name, see Mark Armstrong (disambiguation).

Asteroids discovered: 2 ^[1]

15967 Clairearmstrong	24 February 1998
44016 Jimmypage ^[1]	30 November 1997
^1 with C. Armstrong

Mark Armstrong (born 1958) is a British amateur astronomer, a member of the British Astronomical Association. With his wife Claire Armstrong, he works from Rolvenden, Kent, England (obs. code 960). As of 2006, has 58 supernova discoveries (and 12 co-discoveries) to his credit^[2] in addition to two asteroids.^[1]

References

1. "Minor planet discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
2. "Deep Sky Section Meeting 2005 - Meeting Report". British Astronomical Association. 5 March 2005. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006.

External links

• "Observers' biographies". International Supernovae Network. Archived from the original on 8 May 2006. Very short biography
• "Exploding star hunter relies on the best". Astro Engineering. Archived from the original on 18 October 2006. Includes photo of Mark^{[dead link‍]}