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2019-12-26 • 26 分钟阅读


Introduction

My name is Guoyou Sun. I go by G. Sun or G. -Y. Sun for short. Sun is my surname and Guoyou is my given name. Chinese names are written in surname-first order. Hence, my name should really be written as Sun Guoyou (孙国佑 in simplified Chinese, 孫國佑 in traditional Chinese). 

I was born in 1984 in Yueqing City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China. As an amateur astronomer, I’m passionate about discovering new celestial objects and am a proud member of both the Chinese Astronomical Society and theXingming Observatory Sky Survey team. Notably, I am one of the co-discoverers of the famous luminous red nova V1309 Sco, often referred to as the “Rosetta Stone” for understanding stellar mergers. I also led the team to discover the first light of the nearby supernova SN 2023ixf. The related achievements were published in the journal Nature. In recognition of my work, I was awarded the 2015 Edgar Wilson Award for the discovery of Comet C/2015 F5 SWAN-Xingming. And I discovered comet C/2026 B2 Sun-Gao in 2026. It is an honor to have an asteroid named after me, designated  (546756) Sunguoyou. and I have accomplished a grand slam in the discovery of celestial body types and hold the record for the most discoveries of new celestial body types in the world.

 

Grand Slam of astronomical discovery
I have discovered thousands of new celestial bodies. Including comets, asteroids, near-earth asteroids, exoplanets, supernovae, novae, luminous red novae, nova-like stars, dwarf novae, young stellar objects, active galactic nucleus, brown dwarfs, eclipsing binaries, pulsating variables, eruptive variables, rotational variables, X-ray variables, strong gravitational lens, microlensing events, multiple star systems, planetary nebulae, HII region, open star clusters, double stars, and so on. 
 
Astronomical Achivement
 
From 2006 to 2026, I has discovered 3 comet [1], 2 asteroids (definite name), 29 Near-earth asteroid, 3 exoplanet[2], 2 milky way nova, 31 extragalactic novae, 1 luminous red nova[3], 73 supernovae, 18 nova-like stars, 1 ZAND, 1 LFBot, 613 dwarf nova, 1 TDE,  1 double star[4], Dozens of new nebulae (including 2 planetary nebulae)[5], 2 strong gravitational lens[6], 17 microlensing events, 3 multiple star system, 9 young stellar objects, 4 active galactic nucleus, 1 low-mass X-ray binary  more than 400 variable stars, 8 soho comet[7], 20 open star cluster, and brown dwarf, strong lens candidates[8], polar-ring galaxy candidates, voorwerpjes candidates and so on more than 300. In addition, there are 330 candidates that have not yet been identified.
 
Volunteer and Community Involvement
 
  • Public Supernova Project (PSP) in China: Administrator
  • Yueqing Association for Youth Science and Technology Education: Chairperson 
  • China Skywatcher Asteroid Search Campaign: Director
  • The International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC): Trainers
  • Wenzhou Youth Astronomy Club: Advisor
 
Research and Publications
 

 

Research Bulletin

 

Awards and Honors

◇ The 2015 Edgar Wilson Award

◇ Other awards