Krisztián Sárneczky

Krisztián Sárneczky
The asteroid hunter.
Born	(1974-11-06) November 6, 1974 Budapest Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Alma mater	University of Szeged
Children	1
Website	Sárneczky Krisztián amateur astronomer

Krisztián Sárneczky (born 6 November, 1974 in Budapest) is a Hungarian research, 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.

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 Observers.

Krisztián Sárneczky has published a number of articles in the astronomy community, and has a fair number of asteroid discoveries to his credit.

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

• 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.

Asteroids discovered: 63

14181 Koromházi [1]	November 20, 1998
23718 Horgos [1]	April 2, 1998
28196 Szeged [1]	December 15, 1998
28492 Marik [2]	February 1, 2000
(31872) 2000 EL106 [3]	March 13, 2000
37432 Piszkéstető [4]	January 11, 2002
(38442) 1999 SU6 [3]	September 24, 1999
39971 József [1]	April 2, 1998
44479 Olaheszter [1]	November 24, 1998
45300 Thewrewk [1]	January 1, 2000
(53029) 1998 WY6 [1]	November 22, 1998
(64974) 2002 AF11 [4]	January 11, 2002
67308 Öveges [1]	April 21, 2000
(68114) 2001 AC [1]	January 1, 2001
(68144) 2001 AW38 [1]	January 1, 2001
(72071) 2000 YO33 [1]	December 31, 2000
73511 Lovas	December 25, 2002
(75555) 1999 YW14 [1]	December 31, 1999
(75570) 2000 AP4 [1]	January 1, 2000
(75823) 2000 BJ15 [1]	January 28, 2000
(82071) 2000 YA32 [1]	December 31, 2000
(82092) 2001 DV86 [5]	February 27, 2001
(82656) 2001 PQ13 [3]	August 10, 2001
(84919) 2003 VH [6]	November 3, 2003
(84921) 2003 VN1 [7]	November 9, 2003
(84995) 2003 YB108	December 26, 2003
(84996) 2003 YW110	December 26, 2003
(86196) 1999 SC10 [1]	September 24, 1999
(89973) 2002 RR117	September 8, 2002
(90370) 2003 NY5 [7]	July 7, 2003
(90376) 2003 VL [6]	November 5, 2003
(91024) 1998 DA33 [1]	February 28, 1998
(95179) 2002 BO [4]	January 16, 2002
(95785) 2003 FV6	March 27, 2003
(95954) 2003 QQ29 [7]	August 23, 2003
(106869) 2000 YY31 [1]	December 31, 2000
(107052) 2001 AQ [1]	January 1, 2001
(111468) 2001 YD5 [8]	December 23, 2001
(111570) 2002 AG11 [4]	January 11, 2002
(111594) 2002 AX66 [4]	January 11, 2002
(113202) 2002 RY111	September 7, 2002
(113203) 2002 RC112	September 7, 2002
(113214) 2002 RT118	September 9, 2002
(114659) 2003 FJ7	March 28, 2003
(114987) 2003 QW68 [7]	August 26, 2003
(114990) 2003 QV69 [7]	August 26, 2003
(114991) 2003 QY69 [7]	August 26, 2003
(115058) 2003 RH8 [7]	September 4, 2003
(115059) 2003 RJ8 [7]	September 5, 2003
(115254) 2003 SF158 [7]	September 22, 2003
(115885) 2003 VL1 [7]	November 6, 2003
(117086) 2004 LZ23 [3]	June 8, 2004
(117711) 2005 GA	April 1, 2005
(117712) 2005 GD	April 1, 2005
(117713) 2005 GG1	April 2, 2005
(117714) 2005 GH1	April 2, 2005
(120324) 2004 MV3	June 21, 2004
(121817) 2000 AP246 [1]	January 2, 2000
(126245) 2002 AY66 [4]	January 13, 2002
(126315) 2002 AH130 [4]	January 13, 2002
(128062) 2003 NW5 [7]	July 6, 2003
(128426) 2004 MP6	June 18, 2004
(129259) 2005 QD75 [3] [7]	August 25, 2005
1 with László Kiss 2 with Katalin Sziládi 3 with Gyula M. Szabó 4 with Zsuzsanna Heiner 5 with Alíz Derekas 6 with Szabolcs Mészáros 7 with Brigitta Sipőcz 8 with Gábor Fûrész 9 with Dorottya Szám

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

Interview

• The first astronomical program on the internet.

External links

• Sárneczky Krisztián amateur astronomer webpage
• Asteroid hunter from Piszkéstető
• The Hungarian Cultura in the Sky
• Krisztián Sárneczky