La Cañada Observatory, is an initiative by Juan Lacruz, the observatory started astrometric operations in the summer of 2002, it is registered as station J87 in the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union.

The Observatory also participates in the studies on minor bodies promoted by the Group on Meteorites, Minor Bodies, and Planetary Sciences of the Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC).



Saturday, October 16, 2010

103P Hartley 2 2010 Oct 15, La Cañada (J87)


This is an average of 20 exposures of 45 seconds each through a 200mm F2.8 telephoto