Updated July 2018
Shenton Park Observatory (MPC D21) has undertaken serious astronomical research since 2005. The primary areas include supernova discovery, minor planet (NEO) recovery and follow-up and spectroscopic observations and research of bright stars.
Spectroscopy
ATel #6380 The stability of the He II 4686 line emission across periastron passages in eta Carinae
ATel #6464 He II 4686 in eta Carinae: no significant changes between 2009.0 and 2014.6
The Astrophysical Journal (March, 2016): He II 4686 emission from the massive binary system in eta Car: constraints to the orbital elements and the nature of the periodic minima – Teodoro et al.
ATel #9658 (October, 2016) Confirmation of TCP J18102829-2729590 in Sagittarius as a classical nova in the optically thick stage
ATel #9678 (October 2016) Spectroscopic confirmation of ASASSN-16ma as a classical nova in the Fe-curtain stage
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (May, 2017): V473 Lyr, a modulated, period-doubled Cepheid, and U TrA, a double-mode Cepheid observed by MOST
ATel #10399 (May, 2017) Spectroscopic observations of ASASSN-17gk (and errata ATel #10400).
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (July, 2017) The variability of the BRITE-est Wolf–Rayet binary, γ2 Velorum–I. Photometric and spectroscopic evidence for colliding winds
ATel #10737 (September, 2017) Continuing ARAS visible spectroscopic monitoring of the slow classical nova Sct 2017 = ASASSN-17hx.
Nature Astronomy (Sepember, 2017) A nova outburst powered by shocks
ATel #10795 (September, 2017) Spectroscopic confirmation of ASASSN-17mt as a classical nova in the optically thick (Fe curtain) stage.
Astronomy and Astrophysics (forthcoming paper) A combined HST and XMM-Newton campaign for the magnetic O9.7 V star HD 54879. Constraining the weak-wind problem of massive stars
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society BRITE-Constellation high-precision time-dependent photometry of the early-O-type supergiant ζ Puppis unveils the photospheric drivers of its small- and large-scale wind structures
Journal of the British Astronomical Association Spectroscopic observation of planetary nebulae
ATel #11460 Spectroscopic Observations of ASASSN-18fv as a Classical Nova in the Iron Curtain Phase
Supernova Discoveries (2005 – 2008)
| Name | Type | Discovery date | Galaxy | Reference |
| 2008bq | Type Ia | April 2, 2008 | ESO 308-G25 | CBET 1328 |
| 2007as | Type Ia | March 13, 2007 | ESO 18-G18 | CBET 888, IAUC 8822 |
| 2006du | Type II | July 18, 2006 | IC 1529 | CBET 583, IACU 8733 |
| 2006ck | Type Ic | May 20, 2006 | UGC 8238 | CBET 518, IAUC 8713 |
| 2006bs | Type II | April 19, 2006 | MCG +0-27-14 | CBET 484, IAUC 8705 |
| 2006ai | Type II | February 17, 2006 | ESO 5-G9 | CBET 406, IAUC 8674 |
| 2006y | Type II | February 3, 2006 | Anon | IAUC 8668 |
| 2005my | Type II | December 30, 2005 | ESO 302-G27 | CBET 346 |
| 2005gm | Type IIn | October 9, 2005 | NGC 1423 | CBET 251, IAUC 8616 |
| 2005dk | Type II | August 21, 2005 | IC 4882 | IAUC 8586 |
| 2005dc | Type Ia | July 26, 2005 | NGC 7107 | CBET 187, IAUC 8575 |
Minor Planet Discoveries (2007 – 2010)
2007 PG9 – a bright main belt asteroid discovered at D21 Shenton Park. It currently has a 177 day observed arc.
2009 TV9 – a bright Mars Crosser discovered at D21 Shenton Park on October 8th, 2009. It has a perihelion of 1.56AU and a relatively high eccentricity of 0.41.
2010 OE100 – a main belt asteroid with an orbit that appears more eccentric and with a lower perihelion than typical main belt asteroids.
Published NEO Observations
The list of published NEO observations for D21, Shenton Park stands at 950 and is too large to list here. A full updated list is published at the NEODys website:
http://newton.dm.unipi.it/neodys/index.php?pc=2.1.2&o=D21&ab=0
Published Minor Planet Observations
These are too numerous to list here, and can be found via the Minor Planet Circulars listed at the end of this section.
