J16 An Carraig Observatory

 

Imaging the night sky & asteroid hunting from Northern Ireland

 

J16 back up and running with new Mesu Mount 200

 

 

Asteroids

February 2009: MPC code J16 assigned to An Carraig Observatory. Northern Irelands first amateur observatory to be awarded a code.

February 2009 - March 2013: 889 observations submitted including confirmation data for 2009 JM2 , 2009 VP, 2010 BC, 2010 PR66, 2010 XE11, 2011 JA , 2012 AE1, 2012 DF61, 2012 FX35, 2012 FP52, 2012 GD2, 2012 TS, 2012 TV, 2012 TS5, 2012 US136, 2012 XZ6, 2012 XE54, 2012 XQ55, 2012 XC112, 2013 AC53.

J16 Residuals Nov 2012 from 250 observations:

RA: -0.02 +/- 0.32, DEC: +0.13 +/- 0.32

 

Asteroids imaged with 10" LX200GPS and Starlight Xpress SXV H16 ccd.

New discoveries from around the world are announced on the NEO confirmation page for follow up observations by other observatories.