High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tom Boles (born 1944 in Lennoxtown in Scotland) is a British amateur astronomer, author, broadcaster and former communications and computer engineer. He currently holds the record of spotting the most supernovae by one person: 125 supernovae. He broke the record after discovering his 124 supernova '2009ij', followed by supernova number 125 '2009io' a few nights later. The previous record holder was Professor Fritz Zwicky, who discovered 123 supernovae before his death in 1974. The record was unbroken for 36 years. He has also discovered a nova in the Andromeda Galaxy and the asteroid (84417) Ritabo. Boles manages a private astronomical observatory in Coddenham, Suffolk.

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