The Jura Observatory () is an
astronomical
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observatory
An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial, marine, or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysics, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed.
Th ...
owned and operated by the Jura Astronomy Society (; SJA). Built in 1993/1998, it is located near
Vicques in the
Canton of Jura
The Republic and Canton of Jura (officially in ), less formally the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura ( ; ), is the newest (founded in 1979) of the 26 Swiss cantons, located in the northwestern part of Switzerland. The capital is Delémont. It shar ...
,
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
. Its
IAU observatory code is
185.
On August 28, 2008,
Michel Ory
Michel Ory (born 18 April 1966) is a Swiss amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets.
Biography
Ory was born in Develier, in the district of Delémont (district), Delémont in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton o ...
discovered the
periodic comet
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P/2008 Q2 (Ory) at the observatory.
Oukaïmeden Observatory
The Jura Astronomy Society, in collaboration with French amateur astronomer
Claudine Rinner
Claudine Rinner (born 1965) is a French amateur astronomer from Ottmarsheim in Alsace, France. She is an observer at Ottmarsheim Observatory and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, who received the Edgar Wilson Award for her discoverie ...
and the
Cadi Ayyad University
Cadi Ayyad University (, ), also known as the University of Marrakesh, is one of the largest universities in Morocco. One of its associated colleges, the École nationale des sciences appliquées de Marrakech (ENSA Marrakech), was created in 200 ...
, also participates in the ''Morocco Oukaïmeden Sky Survey'' (MOSS), using a remote 0.5-meter telescope at ''Oukaïmeden Observatory'' (), which is operated by the university since 2007. The observatory is located in the
High Atlas
The High Atlas, also called the Grand Atlas, is a mountain range in central Morocco, North Africa, the highest part of the Atlas Mountains.
The High Atlas rises in the west at the Atlantic Ocean and stretches in an eastern direction to the Moro ...
mountains, 50 kilometers south of
Marrakech
Marrakesh or Marrakech (; , ) is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh–Safi Regions of Morocco, region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mounta ...
, Morocco.
List of discovered minor planets
See also
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References
External links
Jura Observatory homepage of the ''Jura Astronomy Society''
MOSS projectOptical seeing monitoring at the Oukaïmeden{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121164317/http://www.moss-observatory.org/pdf/publication/2005-05-19_seeing-article.pdf , date=2019-01-21 in the Moroccan high atlas mountains: first statistics
Astronomical observatories in Switzerland
Buildings and structures in the canton of Jura
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Minor-planet discovering observatories