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'''Stephen John Fossey''' is a British astronomer working at [[UCL Observatory]], which is part of [[University College London]] (UCL).<ref name="ucl">{{cite web|url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/exoplanets/people/steve_fossey/profile |title=profile |publisher=Ucl.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-01-25}}</ref> He is one of the three editors of [[The Observatory (journal)|''The Observatory'']] magazine.<ref name=eds>{{cite web|title=The Observatory Magazine: Contact Information|url=http://www.ulo.ucl.ac.uk/obsmag/contact/|accessdate=21 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>
'''Stephen John Fossey''' is a British astronomer working at [[UCL Observatory]], which is part of [[University College London]] (UCL).<ref name="ucl">{{cite web|url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/exoplanets/people/steve_fossey/profile |title=profile |publisher=Ucl.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-01-25}}</ref> He is one of the three editors of [[The Observatory (journal)|''The Observatory'']] magazine.<ref name=eds>{{cite web|title=The Observatory Magazine: Contact Information|url=http://www.ulo.ucl.ac.uk/obsmag/contact/|accessdate=21 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>


Fossey's research interests are in the [[interstellar medium]], [[exoplanets]] and [[time-domain astronomy]]. He co-discovered the transit of the (previously-known) exoplanet [[HD 80606b]] (along with [[Ingo Waldmann]] and [[David Kipping]]) in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oklo.org/ |title=systemic |publisher=Oklo.org |date= |accessdate=2014-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://star-www.herts.ac.uk/ewass/press/fossey.html |title=European Week of Astronomy and Space Sciences - Press Releases |publisher=Star-www.herts.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-01-25}}</ref> Fossey also discovered supernova [[SN 2014J]], the closest supernova for each for several decades, in January 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps-faculty/maps-news-publication/maps1405 |title=Supernova in Messier 82 discovered by UCL students |publisher=Ucl.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-01-25}}</ref>
Fossey's research interests are in the [[interstellar medium]], [[exoplanets]] and [[time-domain astronomy]]. He observed a transit of the exoplanet [[HD 80606b]] (along with [[Ingo Waldmann]] and [[David Kipping]]) in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oklo.org/ |title=systemic |publisher=Oklo.org |date= |accessdate=2014-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://star-www.herts.ac.uk/ewass/press/fossey.html |title=European Week of Astronomy and Space Sciences - Press Releases |publisher=Star-www.herts.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-01-25}}</ref> Fossey also discovered supernova [[SN 2014J]], the closest supernova for each for several decades, in January 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps-faculty/maps-news-publication/maps1405 |title=Supernova in Messier 82 discovered by UCL students |publisher=Ucl.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-01-25}}</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
Steve 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).<ref name="ucl"/> Fossey joined UCL on 01/04/1992 and became part of the Research Group at ULO (University of London Observatory).
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).<ref name="ucl"/> Fossey joined UCL on 01/04/1992 and became part of the Research Group at ULO (University of London Observatory).


