Giovanni Sostero
Giovanni Sostero (18 March 1964 – 6 December 2012) was an Italian amateur astronomer. He was one of the leading members of the Associazione Friulana di Astronomia e Meteorologia (Friuli, Italy).[1] He was an honorary member of the Astronomical Observatory of Visnjan (Croatia), too.
Sostero was very active as a public out-reacher and has published some scientific works in professional astronomical journals. He had over 1880
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He died on 6 December 2012[4] due to the complications of a heart attack. He was 48 years old.[1]
The "Giovanni Sostero Award" [5] [6] [7] [8] was created in 2013 and supported thereafter by Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste to honor Sostero, formerly in charge of the soft x-ray metrology laboratory at the facility.
References
- ^ a b c Atkinson, Nancy (December 10, 2012). "Astronomer Giovanni Sostero, 1964-2012". Universe Today. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
- ^ "List of Supernovae". IAU: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
- ^ "IAUC 7516: SNe; N IN M31". IAU: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
- ^ Howes, Nick (2012-12-07). "Giovanni Sostero". comets-ml · Comets Mailing List. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
- ^ "Giovanni Sostero Award at MEADOW 2013".
- ^ "Giovanni Sostero Award at IWXM 2015".
- ^ "Giovanni Sostero Award at IWXM 2018".
- ^ "Giovanni Sostero Award at IWXM 2022".