Robert Evans (astronomer)

Robert Owen Evans
Born(1937-02-20)February 20, 1937
Sydney, Australia
DiedNovember 8, 2022(2022-11-08) (aged 85)
Springwood, New South Wales
EducationUniversity of Sydney

Robert Owen Evans, OAM (20 February 1937 – 8 November 2022) was an Australian minister of the Uniting Church in Hazelbrook, New South Wales, and an amateur astronomer who holds the record for visual discoveries of supernovae (42). He also co-discovered C/1996 J1 (Evans–Drinkwater), his only comet alongside Michael J. Drinkwater, on 10 May 1997.

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