Cima Ekar Observing Station
 Cima Ekar Observing Station in 2009 | |
| Observatory code | 098  |
|---|---|
| Location | Italy |
| Coordinates | 45°51′N 11°34′E / 45.85°N 11.57°ECoordinates: 45°51′N 11°34′E / 45.85°N 11.57°E |
| Altitude | 1,366 m (4,482 ft) |
| Website | www |
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The Cima Ekar Observing Station (Italian: Stazione osservativa di Asiago Cima Ekar; obs. code: 098) is an astronomical observatory on the crest of Cima Ekar, a mountain ridge located approximately 4 kilometers southeast of and 350 m higher than the town of Asiago, Italy.
The Station is an annex to the nearby Asiago Astrophysical Observatory, also operated by the University of Padua. Cima Ekar hosts the 1966-built 67/92-cm Schmidt telescope and the 182-cm telescope dedicated to Nicholas Copernicus, the largest telescope in Italy.
Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey[]
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.[1]
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References[]
- ^ Description of Cima Ekar, from Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica website.
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