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The Power of the Unexpected

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

Brian Warner
Brian Warner*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa School of Physics and Astronomy, Southampton University, Southampton, UK email: Brian.Warner@uct.ac.za
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Abstract

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The history of astronomy has provided variable sources of unexpected kinds—from novae recorded in oriental archives, rapid radio, optical and high-energy changes in white dwarfs, neutron star and black hole binaries, to recent discoveries with satellites. A brief overview is given, as a prelude to a conference that anticipates a tidal wave of observations and discoveries to be made at all wavelengths during the next five to ten years.

Keywords

history and philosophy of astronomymiscellaneoussurveys
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S285: New Horizons in Time-Domain Astronomy , September 2011 , pp. 3 - 8
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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