Hello from London

[blackhaz]

Hi All,

My name is Max, just landed on this forum. I live in London (for now) and mostly do my astronomy behind a computer - a little astrophotography, image processing and simply commenting or writing small essays. I have a small amount of astronomical publications related to data mining (new variable stars and quasars) and conjecturing about Younger Dryas. I don't have a specific direction, more like generalizing a little bit about everything.

I am mesmerized by the quality of sketches, selection of objects and overall information in this forum. I am very excited to have an opportunity to learn about new and peculiar things in the sky by following your discussions. Hopefully I can contribute with something useful occasionally.

My astronomy home is located at http://trafyx.com/.

[Dragan]

Hi Maxim!

I too have done my share of reading about the Younger Dryas and particularly the belief it may have been the result of an asteroidal or cometary impact. I was turned onto it by the work of Randall Carlson and Graham Hancock. Both interesting, if not a bit out there, individuals. Very interesting stuff to say the least.

Welcome to DSF! I hope you enjoy your stay here!

Hi All,

My name is Max, just landed on this forum. I live in London (for now) and mostly do my astronomy behind a computer - a little astrophotography, image processing and simply commenting or writing small essays. I have a small amount of astronomical publications related to data mining (new variable stars and quasars) and conjecturing about Younger Dryas. I don't have a specific direction, more like generalizing a little bit about everything.

I am mesmerized by the quality of sketches, selection of objects and overall information in this forum. I am very excited to have an opportunity to learn about new and peculiar things in the sky by following your discussions. Hopefully I can contribute with something useful occasionally.

My astronomy home is located at http://trafyx.com/.

[blackhaz]

Thanks, Dragan.

Carlson and Hancock have inspired me as well. Out there - I agree, but interesting thoughts! I am suggesting that the impactor could have been a main belt asteroid pumped into an Earth-crossing orbit by Jupiter/Saturn resonances, and not a comet (my paper here, let me know if you'd like me to send a full PDF). The more I look at it the more it appears that the impact was superimposed on the background climate dynamics that has started since the last deglaciation. Of course, my asteroid theory is far from being as complete as Napier's, but I believe this could a viable direction to explore further.

Max

[Dragan]

Thanks for the offer. PM sent