Observatorio de La Cañada
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| Organization | private |
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| Code | J87 |
| Location | Ávila, Spain |
| Coordinates | 40°36.235′N 4°29.589′W / 40.603917°N 4.493150°WCoordinates: 40°36.235′N 4°29.589′W / 40.603917°N 4.493150°W |
| Altitude | 1400 m |
| Established | 2002 |
| Website | www.lacanada.es |
Observatorio de La Cañada (La Cañada Observatory), is an amateur facility in Ávila, Spain privately owned by Juan Lacruz, the main activity is to monitor NEOs (Near Earth Objects) other asteroids and comets.
The observatory joined the International Astronomical Union sending the first astrometric observations in the summer of 2002. The Minor Planet Center assigned the observatory code J87: La Cañada.
Instrumental :
Telescope RCT 0.40m + CCD
Gallery
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El observatorio en invierno
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La Cañada Observatory 24-Jan-2015
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Eclipse lunar
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Saturn 1-Agust-2015 La Cañada
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Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina from observatory J87 La Cañada on Dec the 6th 2015, tail disconnection event
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C/2013 US10 Catalina, 06-Dec-2015
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Comet C2014_Q2 Lovejoy, 27-Feb-2015, La Cañada, the Perseus double cluster in the field.
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Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, 24-Jan-2015, La Cañada
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C2014 Q2 Lovejoy 09-Jan-2015 La Cañada
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Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, a CCD mosaic composition taken on 09-Jan-2015 from Observatorio de La Cañada by Juan Lacruz. Telescope LX200R 0.40 m + SBIG STL 1001E, 6 stacks of 10 images each, every picture is 30 seconds worth, filter clear, unguided.
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Cometa C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS desde Madrid, 14-Marzo-2013
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Cometa C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS desde Madrid, 22-Marzo-2013
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Cometa C/2009 R1 Mc Naught desde La Cañada, Ávila, 19-Junio-2010
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Comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy 06-12-2013 La Cañada
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La gran nebulosa de Orión, La Cañada 23-nov-2013
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La Galaxia de Andrómeda
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The Andromeda galaxy M31 on 2015-11-14
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Pleiades cluster