{"id":3407,"date":"2013-07-15T00:32:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T00:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3407"},"modified":"2013-07-15T00:32:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T00:32:39","slug":"amateur-astronomer-spots-comet-during-star-party-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3407","title":{"rendered":"Amateur astronomer spots comet during star party in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov discovered a comet while participating in a star party: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/103474\/amateur-astronomer-discovers-comet-c2013-n4-borisov-during-a-star-party\/\" target=\"_d\">Amateur Astronomer Discovers Comet C\/2013 N4 (Borisov) During a Star Party &#8211; universetoday.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/astronomamator.narod.ru\/cometes\/comet_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103478 aligncenter\" alt=\"Animation of Comet Borisov compiled from multiple images. Credit: http:\/\/astronomamator.narod.ru\/cometes\/comet_anim.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/comet_anim.gif\" width=\"386\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Animation of Comet Borisov compiled from multiple images.<\/em><br \/>\nCredit: <a href=\"http:\/\/astronomamator.narod.ru\/cometes\/comet_anim.gif\" target=\"_blank\">astronomamator.narod.ru\/cometes\/comet_anim.gif<\/a><\/p>\n<div>It is officially titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minorplanetcenter.net\/mpec\/K13\/K13N51.html\" target=\"_d\">MPEC 2013-N51 : COMET C\/2013 N4 (BORISOV)<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>More info and images at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=496274077121297\" target=\"_d\">Leonid Elenin&#8217;s Photos | Facebook<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov discovered a comet while participating in a star party: Amateur Astronomer Discovers Comet C\/2013 N4 (Borisov) During a Star Party &#8211; universetoday.com. Animation of Comet Borisov compiled from multiple images. Credit: astronomamator.narod.ru\/cometes\/comet_anim.gif It is officially titled MPEC 2013-N51 : COMET C\/2013 N4 (BORISOV). More info and images at Leonid Elenin&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3407\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amateur astronomer spots comet during star party in Ukraine<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-SX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23712,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=23712","url_meta":{"origin":3407,"position":0},"title":"ESO: Interstellar object could be the most pristine comet ever seen","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A new report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) First interstellar comet may be the most pristine ever found New observations with the European Southern Observatory\u2019s Very Large Telescope (ESO\u2019s VLT) indicate that the rogue comet 2I\/Borisov, which is only the second and most recently detected interstellar visitor to our\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/eso2106a1-500x295.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9015,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9015","url_meta":{"origin":3407,"position":1},"title":"Video: A preview of Comet Siding Spring&#8217;s fly-by of Mars","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Astronomer\u00a0Bruce Betts of\u00a0the Planetary Society\u00a0lays out\u00a0all the basics about Comet Siding Spring, which on October 19, 2014 will\u00a0make a close fly-by of\u00a0Mars. http:\/\/youtu.be\/AwMjoy_02Ic","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asteroids &amp; 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