Brorfelde Observatory

Brorfelde Observatory (Danish: Brorfelde Observatoriet; obs. code: 054) is an astronomical observatory located in Brorfelde near Holbæk, Denmark. It is home to the Brorfelde Schmidt Telescope and was run as a branch of the Copenhagen University Observatory until 1996. It still has telescopes that are used by University of Copenhagen students, but the staff that manned them moved to the Rockefeller Complex in Copenhagen..[1]

Brorfelde Observatory
Brorfelde Observatory with the building housing the Schmidt telescope at right
Observatory code 054 
LocationHolbæk Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark
Coordinates55°37′29″N 11°39′53″E
Altitude60 m (200 ft)
Established1953 
Websitewww.brorfelde.dk
TelescopesBrorfelde Schmidt Telescope 
Location of Brorfelde Observatory
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Brorfelde Observatory and Brorfelde was a part of a Danish advent calendar running in 2012, and 2019 on DR1 - a Danish national TV channel.

Instruments
The 77 cm Schmidt telescope

The 77-centimetre Schmidt telescope from 1966 at Brorfelde Observatory was originally equipped with photographic film, and an engineer is here showing the film-box, which was then placed behind the locker at the center of the telescope (at the telescope's prime focus)

Honors

The Hungaria asteroid 3309 Brorfelde was discovered at, and named for the observatory. It was its first minor planet discovery.[1] The naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 7 September 1987 (M.P.C. 12210).[2]

Minor planets
Minor planets discovered: more than 100
3033 HolbaekMarch 5, 1984
3309 BrorfeldeJanuary 28, 1982
3312 PedersenSeptember 24, 1984
3369 FreuchenOctober 18, 1985
5165 VidenomFebruary 11, 1985
5427 JensmartinMay 13, 1986
(7743) 1986 JAMay 2, 1986
8261 CeciliejulieSeptember 11, 1985
9555 FrejakochaApril 2, 1986
(8338) 1985 FE3March 27, 1985
(22282) 1985 RASeptember 11, 1985
(24642) 1984 SASeptember 22, 1984

References
  1. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(3309) Brorfelde". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3309) Brorfelde. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 276. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3310. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  2. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 9 January 2017.


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