Starkenburg Observatory

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The Starkenburg-Sternwarte (Starkenburg Observatory) is an astronomical observatory in Heppenheim, Germany. It was formed in 1970, and currently has about 150 members.

The instruments at the observatory consists of:

0.45m newtonian
0.30m Meade LX 200
0.20m refractor
0.15m refractor
0.10m refractor
0.19m flat-field camera
0.14m schmidt camera

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 asteroid 6864 Starkenburg was named in honor of their efforts.

[edit] Asteroids discovered

12053 Turtlestar — October 8, 1997 by M.Busch, W.Ernst, K.Sonneberg, L.Kurtze
12057 Alfredsturm — February 18, 1998 by P.Geffert, J.Rothermel, E.Schwab, R.Stoss
14080 Heppenheim — April 1, 1997 by W.Ernst, K.Sonneberg, R.Stoss
15397 KSOARI — October 27, 1997 by M.Busch, W.Ernst, K.Sonneberg, L.Kurtze
16809 Galápagos — October 21, 1997 by M.Busch, L.Kurtze
16969 HELAMUDA — October 29, 1998 by M.Busch, P.Geffert, R.Stoss
17855 Geffert — Mai 19, 1998 by A.Busch, M.Busch, E.Schwab
18567 Segenthau — September 27, 1997 by R.Stoss
18610 Arthurdent — February 7, 1998 by F.Hormuth
18653 Christagunt — March 28, 1998 by F.Hormuth, J.Rothermel, R.Stoss
21663 Banat — September 3, 1999 by M.Busch, R.Stoss
24168 Hexlein — November 29, 1999 by M.Busch, R.Stoss, R.Kresken
27984 Herminefranz — November 1, 1997 by R.Stoss
33863 Elfriederwin — Mai 5, 2000 by E.Schwab, R.Stoss
56561 Jaimenomen — Mai 5, 2000 by R.Stoss, E.Schwab