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This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center.[1] For a detailed description, see observations of small Solar System bodies.
List
Obs. code Map |
Observatories, programs, surveys, and dedicated telescopes | CTRY | Region | MPC description |
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000 | Royal Observatory, Greenwich | ENG | Greenwich | |
001 | Isaac Roberts' Observatory | ENG | Crowborough | |
002 | Rayleigh Observatory, Chelmsford borough, Essex | ENG | Rayleigh | |
003 | Montpellier Observatory (Observatoire de la Babote; Montpellier Babote Observatory) | Occ | Montpellier | |
004 | Toulouse Observatory | Occ | Toulouse | |
005 | Paris Observatory (Observatoire de Paris; Observatoire de Paris-Meudon) | IDF | Meudon | |
006 | Fabra Observatory (Observatori Fabra) | CT | Fabra Observatory, Barcelona | |
007 | Paris Observatory (Observatoire de Paris; Observatoire de Paris-Meudon) | IDF | Paris | |
008 | Algiers Observatory (Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Géophysique) | - | Algiers-Bouzareah | |
009 | Uecht Observatory (Sternwarte Uecht, Solar Observatory at Uecht) | SWG | Berne-Uecht | |
010 | CERGA Observatory (Centre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie) Src | PACA | Caussols | |
011 | Wetzikon Observatory (Sternwarte Wetzikon) | SWG | Wetzikon | |
012 | Royal Observatory of Belgium (Uccle Observatory; Observatoire Royal de Belgique; Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van België) | BCR | Uccle | |
013 | Leiden Observatory (Sterrewacht Leiden) | Zuid Holland | Leiden | |
014 | Marseille Observatory | PACA | Marseilles | |
015 | Sonnenborgh Observatory | Utrecht | Utrecht | |
016 | Besançon Astronomical Observatory (Observatoire de Besançon) | BFC | Besançon | |
017 | Hoher List Observatory (Observatorium Hoher List) | RP | Hoher List | |
018 | Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory (Sternwarte Bilk) | NRW | Düsseldorf-Bilk | |
019 | Neuchâtel Observatory | SWF | Neuchatel | |
020 | Nice Observatory (Observatoire de Nice); observer: Matthieu Conjat Src: 21 | PACA | Nice | |
021 | Karlsruhe Observatory (Sternwarte Karlsruhe) | BW | Karlsruhe | |
022 | Observatory of Turin (Pino Torinese; Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino) | P | Pino Torinese | |
023 | Wiesbaden Observatory (Sternwarte Wiesbaden) | HE | Wiesbaden | |
024 | Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory (Heidelberg Observatory; Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl) | BW | Heidelberg-Konigstuhl | |
025 | Stuttgart Observatory | BW | Stuttgart | |
026 | Zimmerwald Observatory (Observatorium Zimmerwald) | SWG | Berne-Zimmerwald | |
027 | Brera Astronomical Observatory (Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera) | Lo | Milan | |
028 | Würzburg Observatory (Sternwarte der Universität Würzburg) | FB | Würzburg | |
029 | Hamburg Observatory (Bergedorf Observatory; Hamburger Sternwarte) | H | Hamburg-Bergedorf | |
030 | Arcetri Observatory (Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri) | Tu | Arcetri Observatory, Florence | |
031 | Sonneberg Observatory | TH | Sonneberg | |
032 | Jena Observatory (Astrophysikalisches Institut und Universitäts-Sternwarte Jena) | TH | Jena | |
033 | Karl Schwarzschild Observatory (Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatorium) | TH | Karl Schwarzschild Observatory, Tautenburg | |
034 | Monte Mario Observatory (Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma Sede di Monte Mario) | La | Monte Mario Observatory, Rome | |
035 | Østervold Observatory (Copenhagen University Observatory; Københavns Universitet Astronomisk Observatorium) | - | Copenhagen | |
