Starkenburg Observatory

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Asteroids discovered: 40+
12053 Turtlestar	October 8, 1997	M.Busch, W.Ernst, K.Sonneberg, L.Kurtze
12057 Alfredsturm	February 18, 1998	P.Geffert, J.Rothermel, E.Schwab, R.Stoss
14080 Heppenheim	April 1, 1997	W.Ernst, K.Sonneberg, R.Stoss
15397 KSOARI	October 27, 1997	M.Busch, W.Ernst, K.Sonneberg, L.Kurtze
16809 Galápagos	October 21, 1997	M.Busch, L.Kurtze
16969 HELAMUDA	October 29, 1998	M.Busch, P.Geffert, R.Stoss
17855 Geffert	Mai 19, 1998	A.Busch, M.Busch, E.Schwab
18567 Segenthau	September 27, 1997	R.Stoss
18610 Arthurdent	February 7, 1998	F.Hormuth
18653 Christagunt	March 28, 1998	F.Hormuth, J.Rothermel, R.Stoss
21663 Banat	September 3, 1999	M.Busch, R.Stoss
24168 Hexlein	November 29, 1999	M.Busch, R.Stoss, R.Kresken
27984 Herminefranz	November 1, 1997	R.Stoss
33863 Elfriederwin	Mai 5, 2000	E.Schwab, R.Stoss
56561 Jaimenomen	Mai 5, 2000	R.Stoss, E.Schwab

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.