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The Observatory of Saint-Veran () is a French astronomical observatory located on the Pic de Château Renard in the municipality of Saint-Véran in the department of Hautes-Alpes in the French Alpes. At 2,930 meter altitude, it is one of the highest observatories in Europe next to the Sphinx Observatory. The Facility is managed by the French amateur astronomy association "AstroQueyras".
The observatory was built in 1974 as a branch of the Paris Observatory. In 1990 amateur astronomers were granted use of its 62 cm Cassegrain telescope.
The main-belt asteroid 48159 Saint-Véran was discovered at and named for the observatory and its hosting village. Presumably, it was the first discovery made at the observatory on 16 April 2001, synchronous with 264476 Aepic.
List of discovered minor planets
The Minor Planet Center credits the observatory with the discovery of the following asteroids between 2001 and 2005:
48159 Saint-Véran 16 April 2001 72819 Brunet 18 April 2001 77441 Jouve 18 April 2001 108140 Alir 16 April 2001 124104 Balcony 17 April 2001 128633 Queyras 8 September 2004 145445 Le Floch 2 September 2005 149865 Michelhernandez 29 August 2005 6 September 2004 156879 Eloïs 4 March 2003 156880 Bernardtregon 4 March 2003 158657 Célian 4 March 2003 178830 Anne-Véronique 18 April 2001 28 August 2005 182262 Solène 17 April 2001 1 September 2005 7 September 2004 6 September 2004 8 September 2004 211473 Herin 4 March 2003 29 August 2005 4 March 2003 4 March 2003 4 March 2003 4 March 2003 264476 Aepic 16 April 2001 30 August 2005 30 August 2005 8 September 2004 30 August 2005 1 September 2005 28 August 2005 8 September 2004 7 September 2004 7 March 2003 6 September 2004 28 August 2005 29 August 2005 17 April 2001 6 September 2004
See also List of astronomical societies
List of observatories
References
External links Observatory homepage