HADANO OBSERVATORY

Last Modified : Jan. 11, 2008

Welcome to Hadano Astronomical Observatory HomePage !!

Private observatory, Hadano Astronomical Observatory is located at 139deg 12' 48" E, 35deg 23' 18" N, 154m above sea level, about 60km southwest of Tokyo, Japan.

The observatory is mainly used for astrometric observations of comets and minor planets.

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since Sept. 19 1996.

IAU Minor Planet Center Observatory code : 355
Latitude : 35.3882N Longitude : 139.2133E Height : 154m
1430-16 Nishitawara Hadano Kanagawa-Ken , 257-0027 Japan
Telescope : 0.28-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD (SBIG ST-6)
Computer program for astrometry : Astrometrica by Herbert Raab.

Astrometric observations

Comet images

Asteroid images

Nebulae and Star clusters images

Discoveries at Hadano Astronomical Observatory

(13691) Akie = 1997 SL16 (Discovered 1997 Sep. 30)
(13815) Furuya = 1998 YF7 (Discovered 1998 Dec. 22)
(17683) Kanagawa = 1997 AR16 (Discovered 1997 Jan. 10)
(39799) Hadano = 1997 UO1 (Discovered 1997 Oct. 23)
(47086) Shinseiko = 1999 AO3 (Discovered 1999 Jan. 10)
(55875) Hirohatagaoka = 1997 VH (Discovered 1997 Nov. 1)
(152647) Rinako = 1997 UF15 (Discovered 1997 Oct. 29)

Link to other WWW sites

IAU: Minor Planet Center
The NEO Confirmation Page
Recent MPECs
Minor Planet Checker
Minor Planet Names
Nakano Note
OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections
The Spaceguard Central Node
The Planetary Society Australian Volunteers Spaceguard page
Japan Spaceguard Association
Comet Orbit Home Page
Suzuki's Astro Page
Ageo Observatory
Miyasaka Seidai's Home Page (Minor Planets at 366)
Gordon Garradd's Astronomy Page

E-Mail:asami355@hotmail.com
Atsuo Asami, Hadano Astronomical Observatory