1972 I began to star watching
at age 10. 1973 I have observed a comet
for the first time: C/1973 E1 Kohoutek. 1975 I have "discovered" the first
comet: C/1975 N1
Kobayashi-Berger-Milon. After gmy first
discoveryh I began to comet hunting.
1981 I stopped comet hunting when
I entered a college because I was discouraged severe light pollution at the
urban area. 1996 I decided to resume comet
seeking in the appearance of C/1996 B2 Hyakutake after a break of over a dozen
of years. 2002 I have discovered C/2002
E2 Snyder-Murakami
(discovery story) on March 11
2002 UT. Orbit : You need Java Software to see this 3D orbit.
An asteroid discovered by Akimasa Nakamura
was designated as gShigekimurakamih (24981).
2010 I have discovered my second named comet, P/2010 V1 Ikeya-Murakami, on
November 3 2010 UT. Discovery story. Orbit.
Mountaineering
During a break of comet
hunting, I was impressed by the beauty of snowy mountains and began to mountaineer.
I climbed some of the big walls
which are representative of Japanese big climbing route in spite of my poor
athlete. I stopped serious climbing
before I resumed comet seeking.
