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Site Map | | | The Great Shefford Observatory is a private astronomicalobservatory situated in West Berkshire,England, about 60 miles west of central London, run by me, Peter Birtwhistle. | The observatory has been fully operational since 26 May 2002 (see our first light image at right) with a 12" diameter telescope and electronic camera (CCD).A programme ofastrometry was started on 30th May2002. Observatory code J95 was allocated to Great Shefford Observatory by the Minor Planet Center in June 2002. In June 2005 the 12" telescope was upgraded to a 16" and in September2005 the CCD was also upgraded, allowingfainter objects to be detected. |  | The work done at Great Shefford is primarily: following up newly discovered Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) to help improve their orbits so their position can eventually be predicted far into the future to check they don't endanger the Earth cometary astrometry, concentrating on the fainter objects that don't get quite so much attention as many of the brighter objects.
Otherobjects are also imaged, including Gamma Ray Bursters, Supernovae, some unusual man-madesatellites and deep sky objects. Please have a look around and see some of the thingsI've been doing and check out theWhat's new page forrecent changes.
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Meteor photobombs Apollo object 2017 TN6 on 28 April 2024
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