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Andrew Norton is a member of the Astronomy Research Group within the Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research, and senior lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The Open University.

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What is SuperWASP showing us?SuperWASP

By Dr Andrew Norton (The Open University)

23 January 2012

Andy Norton brings us up to date with SuperWASP, the Wide Angle Search for Planets  Read more : What is SuperWASP showing us?

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Galaxies apart: Join the debateBy Davidherraezcalzada via Dreamstime under subscription

By Dr Andrew Norton (The Open University)

22 September 2010

The distances in space, even to one of our nearest galactic neighbours, are phenomenal. Dr Andrew Norton helps us imagine just how far "far" is,...  Read more : Galaxies apart: Join the debate

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Gamma-ray burstsNASA

By Dr Andrew Norton (The Open University)

06 July 2007

Andrew Norton tells how a mystery in the sky was solved.  Read more : Gamma-ray bursts

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Mason, A. B.; Clark, J. S.; Norton, A. J.; Crowther, P. A.; Tauris, T. M.; Langer, N.; Negueruela, I. and Roche, P. (2012). The evolution and masses of the neutron star and donor star in the high mass X-ray binary OAO 1657-415. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 422(1), pp. 199–206.

Norton, A. J. (2012). Time-domain astrophysics with SuperWASP. In: IAU Symposium 285: New Horizons in Time Domain Astronomy, 19-23 September 2011, Oxford, UK.

Wraight, K. T.; Fossati, L.; Netopil, M.; Paunzen, E.; Rode-Paunzen, M.; Bewsher, D.; Norton, A. J. and White, G. J. (2012). A photometric study of chemically peculiar stars with the STEREO satellites - I. Magnetic chemically peculiar stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 420(1), pp. 757–772.

Delorme, P.; Cameron, A. C.; Hebb, L.; Rostron, J.; Lister, T. A.; Norton, A. J.; Pollacco, D. and West, R. G. (2011). Stellar rotation in the Hyades and Praesepe: gyrochronology and braking timescale. In: 16th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, 28 August - 02 September 2010, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Potter, S.; Buckley, D. A. H.; O'Donoghue, D.; O'Connor, J.; Fourie, P.; Evans, G.; Sass, C.; Crause, L.; Butters, O. W.; Norton, A. J.; Mukai, K. and Still, M. (2011). First science results from the High Speed SAAO Photo-polarimeter. In: Astronomical Polarimetry 2008: Science from Small to Large Telescopes, 6-11 July 2008, Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu, La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada.

Smalley, B.; Kurtz, D. W.; Smith, A. M. S.; Fossati, L.; Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Butters, O. W.; Collier Cameron, A.; Christian, D. J.; Enoch, B.; Faedi, F.; Haswell, C. A.; Hellier, C.; Holmes, S.; Horne, K.; Kane, S. R.; Lister, T. A.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Norton, A. J.; Parley, N.; Pollacco, D.; Simpson, E. K.; Skillen, I.; Southworth, J.; Street, R. A.; West, R. G.; Wheatley, P. J. and Wood, P. L. (2011). SuperWASP observations of pulsating Am stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 535 A3.

Wraight, K.T.; White, Glenn J.; Bewsher, D. and Norton, A. J. (2011). STEREO observations of stars and the search for exoplanets. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 416(4), pp. 2477–2493.

Enoch, B.; Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Brown, D. J. A.; Cameron, A. Collier; Faedi, F.; Gillon, M.; Hébrard, G.; Lister, T. A.; Queloz, D.; Santerne, A.; Smalley, B.; Street, R. A.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; West, R. G.; Bouchy, F.; Bento, J.; Butters, O.; Fossati, L.; Haswell, C.A.; Hellier, C.; Holmes, S.; Jehen, E.; Lendl, M.; Maxted, P. F. L.; McCormac, J.; Miller, G. R. M.; Moulds, V.; Moutou, C.; Norton, A. J.; Parley, N.; Pepe, F.; Pollacco, D.; Segransan, D.; Simpson, E.; Skillen, I.; Smith, A. M. S.; Udry, S. and Wheatley, P. J. (2011). WASP-35b, WASP-48b, and HAT-P-30b/WASP-51b: two new planets and an independent discovery of a HAT planet. The Astronomical Journal, 142(3), p. 86.

Mason, A. B.; Norton, A. J.; Clark, S. J.; Negueruela, I. and Roche, P. (2011). The masses of the neutron and donor star in the high-mass X-ray binary IGR J18027-2016. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 532 A124.

Faedi, F.; Barros, S. C. C.; Anderson, D. R.; Brown, D. J. A.; Collier Cameron, A.; Pollacco, D.; Boisse, I.; Hébrard, G.; Lendl, M.; Lister, T. A.; Smalley, B.; Street, R. A.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Bento, J.; Bouchy, F.; Butters, O. W.; Enoch, B.; Haswell, C. A.; Hellier, C.; Keenan, F. P.; Miller, G. R. M.; Moulds, V.; Moutou, C.; Norton, Andrew; Queloz, D.; Santerne, A.; Simpson, E. K.; Skillen, I.; Smith, A. M. S.; Udry, S.; Watson, C. A.; West, R. G. and Wheatley, P. J. (2011). WASP-39b: a highly inflated Saturn-mass planet orbiting a late G-type star. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 531 A40-(8pp).

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AstrologyProduction team

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09 August 2005

Toyah Willcox talks about using astrology in her daily life  Read more : Astrology

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Galaxies apart: Join the debate

Comment posted by ajn3

30 Sep 2010

Thanks George - some really excellent ideas here. I agree that Solar sails must be humanity's 'next step' in interstellar travel. From there to self-replicating machines and spanning the Galaxy... Read more : Galaxies apart: Join the debate

Galaxies apart: Join the debate

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29 Sep 2010

These distances might set you thinking about whether it will ever be possible for humans to travel to other stars in our galaxy, just like they do in Star Trek. What do you think? Can you see a way... Read more : Galaxies apart: Join the debate

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Andrew Norton is a member of the Astronomy Research Group within the Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research, and senior lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The Open University. His research is in areas broadly classified as time-domain astrophysics, mainly in the fields of high mass x-ray binaries and the magnetic cataclysmic variables known as intermediate polars.

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