Poles discovered a comet, named it Polonia

Four Polish stargazers have discovered a new comet, which they named C/2015 F2 Polonia. Michał Kusiak, Rafał Reszelewski (students), Marcin Gędek (an entrepreneur) and Michał Żołnowski (a doctor) have been observing the sky for many years in order to find new objects.

They made their discovery through remotely controlled observatory located in the Atacama desert in Chile.

"We purchased the observatory from Russians who were not using it. We haven't even been there yet. We decided to buy a new telescope, as the one which was deployed there seemed too small. However, we made the discovery using the old one," said Michał Żołnowski. The comet is currently some 137 million kilometers from Earth, it will be visible from Poland in May. It’s the fourth comet discovered by a Pole after the World War II and first in 90 years discovered by an amateur astronomer.