Krisztián Sárneczky
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Krisztián Sárneczky is a Hungarian amateur astronomer, asteroid hunter and secretary of the Hungarian Astronomical Association (HAA) and member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO), leader of the Comet Section of the "HAA", and is a contributor in the editorial work of Hungarian Astronomical Almanach.
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Krisztián Sárneczky has published a number of articles in the astronomy community, and has a fair number of asteroid
discoveries to his credit.
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| 23718 Horgos
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| 28196 Szeged
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| 28492 Marik
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| 37432 Piszkéstető
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| 39971 József
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| 44479 Olaheszter
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| 45300 Thewrewk
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| 67308 Öveges
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| 73511 Lovas
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| (90376) 2003 VL || November 5, 2003
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| (117711) 2005 GA || April 1, 2005
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| (117712) 2005 GD || April 1, 2005
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Personal life
In 1990 he joined the Hungarian Astronomical Association and became the Co-ordinator of the Cometary Section the same year. In 1994 he became member of the Executive Committee and in 1996 he was appointed secretary. In 1996 he also joined the American Association of Variable Star ObserversAmerican Association of Variable Star Observers
Since its founding in 1911, the American Association of Variable Star Observers has coordinated, collected, evaluated, analyzed, published, and archived variable star observations made largely by amateur astronomers and makes the records available to professional astronomers, researchers, and...
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Krisztián Sárneczky has published a number of articles in the astronomy community, and has a fair number of asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discoveries to his credit.
Places of field work
- Siding Spring ObservatorySiding Spring ObservatorySiding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, part of the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the Australian National University , incorporates the Anglo-Australian Telescope along with a collection of other telescopes owned by the Australian National...
, NSW, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
(visiting astronomer, 2007), - Hungarian Astronomical Association's Polaris Observatory, Budapest, (from 2006 - )
- Baja Astronomical Observatory (visiting astronomer, 2005)
- The German-Spanish Astronomical Center at Calar Alto ObservatoryCalar Alto ObservatoryThe Calar Alto Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated jointly by the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie in Heidelberg, Germany, and the Instituto...
(visiting astronomer, 2000 and 2001) - Observatory of Hungarian Scientific Academy Konkoly-Thege Miklós Astronomical Research Institute at Piszkéstetõ, Hungary (visiting astronomer from 1997)
- Observatory of Szeged (from 1996)
Conferences
- IAU Colloquium 173,"Evolution and Source Regions of Asteroids and Comets", August 24-28, 1998, Tatranska Lomnica,
- National Young Scientists' Conference (OTDK), second place in Physics Section, Astronomy subsection (1999),
- IAU Colloquium 192, "Supernovae - 10 years of SN 1993J", April 22-26, 2003, Valencia,
Awards
- Pro Renovanda Cultura Hungariae DT 2000/43.
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| 23718 Horgos
23718 Horgos
23718 Horgos is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 2, 1998 by K. Sarneczky and L. Kiss at Piszkesteto.- External links :*...
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| 28196 Szeged
28196 Szeged
28196 Szeged is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 15, 1998 by K. Sárneczky and L. Kiss at Piszkéstető.- External links :*...
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| 28492 Marik
28492 Marik
28492 Marik is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 1, 2000 by the JATE Asteroid Survey at Piszkéstető.- External links :*...
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| 37432 Piszkéstető
37432 Piszkésteto
37432 Piszkéstető is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1340.5982338 days . The asteroid was discovered on January 11, 2002....
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| 39971 József
39971 József
39971 József is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1483.2461782 days . The asteroid was discovered on April 2, 1998. It was named after the Hungarian poet Attila József....
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| 44479 Olaheszter
44479 Oláheszter
44479 Oláheszter is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1790.7011575 days . The asteroid was discovered on November 24, 1998....
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| 45300 Thewrewk
45300 Thewrewk
45300 Thewrewk is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 1, 2000 by Krisztián Sárneczky and László Kiss at Piszkéstető Station a part of the Konkoly Obszervatórium in the Mátra Mountains of Hungary. It has an orbital period around the Sun of 5.45 Earth years.- External links :*...
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| 67308 Öveges
67308 Öveges
67308 Öveges is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1895.3424539 days . The asteroid was discovered on April 21, 2000....
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| (68114) 2001 AC || January 1, 2001
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| 73511 Lovas
73511 Lovas
73511 Lovas is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 25, 2002 by K. S�rneczky at Piszkesteto.- External links :*...
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| || August 10, 2001
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| (84919) 2003 VH || November 3, 2003
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| || December 26, 2003
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| || September 24, 1999
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| (90376) 2003 VL || November 5, 2003
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| || February 28, 1998
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| (95179) 2002 BO || January 16, 2002
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| (107052) 2001 AQ || January 1, 2001
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| (117711) 2005 GA || April 1, 2005
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| (117712) 2005 GD || April 1, 2005
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- with László Kiss
- with Katalin Sziládi
- with Gyula M. Szabó
- with Zsuzsanna Heiner
- with Alíz Derekas
- with Szabolcs Mészáros
- with Brigitta Sipőcz
- with Gábor Fûrész
- with Dorottya Szám
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Publications
- Sárneczky K., Szabó Gy., Kiss L.L.: 1999, CCD observations of 11 faint asteroids, Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 137., 363,
- List of publications by Sárneczky Krisztián from 1999 to 2006