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Nationality
  
Hungarian

Name
  
Krisztian Sarneczky

Alma mater
  
Role
  
Astronomer

Children
  
1

Education
  
University of Szeged

Website
  
Sarneczky Krisztian


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Born
  
November 6, 1974 (age 50) (
1974-11-06
)
BudapestHungary

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Krisztián Sárneczky (born 6 November 1974 in Budapest) is a Hungarian teacher of geography, astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets, researching at Konkoly Observatory in Budapest, Hungary. He is a board member of the Hungarian Astronomical Association (HAA) and member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, leader of the Comet Section of the HAA, and is a contributor in the editorial work of Hungarian Astronomical Almanach.

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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 a member of the Executive Committee and in 1996 he was appointed secretary. In 1996 he also joined the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO).

Krisztián Sárneczky has published a number of articles in the astronomy community, and has a large number of asteroid discoveries to his credit (see § Discoveries).

Professional experience

  • Astrometry and photometry (including rotational light curves) of minor planets and comets
  • Photometry of supernovae
  • Places of field work

  • Siding Spring Observatory, NSW, Australia (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 Observatory (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

  • GAIA-FUN-SSO-2 Workshop, September 19–21, 2012, Paris,
  • Supernovae Illuminating the Universe: from Individuals to Populations, September 10–14, 2012, Garching bei München, MPA/ESO/MPE/Excellence Cluster Universe Conference on Supernovae Illuminating the Universe: from Individuals to Populations
  • IAU Colloquium 192, "Supernovae - 10 years of SN 1993J", April 22–26, 2003, Valencia,
  • National Young Scientists' Conference (OTDK), second place in Physics Section, Astronomy subsection (1999),
  • IAU Colloquium 173,"Evolution and Source Regions of Asteroids and Comets", August 24–28, 1998, Tatranska Lomnica,
  • Awards

  • Eötvös Fellowship (2007)
  • National Young Scientists' Conference (OTDK), first place in Physics-Earth Sciences-Mathematics Section, Astronomy I. (Solar System) subsection (2001)
  • Pro Renovanda Cultura Hungariae DT 2000/43.
  • National Young Scientists' Conference (OTDK), second place in Physics Section, Astronomy subsection (1999)
  • Young Scientists' Conference at University of Szeged (TDK), first place in Physics Section (1998 and 2000)
  • Books

  • Sváb-hegyi kisbolygók, (Márta Sragner Keszthelyiné) Az égbolt mindenkié. Budapest: Introducing the Hungarian Astronomical Association, 2005, ISBN 963-218-243-X
  • 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 Krisztián Sárneczky from 1999 to 2007
  • List of publications by Krisztián Sárneczky from 2005 to 2013, Csillagászati hírportál,
  • Interview

  • The first astronomical program on the internet. 2009
  • Asteroid hunter from Piszkéstető, 2010
  • Discoveries

    As of 2016, Krisztián Sárneczky is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery and co-discovery of 361 numbered minor planets during 2000–2012.

    References

    Krisztián Sárneczky Wikipedia


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