The “IAA Regional Symposium of Space Debris Observations from Basilicata” is going to be held on 9 and 10 July 2019 on Toppo di Castelgrande (Province of Potenza) in the Basilicata Region (South of Italy) where the Astronomical Observatory of Castelgrande is located. The event is organized by the Municipality of Castelgrande and the Company GAUSS […]
Now GAUSS Observatory of Castelgrande has an MPC code! The MPC is the 3-digit unique identifier designated by the Minor Planet Center to the astronomical observatories, in order to list them in a worldwide register and ease the report of their astrometric observation. The site code of ISON-Castelgrande Observatory is L28 and its geographical coordinates are 15.46339 […]
GAUSS participates in the Castelgrande Observatory Mission, through the CastelGAUSS Project, providing valuable technical assistance and its know-how in space debris research. The area of Toppo di Castelgrande, in the Italian region of Basilicata, is particularly suitable for space objects observation. This zone was already selected to host the astronomical observatory managed by INAF-Capodimonte, with a […]
