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| Organization | Astronomical Society of Winterthur |
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| Observatory code | 151  |
| Location | Winterthur,Canton of Zurich,Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 47°28′29″N8°44′34″E / 47.474694°N 8.742806°E /47.474694; 8.742806 |
| Altitude | 542 metres (1,778 ft) |
| Established | 1979 |
| Website | www |
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Eschenberg Observatory (German:Sternwarte Eschenberg) is anastronomicalobservatory owned and operated by theAstronomical Society of Winterthur. It is located in northeasternSwitzerland inWinterthur and was founded in 1979.[1]
The outermain-belt asteroid96206 Eschenberg, discovered byFreimut Börngen at theKarl Schwarzschild Observatory in 1992, was named for the observatory.[1] The official naming citation was published by theMinor Planet Center on 9 June 2017 (M.P.C. 105279).[2]
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