==Research and publications==
==Research and publications==
The areas of research that Fossey takes most interest in are Extrasolar Planets, Interstellar Medium, Molecular Astrophysics, and [[Diffuse Interstellar Bands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk |title=London's Global University |publisher=UCL |date=2013-12-19 |accessdate=2014-01-25}}</ref> He has authored over a dozen refereed scientific papers on these topics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?db_key=AST&db_key=PRE&qform=AST&arxiv_sel=astro-ph&arxiv_sel=cond-mat&arxiv_sel=cs&arxiv_sel=gr-qc&arxiv_sel=hep-ex&arxiv_sel=hep-lat&arxiv_sel=hep-ph&arxiv_sel=hep-th&arxiv_sel=math&arxiv_sel=math-ph&arxiv_sel=nlin&arxiv_sel=nucl-ex&arxiv_sel=nucl-th&arxiv_sel=physics&arxiv_sel=quant-ph&arxiv_sel=q-bio&sim_query=YES&ned_query=YES&adsobj_query=YES&aut_logic=OR&obj_logic=OR&author=fossey%2C+s&object=&start_mon=&start_year=&end_mon=&end_year=&ttl_logic=OR&title=&txt_logic=OR&text=&nr_to_return=200&start_nr=1&jou_pick=NO&ref_stems=&data_and=ALL&group_and=ALL&start_entry_day=&start_entry_mon=&start_entry_year=&end_entry_day=&end_entry_mon=&end_entry_year=&min_score=&sort=SCORE&data_type=SHORT&aut_syn=YES&ttl_syn=YES&txt_syn=YES&aut_wt=1.0&obj_wt=1.0&ttl_wt=0.3&txt_wt=3.0&aut_wgt=YES&obj_wgt=YES&ttl_wgt=YES&txt_wgt=YES&ttl_sco=YES&txt_sco=YES&version=1 |title=Author query results for Fossey, S |publisher=[[NASA ADS]] |date= |accessdate=2015-04-09}}</ref> His first scientific publication was a single-author letter in [[Nature (journal)|Nature]],<ref>{{cite journal|bibcode=1991Natur.353..393F|title=Red Rectangle emission|journal=Nature|volume=353|issue=6343|pages=393|author1=Fossey|first1=S. J.|year=1991|doi=10.1038/353393b0|pmid=<!--none-->}}</ref> one of the world's most prestigious academic journals.
The areas of research that Fossey takes most interest in are extrasolar planets, the [[interstellar medium]], and molecular astrophysics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk |title=London's Global University |publisher=UCL |date=2013-12-19 |accessdate=2014-01-25}}</ref> He has authored over a dozen refereed scientific papers on these topics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?db_key=AST&db_key=PRE&qform=AST&arxiv_sel=astro-ph&arxiv_sel=cond-mat&arxiv_sel=cs&arxiv_sel=gr-qc&arxiv_sel=hep-ex&arxiv_sel=hep-lat&arxiv_sel=hep-ph&arxiv_sel=hep-th&arxiv_sel=math&arxiv_sel=math-ph&arxiv_sel=nlin&arxiv_sel=nucl-ex&arxiv_sel=nucl-th&arxiv_sel=physics&arxiv_sel=quant-ph&arxiv_sel=q-bio&sim_query=YES&ned_query=YES&adsobj_query=YES&aut_logic=OR&obj_logic=OR&author=fossey%2C+s&object=&start_mon=&start_year=&end_mon=&end_year=&ttl_logic=OR&title=&txt_logic=OR&text=&nr_to_return=200&start_nr=1&jou_pick=NO&ref_stems=&data_and=ALL&group_and=ALL&start_entry_day=&start_entry_mon=&start_entry_year=&end_entry_day=&end_entry_mon=&end_entry_year=&min_score=&sort=SCORE&data_type=SHORT&aut_syn=YES&ttl_syn=YES&txt_syn=YES&aut_wt=1.0&obj_wt=1.0&ttl_wt=0.3&txt_wt=3.0&aut_wgt=YES&obj_wgt=YES&ttl_wgt=YES&txt_wgt=YES&ttl_sco=YES&txt_sco=YES&version=1 |title=Author query results for Fossey, S |publisher=[[NASA ADS]] |date= |accessdate=2015-04-09}}</ref> His first scientific publication was a single-author letter in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|bibcode=1991Natur.353..393F|title=Red Rectangle emission|journal=Nature|volume=353|issue=6343|pages=393|author1=Fossey|first1=S. J.|year=1991|doi=10.1038/353393b0|pmid=<!--none-->}}</ref>


Fossey's "Pathways towards Habitable Moons" - written along with co-authors David Kipping (also co-discoverer of planet HD 80606b), G. Campanella, J. Schneider, and G. Tinetti - combines his scientific and philosophical passions stating reasons why the search for life outside our solar system should not be restricted to planetary bodies, but should also include the moons (exomoons) of extrasolar planets.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} Fossey is now an editor of [[Observatory (magazine)|''The Observatory'']] magazine founded 1877. Well known by astronomers in the UK, professional as well as amateur, it has served as a journal of scientific notes and papers, old and new, as well as reporting the meetings of the [[Royal Astronomical Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulo.ucl.ac.uk/obsmag/ |title=The Observatory Magazine |publisher=Ulo.ucl.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-01-25}}</ref>
Fossey is an editor of [[Observatory (magazine)|''The Observatory'']] magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulo.ucl.ac.uk/obsmag/ |title=The Observatory Magazine |publisher=Ulo.ucl.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-01-25}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Steve Fossey
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of London
Known forSN 2014J, HD 80606b
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsUniversity College London, UCL Observatory
ThesisThe diffuse interstellar features and interstellar relationships (1990)
Websitewww.ucl.ac.uk/star/people/sfossey.html

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. He observed a transit of the exoplanet HD 80606b (along with Ingo Waldmann and David Kipping) in 2009.[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 joined UCL on 01/04/1992 and became part of the Research Group 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

  1. ^ a b "profile". Ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  2. ^ "The Observatory Magazine: Contact Information". Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  3. ^ "systemic". Oklo.org. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  4. ^ "European Week of Astronomy and Space Sciences - Press Releases". Star-www.herts.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  5. ^ "Supernova in Messier 82 discovered by UCL students". Ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  6. ^ "London's Global University". UCL. 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  7. ^ "Author query results for Fossey, S". NASA ADS. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  8. ^ Fossey, S. J. (1991). "Red Rectangle emission". Nature. 353 (6343): 393. Bibcode:1991Natur.353..393F. doi:10.1038/353393b0.
  9. ^ "The Observatory Magazine". Ulo.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
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