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...award arose from the donation of a late Kentucky entrepreneur named Edgar Wilson, who sought to encourage public appreciation of astronomy...
Candidates for the Edgar Wilson Award must receive the sanction of the CBAT before qualifying for the award. The monetary award is then divided equally among all candidates who discover new comets that year...
Amateur astronomers around the world can now receive monetary compensation for their comet discoveries, thanks to the annual Edgar Wilson Award, announced this June by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics...
Amateurs who observe new comets from 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on June 10, 1998 on must contact the CBAT about their discovery and ascertain that they located the comet in an amateur setting before becoming eligible for the award...
Despite the award's establishment, experts say the chances for amateur discoveries remain...