Given the question: What key details about david j. lane -lrb- astronomer -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: david j. lane -lrb- 1963-present -rrb- is a canadian astronomer at saint mary 's university , the past president of the royal astronomical society of canada , director of the burke-gaffney astronomical observatory , owner of the abbey-ridge observatory , and creator of the planetarium software entitled the '' earth centered universe '' . asteroid 117032 davidlane is named in his honour , and the asteroid lies in the main asteroid belt between mars and jupiter . lane , and fellow canadian astronomer paul gray , discovered supernovas 1995f in ngc 2726 , sn 2005b in ugc 11066 , and 2005ea in mcg +10 -16 -61 . lane was a featured guest on comet hunter david h. levy 's internet radio show : '' let 's talk stars '' . kathryn aurora gray examined images acquired by lane via his abbey-ridge observatory and discovered a supernova in ugc 3378 -lrb- sn 2010lt -rrb- . kathryn subsequently became the youngest person to have discovered a supernova . observations from lane 's astronomical observatory have also been used to improve the cosmic distance ladder .
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- name is david j. lane- birth name is david j. lane