Private Observatory Meyer/Obermair
Davidschlag near Linz, Austria
(IAU Observatory Code: 540 Linz)
The private observatory Meyer/Obermair was built in 1978/79 by Erich Meyer and Erwin Obermair in Davidschlag, about 30km north of Linz, Austria.
The observatory is located at 14° 16' 31" E, 48° 26' 33" N, 815 m above sea level.
Until 1983, the 4.5m plastic dome housed a 0.3m f/4.5 Newtonian reflector.
From 1983 until 1999, the observatory was equipped with a 0.29m f/5.2 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope In October 1999, a new computer controlled
0.6m f/3.3 refelctor on a innovative fork mount was installed. Information on this telescope is
available here.
Left: The 4.5 meter observatory dome (Click for larger image)
Right: The new 0.6m f/3.3 refelctor (Click for larger image)
The observatory is mainly used for astrometric observations of unusual minor planets and comets.
A list of all NEO observations
is available from NEODys and
a list of all minor planet observations
is available from AstDys.
A table with all minor planets discovered at this observatory is also available.
For the observations, a SBIG STL-1001E CCD camera is used, which was partially funded by the
Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant.
Data reduction is done using the "Astrometrica" CCD Astrometry Software by H. Raab.
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