A group of mates and a former mine worker with eyes on the stars have won top honours in the National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers.
The contributions of the two amateur astronomy projects have been so significant that both were awarded the 2022 Page Award on Saturday.
The first went to the team called the Backyard Observatory Supernova Search, or BOSS for short.
The team comprises six friends living in Australia and New Zealand who monitor distant galaxies to detect the death throes of massive stars as they explode in brilliant supernovas.
A supernova occurs when a star reaches the end of its life and explodes in a burst of light.
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