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Observatory Code E17 (Leura)              Long    150d    20'     30"    Lat  -33d    42'    22"    Altitude 950m    Time UT+10h

Observatory Code E19 ( Kingsgrove)    Long    151d     5'     45"     Lat  -33d    56'    51"    Altitude 60m      Time: UT+10h

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MINOR PLANET PHOTOMETRY FROM LEURA AND KINGSGROVE OBSERVATORY

Leura Observatory is located 100km West of Sydney Australia.  Since its inception, the observatory has progressed gradually from a simple manually controlled dome to currently an established remote controlled observatory mainly working on Asteroid photomety.

Kingsgrove Observatory is in my backyard. A pier mounted robotic telescope that is easier to manage. When in use, the styrofoam cover is simply flipped open and the telescope/camera powered to start the night's run. With CCDCommander scripting software, multiple targets are possible to be imaged nightly.

From the 2 observatories to date, there have been 3 Binary asteroid discoveries, 3 co-discoverer of the Binary asteroids and numerous publications in Minor Planet Bulletin. Please visit the Projects page.

Email: julianoey1_at_optusnet_dot_com_dot_au