036 | Vatican Observatory (Specola Vaticana) | - | Castel Gandolfo | |
037 | Collurania-Teramo Observatory (Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania-Teramo) | Ab | Collurania Observatory, Teramo | |
038 | Astronomical Observatory of Trieste (Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste) | F | Trieste | |
039 | Lund Observatory (Lunds Universitet Institutionen för astronomi) | Skåne | Lund | |
040 | Lohrmann Institute | SN | Lohrmann Institute, Dresden | |
041 | Innsbruck Observatory | Ty | Innsbruck | |
042 | Einstein Tower | BB | Potsdam | |
043 | Asiago Astrophysical Observatory (Osservatorio Astrofisico di Asiago) | V | Asiago Astrophysical Observatory, Padua | |
044 | Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte (Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte) | Cam | Capodimonte Observatory, Naples | |
045 | Vienna Observatory (since 1879) (Universitäts-Sternwarte Wien) | Vi | Vienna (since 1879) | |
046 | Kleť Observatory, České Budějovice (Hvězdárna Kleť) | JC | Klet Observatory, Ceske Budejovice | |
047 | Poznań Observatory (Obserwatorium Astronomiczne Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu) | WV | Poznań | |
048 | Hradec Králové Observatory (Hvězdárna Hradec Králové) | Hradec Králové | Hradec Kralove | |
049 | Kvistaberg Observatory | Up | Uppsala-Kvistaberg | |
050 | Stockholm Observatory (before 1931) (Stockholms observatorium) | Sö | Stockholm (before 1931) | |
051 | Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope | WC | Cape | |
052 | Stockholm Observatory (since 1931) (Saltsjöbaden Observatory) | Sö | Stockholm-Saltsjobaden | |
053 | Konkoly Observatory (Konkoly Obszervatórium) | Budapest | Konkoly Observatory, Budapest (since 1934) | |
054 | Brorfelde Observatory (Brorfelde Observatoriet) | - | Brorfelde | |
055 | Kraków Observatory | LPV | Cracow | |
056 | Skalnaté pleso Observatory (Observatórium Skalnaté pleso) | Prešov | Skalnate Pleso | |
057 | Belgrade Observatory | - | Belgrade | |
058 | Königsberg Observatory (before 1944) | Kaliningrad | Kaliningrad | |
059 | Lomnický štít Observatory (Observatórium Lomnický štít) | Prešov | Lomnicky Stit | |
060 | Warsaw University Observatory | MV | Warsaw-Ostrowik | |
061 | Uzhhorod Observatory | Zakarpattia | Uzhhorod | |
062 | Iso-Heikkilä Observatory (Turku Observatory; Turun observatorio) | SW | Turku | |
063 | Tuorla Observatory (Turku-Tuorla; Tuorlan observatorio) | SW | Turku-Tuorla | |
064 | Kevola Observatory (Turku-Kevola; Kevolan tähtitorni) | SW | Turku-Kevola | |
065 | Traunstein Observatory | FB | Traunstein | |
066 | National Observatory of Athens | - | Athens | |
067 | Astronomical Observatory of Lviv University | Lviv | Lviv University Observatory | |
068 | Lviv Polytechnic Institute | Lviv | Lviv Polytechnic Institute | |
069 | Baldone, near Riga | - | Baldone | |
070 | Vilnius Observatory (before 1939) | Vilnius | Vilnius (before 1939) | |
071 | Rozhen Observatory or Bulgarian National Astronomical Observatory | - | NAO Rozhen, Smolyan | |
072 | Scheuren Observatory | NRW | Scheuren Observatory | |
073 | Bucharest Astronomical Observatory | - | Bucharest | |
074 | Boyden Observatory | Free State | Boyden Observatory, Bloemfontein | |
075 | University of Tartu Old Observatory active until 1964 (formerly Dorpat Observatory until 1919; not to be confused with modern Tartu Observatory, see L75) | Tartu | Tartu | |
076 | Johannesburg-Hartbeespoort Observatory (Union Observatory Annex), Hartbeespoort | North West | Johannesburg-Hartbeespoort | |
077 | Yale-Columbia Southern Station (1925–1951) Src | Gauteng | Yale-Columbia Station, Johannesburg | |
078 | Union Observatory (Johannesburg Observatory; Republic Observatory; Transvaal Observatory) | Gauteng | Johannesburg | |
