Starkenburg Observatory
The Starkenburg Observatory (German: Starkenburg-Sternwarte) is an astronomical observatory in Heppenheim, Germany. It was founded in 1970, and currently has about 150 members.
| Named after | Starkenburg |
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| Observatory code | 611 |
| Location | Starkenburg , Germany |
| Coordinates | 49°38′49″N 8°39′07″E |
| Established | 1970 |
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The observatory was the venue for the 1997 and 2003 meetings of the European Radio Astronomy Congress. The amateur astronomers at the observatory have discovered more than 40 asteroids and participate in the tracking of near earth asteroids.
The instruments at the observatory consists of:
- 0.45-meter newtonian
- 0.356-meter Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope
- 0.30-meter newtonian
- 0.20-meter refractor
- 0.15-meter refractor
- 0.10-meter refractor
- 0.19-meter flat-field camera
- 0.14-meter Schmidt camera
The two main-belt asteroids 6864 Starkenburg and 14080 Heppenheim were named in honor of the medieval castle, the adjunct observatory and the nearby town Heppenheim, respectively.
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