| Year | Number |
| 2003 | 30 |
| 2007 | 887 |
| 2009 | 487 |
| 2010 | 647* |
Published NEO Recoveries
| Object | Date | Reference |
| 2002 SV | August 11, 2007 | MPEC 2007-P41 |
| 2000 TH1 | October 2, 2007 | MPEC 2007-T14 |
| 2004 RK9 | May 25, 2009 | MPEC 2009-K56 |
| 2005 TY51 | Sept 4, 2009 | MPEC 2009-R06 |
| 2008 WB59 | Sept 25, 2009 | MPEC 2009-S110 |
| 2008 VK14 | April 18, 2010 | MPEC 2010-H28 |
| 2007 XB10 | April 20, 2010 | MPEC 2010-H31 |
| 2008 JP | May 4, 2010 | MPEC 2010-J15 |
| 2002 BF25 | July 4,2010 | MPEC 2010-N10 |
| 2002 AC9 | July 20, 2010 | MPEC 2010-O13 |
| 2002 NE71 | August 2, 2010 | MPEC 2010-P05 |
Published NEO Confirmations
| Object | Date | Reference |
| 2007 SP6 | September 22, 2007 | MPEC 2007-S44 |
| 2007 VG3 | November 4, 2007 | MPEC 2007-V22 |
| 2007 VY7 | November 4, 2007 | MPEC 2007-V39 |
| 2007 VD138 | November 10, 2007 | MPEC 2007-V85 |
| 2007 VG184 | November 13, 2007 | MPEC 2007-V91 |
| 2007 VJ184 | November 13, 2007 | MPEC 2007-V93 |
| 2007 VK184 | November 13, 2007 | MPEC 2007-V94 |
| 2007 VF189 | November 13, 2007 | MPEC 2007-V119 |
| 2007 WP3 | November 18, 2007 | MPEC 2007-W27 |
| 2007 WW4 | November 21, 2007 | MPEC 2007-W47 |
| 2007 WZ4 | November 21, 2007 | MPEC 2007-W49 |
| 2009 QF31 | August 26, 2009 | MPEC 2009-Q56 |
| 2009 QD34 | August 28, 2009 | MPEC 2009-Q60 |
| 2009 QE34 | August 28, 2009 | MPEC 2009-Q61 |
| 2009 SM98 | September 24, 2009 | MPEC 2009-S87 |
| 2009 SN103 | September 25, 2009 | MPEC 2009-S100 |
| 2009 TL4 | October 14, 2009 | MPEC 2009-T52 |
| 2009 TH8 | October 15, 2009 | MPEC 2009-T62 |
| 2009 TN8 | October 15, 2009 | MPEC 2009-T66 |
| 2009 UO3 | October 20, 2009 | MPEC 2009-U53 |
| 2010 HA | April 16, 2010 | MPEC 2010-H10 |
| 2010 HF | April 19, 2010 | MPEC 2010-H18 |
| 2010 JF | May 4, 2010 | MPEC 2010-J20 |
| 2010 JG | May 4, 2010 | MPEC 2010-J21 |
| 2010 PJ | August 4, 2010 | MPEC 2010-P13 |
| 2010 PO2 | August 4, 2010 | MPEC 2010-P18 |
| 2010 PH9 | August 6, 2010 | MPEC 2010-P27 |
| 2010 PJ9 | August 6, 2010 | MPEC 2010-P28 |
| 2010 PK9 | August 6, 2010 | MPEC 2010-P29 |
| 2010 PL9 | August 6, 2010 | MPEC 2010-P30 |
| 2010 PM10 | August 8, 2010 | MPEC 2010-P39 |
| 2010 PQ10 | August 8, 2010 | MPEC 2010-P41 |
| 2010 PR10 | August 8, 2010 | MPEC 2010-P42 |
Published Special Interest NEO Revisions
| 2010 DJ1 | February 21, 2010 | MPEC 2010-D60 |
Published observations of unusual, one opposition objects observed last by D21, Shenton Park is available via the Minor Planet Centre and includes:
| One-Opposition Unnumbered Objects | ||||
| 2007 PS25 | ||||
| 2007 TT18 | 2007 TR24 | 2007 TC66 | 2007 UT3 | 2007 UF6 |
| 2007 UL12 | 2007 VF189 | 2007 VE191 | 2007 WA | 2009 CR4 |
| 2009 RH | 2009 SW17 | 2009 UD | ||
Minor Planet Circulars
MPCs containing published observations from D21, Shenton Park (2003 – 2010).
| Minor Planet Circular | Number of Observations |
| 2003 Nov. 9 | 30 |
| 2007 Aug. 28 | 266 |
| 2007 Sept. 26 | 179 |
| 2007 Oct. 26 | 78 |
| 2007 Nov. 24 | 136 |
| 2007 Dec. 24 | 228 |
| 2009 June 7 | 92 |
| 2009 Sept. 4 | 82 |
| 2009 Oct. 4 | 100 |
| 2009 Nov. 2 | 213 |
| 2010 Jan. 30 | 3 |
| 2010 Feb. 28 | 79 |
| 2010 Mar. 30 | 12 |
| 2010 Apr. 28 | 28 |
| 2010 May 27 | 71 |
| 2010 July 20 | 106 |
| 2010 Aug. 24 | 348 |
Variable Star Photometry
As of October 2017, 1,360 observations of variable stars have been submitted to the AAVSO from photometry acquired at SPO. These can be found searching WebObs at aavso.org using observatory code LPAE.