Altitude 505 m Télescope Bernard Comte "TBC61" Cassegrain/Nasmith | Established 1993 Code 185 | |
Organization Jura Astronomy Society (Société jurassienne d'astronomie) Location Vicques, Canton of Jura, Switzerland. Website www.jura-observatory.ch Address Chemin des Ecoles 21, 2824 Vicques, Switzerland | ||
The Jura Observatory (French: Observatoire astronomique jurassien) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Jura Astronomy Society (French: Société Jurassienne d'Astronomie; SJA). Built in 1993/1998, it is located near Vicques in the Canton of Jura, Switzerland. Its IAU observatory code is 185.
On August 28, 2008, Michel Ory discovered the periodic comet P/2008 Q2 (Ory) at the observatory.
Oukaïmeden Observatory
The Jura Astronomy Society, in collaboration with French amateur astronomer Claudine Rinner and the Cadi Ayyad University, also participates in the Morocco Oukaïmeden Sky Survey (MOSS), using a remote 0.5-meter telescope at Oukaïmeden Observatory (J43), which is operated by the university since 2007. The observatory is located in the High Atlas mountains, 50 kilometers south of Marrakech, Morocco.