Interview with discoverer of first interstellar comet - Gennadiy Borisov

[Stefan Kurti (Stefan)]

Hi,

after a long time I added a new interview to my website.

I hope it could be of interest of some of you. So, here is a short introduction:

Stories about space travel led him to astronomy. He was impressed by the knowledge that he himself could construct a telescope. Although he studied astronomy, he gave up his scientific career and began making telescopes. His dissatisfaction with the result kept him driving further, longing to create the perfect device. At first only to take nice pictures of the sky, then to search for comets. And he did it. Discoverer of the first interstellar comet, Gennadiy Borisov.

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Enjoy!

Stefan

[DarwinAstro (Chris)]

Broken Link?

[Stefan Kurti (Stefan)]

sorry for not checking ... try it now: http://www.skaw.sk/interview-with-gennadiy-borisov.html

[gary]

Thanks Stefan,

Wonderful write-up!

Originally Posted by Gennadiy Borisov

On the night of August 29-30, I observed 28 fields. On the last frame almost completely on the edge, just a few pixels from the edge, I noticed a moving diffuse object. I wasn't quite sure if it was a comet or an asteroid. I wondered how to report it. My wife advised me: "send it as a comet, if it turns out it's not, they'll reclassify it." So I sent it as a comet. And immediately on forums comments began to appear about its strange orbit.

What a great anecdote!

Best Regards

Gary Kopff
Wildcard Innovations Pty. Ltd.
Mount Kuring-Gai NSW 2080
Australia

[multiweb (Marc)]

Great article Stefan.

On the pic of you between the two GENON Max scopes there's a small rod with a little weight at the end that's affixed to the front of the main counterweights. What's that for?

[Stefan Kurti (Stefan)]

Thanks Marc! You mean the telescope on the left side? I will ask Gennadiy.