ASIAGO ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY

(Redirected from Stazione osservativa di Asiago Cima Ekar)

'Asiago Observatory'

Organization	University of Padua
Location	Asiago, Italy
Coordinates
Altitude	1,000 m (3,280 ft)
Webpage	[1]
Telescopes
Copernico telescope	1.82 m Cassegrain reflector
Schmidt 92/67 telescope	92 cm Spherical reflector
Galilei telescope	1.22 m Cassegrain reflector

The 'Osservatorio Astrofisico di Asiago' ('Asiago Astrophysical Observatory', or 'Asiago Observatory' for short) is an astronomical observatory (IAU code 043) owned and operated by the University of Padua and members of the Padua Observatory. It is located on the plateau of Asiago, 90 km Northwest of Padova near the town of Asiago. Nearby (about 3.4 km to the southeast) is the Osservatorio Astronomico di Monte Ekar (Cima Ekar Observing Station, also known as the Stazione osservativa di Asiago Cima Ekar), IAU code 098. Co-located at Cima Ekar is the Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey (ADAS), IAU code 209. At Cima Ekar, Andrea Boattini, Flavio Castellani, Giuseppe Forti, Vittorio Goretti, Ulisse Munari, and Maura Tombelli have discovered a great number of asteroids.

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History

Equipment

External links

History

Founded in 1942.

Equipment

Asiago Observatory has three telescopes: ''Copernico'', ''Schmidt'', and ''Galilei''.

External links

★ Asiago Observatory

★ INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padova

'Minor planets discovered: 2'
Cima Ekar only

	December 4, 1994
	February 25, 1995