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[1] and seven years later he discovered the Nova Ophiuchi 2006.[2] Both discoveries brought him the Nova/Supernova Award of the American Association of Variable Star Observers.[3] In 2007 he received the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.[4] He is a life member of the Sutherland Astronomical Society.

References

  1. ↑ "Alert Notice 259: 1040-51 Nova Velorum 1999 [V382 Vel]". American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Alert Notice 338: 1709-29 V2576 Ophiuchi - Nova Ophiuchi 2006 Number 2". American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Nova/Supernova Award". American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "2007 ASP Annual Award Recipients". Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Retrieved 12 July 2014.


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