079 | Radcliffe Observatory | Gauteng | Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria | |
080 | Istanbul Observatory | - | Istanbul | |
081 | Leiden Southern Station, Hartbeespoort (Leiden Station, Johannesburg) | North West | Leiden Station, Johannesburg | |
082 | St. Pölten Observatory | LA | St. Polten | |
083 | Main Astronomical Observatory | Kyiv | Holosiivskyi District, Kyiv | |
084 | Pulkovo Observatory | Saint Petersburg | Pulkovo | |
085 | Kyiv Observatory | Kyiv | Kyiv | |
086 | Odesa Observatory | - | Odesa | |
087 | Helwan Observatory | - | Helwan | |
088 | Kottomia Observatory | - | Kottomia | |
089 | Mykolaiv Observatory | Mykolaiv | Mykolaiv | |
090 | Mainz Observatory | RP | Mainz | |
091 | Nurol Observatory (Observatoire de Nurol) | ARA | Observatoire de Nurol, Aurec sur Loire | |
092 | Toruń Centre for Astronomy (Piwnice Astronomical Observatory; Piwnice Obserwatorium Astronomiczne) | KPV | Torun-Piwnice | |
093 | Skibotn Observatory | - | Skibotn | |
094 | Simeiz Observatory | - | Crimea-Simeis | |
095 | 1. Crimean Astrophysical Observatory 2. Crimean Astronomical Station of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute 3. Gennadiy Borisov's observatory until it received its own code L51 |
- | Crimea-Nauchnij | |
096 | Merate Observatory | Lo | Merate | |
097 | Wise Observatory | - | Wise Observatory, Mitzpeh Ramon | |
098 | Cima Ekar Observing Station (Stazione osservativa di Asiago Cima Ekar; also see #043 and #209) | V | Asiago Observatory, Cima Ekar | |
099 | Lahti Ursa Observatory (Lahden Ursan tähtitorni) | Päijät-Häme | Lahti | |
100 | Ähtäri Observatory | South Ostrobothnia | Ahtari | |
101 | Kharkiv Observatory (Astronomical Observatory of Kharkiv National University, ХАО) | Kharkiv | Kharkiv | |
102 | Zvenigorod Observatory | Moscow | Zvenigorod | |
103 | Ljubljana Observatory | Ljubljana | Ljubljana | |
104 | Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory (San Marcello Pistoiese; Osservatorio Astronomico della Montagna Pistoiese; Osservatorio di Pian dei Termini, Pian dei Termini Observatory) | Tu | San Marcello Pistoiese | |
105 | Moscow Observatory | Moscow | Moscow | |
106 | Črni Vrh Observatory (Observatorij Črni Vrh) | Primorska | Crni Vrh | |
107 | Cavezzo Observatory, (Osservatorio Astronomico "Geminiamo Montanari") | ER | Cavezzo | |
108 | Montelupo Observatory | Tu | Montelupo | |
109 | Kouba Observatory | - | Algiers-Kouba | |
110 | Rostov Observatory | Yaroslavl | Rostov | |
111 | Piazzano Observatory | Tu | Piazzano Observatory, Florence | |
112 | Pleiade Observatory | V | Pleiade Observatory, Verona | |
113 | Drebach Observatory (Volkssternwarte Drebach), Schönbrunn | SN | Volkssternwarte Drebach, Schoenbrunn | |
114 | Zelenchukskaya Station of the Engelhardt Observatory (see #136), Kazan University Observatory) | Karachay-Cherkessia | Engelhardt Observatory, Zelenchukskaya Station | |
115 | Special Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) (also see #114) | Karachay-Cherkessia | Zelenchukskaya | |
116 | Giesing Observatory, München-Giesing | FB | Giesing | |
117 | Sendling Observatory, Munich | FB | Sendling | |
118 | Modra Observatory (Astronomické observatórium Modra; Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory, Modra) | Bratislava | Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory, Modra | |
119 | Abastuman Observatory | - | Abastuman | |
120 | Višnjan Observatory (Zvjezdarnica Višnjan) | - | Visnjan | |
121 | Chuhuiv Observational Station | Kharkiv | Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast | |
122 | Pises Observatory (Observatoire des Pises) | Occ | Pises Observatory | |
123 | Byurakan Observatory | - | Byurakan | |
124 | Castres Observatory (Observatoire de Castres) | Occ | Castres | |