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Cima Ekar Observing Station in 2009 | |
| Observatory code | 098 |
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| Location | Asiago,Province of Vicenza,Veneto, Italy |
| Coordinates | 45°51′N11°34′E / 45.85°N 11.57°E /45.85; 11.57 |
| Altitude | 1,366 m (4,482 ft) |
| Website | www |
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TheCima Ekar Observing Station (Italian:Stazione osservativa di Asiago Cima Ekar;obs. code:098) is anastronomical observatory on the crest of Cima Ekar, a mountain ridge located approximately 4 kilometers southeast of and 350 m higher than the town ofAsiago, Italy.
The Station is an annex to the nearbyAsiago Astrophysical Observatory, also operated by theUniversity of Padua. Cima Ekar hosts the 1966-built 67/92-cmSchmidt telescope and the 182-cm telescope dedicated toNicholas Copernicus, the largest telescope in Italy.
Co-located at Cima Ekar is theAsiago-DLR Asteroid Survey (ADAS), IAU code209. At Cima Ekar,Andrea Boattini,Flavio Castellani,Giuseppe Forti,Vittorio Goretti,Ulisse Munari, andMaura Tombelli have discovered a great number ofasteroids.[1]
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