Professional Solar Astronomers???

[Merlin66]

I look at some of the wonderful images we obtain and can't help but ask myself - how much scientific data is hidden there....
As a bunch of enthusiastic amateurs (in the nicest sense of the word) we really don't know and sometimes give it our best guess...
I'm wondering if there are any professional solar astronomers out there that we could encourage to join our group and offer "professional advice"?? You never know, they may even find some usable data for their own research.
What do you think?
Does anyone have some good contacts???

[Montana]

Dr Lucie Green would be an excellent candidate.
http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/~lmg/Welcome.html

You may have to google Dr Lucie Green as I don't understand why this doesn't link to the page I copied it from. Also, she only seems to have a Twitter account not e-mail.

She is always so lovely on TV, I wish I could work for her Any excuse to write to her would be great.

Also David Kneisley is a good expert but frequents the other forum.

Alexandra

[Montana]

Mmm that link doesn't work?

Alexandra

[Montana]

Lucie Green has a proper mail address, should I put a pen to paper and write her a proper letter? I can't find an e-mail anywhere.

Edit. I've found her e-mail now, should I mail her?

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/solar/docs/pe ... ucie-green

Alexandra

[Merlin66]

Alexandra,
Yes, why not? The worst that can happen is a nice reply saying "Thanks, but no thanks"
Are there any other names which come to mind - what about at Big Bear??

The on-site staff can be reached at (909) 866-5791 with the extension given below.

Valentyna Abramenko, Research Professor, x37

Vladimir Abramenko, Electronics Engineer, x18

Kwangsu Ahn, Assistant Research Professor, x38

Wenda Cao, Assistant Professor, x13

Seonghwan Choi Visiting Scientist, x47

Roy Coulter, NST Project Director, x19

Phil Goode, Professor, Director, x20

Nicolas Gorceix, Optical Engineer, x33

Aglaé Kellerer, Assistant Research Professor, x34

Eun-Kyung Lim, Assistant Research Professor, x15

Jeff Nenow, Mechanical Engineer/
Solar Observer, x11

Claude Plymate, Telescope Engineer,
Chief Observer, x20

Alla Shumko, Solar Observer, x27

Sergiy Shumko, Instrument Engineer,
Assistant System Admininstrator, x39

John Varsik, Research Professor,
System Admininstrator, x14

Vasyl Yurchyshyn, Research Professor, x35

There are probably more......

[Merlin66]

I've found an email address for David Knisely and sent him an email......

[iwatkins]

There is NSO in the States. Contact list here: http://www.nso.edu/contact

I'd also vote for Lucie Green. She would be the first person I would think of in the UK.

Cheers

Ian

[solarchat]

the last thing I want is some stuffy old fart coming in here and pointing out all the incorrect terms we are using or how we should do it this way or that way, so be choosy please.. I think we have a fantastic group of pros in here now but more are always welcome.

[Merlin66]

Point made Stephen!
We have enough boring ol' farts at the moment...myself included!
I was looking for the scientific contribution to our images...you never know, there maybe,just maybe, something of real importance there for the wider solar community that is lost upon us....

[MapleRidge]

Hi all...

It think that it would be a great opportunity to share our collective work providing we can find a contact to network our results through.

This works very well on the planetary front, where John Rogers from the BAA (British Astronomical Association) and ALPO pools the images submitted (many others involved, and I can't begin to list all those involved). The pro's seem to have a coordinated group with contact to deal with the images. They are co-ordinated as when the pros have time on Keck for example, I often get an e-mail asking or images in the weeks prior to let them plan and not miss new features. Same thing went on whenever Gallileo was makign a close skim over the cloud tops.

It would be great if the solar pros have a coordinated group that is open to 'amateur' input. I use the term amateur more from the fact we do this because we want/like to...not because we have to

Unfortuneately, I do not have any contacts to chase.

Brian

[swisswalter]

Hi Ken

a very good idea. However, I can't help with a contact. Stephens point heard, but you can always over lock/read somebodys input

[Merlin66]

Yes, that's what I had in mind.....