J16 An Carraig Obsevatory

 

Imaging the night sky & asteroid hunting from Northern Ireland

Imaging

Recent images:

M34 Open Cluster

 

M3, Caldwell 26 & 32

Asteroids

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

February 2009 - May 2011: Data submitted for 160 objects including confirmation data for 2009 JM2 , 2009 VP , 2010 BC , 2010 PR66 ,2010 XE11 , 2011 JA and 2012 AE1

J16 Residuals Feb 2011 from 14 observations:

RA: -0.05 +/- 0.19, DEC: +0.06 +/- 0.15

 

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.