[BAA Comets] 2013n4 discovery circumstances

[denis buczynski]

Hello all,
I do not know if any of you has read the discovery circumstances of this comet. Here is a Google
translation of the story from the original Russian.
Denis Buczynski

Yesterday Gennady Borisov (employee of the Crimean Station GAISCH MSU) has discovered a new comet.
The opening is not yet confirmed the overseas office, the process control evidence, names,
assignments and allocations of priorities, but as long as there is a clear fact confirmed by the
excellent CCD images. In general, information about the opening should be sent where, although there
is no response has day. Let's see how events will develop further.

A factology is this: the day before yesterday night, that is, 8 to July 9, Gene spent shooting their
search program on the telescope of his own design and construction, "Guenon" (200mm 1:1.5). Filmed
the eastern sky just before dawn. The next day, when blinkovanii obtained images, Gennady found to
diffuse ~ 16m in the constellation Auriga. On three consecutive shots could clearly see the movement
of the object. MPChecker did not show the presence of some well-known objects vbliizi visibility
elevation of the comet. After relying astrometric observations about opening a message was sent to
the Minor Planet Center and the Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Response, however, was not
followed. The following night saw the object again, as a pioneer and a few amateur astronomers whose
telescopes are located nearby at the "photographic observation glade" rally "Southern Nights", which
these days takes place in the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. Sergey Stepanenko got color photos
of the comet at its 190-mm Newton, and Ivan Ionov - to 320-mm Newton B / W matrix. The pictures
Stepanenko perfectly clear green spot coma, confirming the cometary nature of the object, and by the
pictures Ionov was held more precise astrometry, the results of which sent the following telegram.
At the moment, the official confirmation is still there, but just received a message from the robot
that observations taken for analysis. We are waiting to ... (Secretly looking forward to the
earliest possible pozdrait Gena with a welcome event :))

By the way, this is not the first discovery of Gennady. Two years ago, he discovered a comet that
turned a long-lost, but his name for some reason still have not added, although it was before the
normal tradition. A year ago they opened the comet was given the name of the spacecraft WISE, who
has removed her six months earlier (although the comet remained undiscovered six months: - \) ....
Hopefully, this time the conscience still does not allow to take his well-deserved opening :)

PS By the way, it should be noted that Gene is his quest not as a member of the observatory, and as
the usual amateur astronomy. Telescopes and cameras in his personal and search, as far as I know,
are not part of any official search programs. Money for the work that he did not receive, but rather
just spend personal funds for the organization of the supervisory process.
«Last Edit: 10.07.2013 [19:43:19] by Andrew Ostapenko"