Farpoint

The Farpoint Observatory ( Farpoint Observatory) is an astronomical observatory in Kansas. It is owned by the Northeast Kansas Amateur Astronomers ' League ( NEKAAL ) and operated by them.

It is on the grounds of Mission Valley High School in Eskridge, Kansas, about 30 miles southwest of Topeka, located in Wabaunsee County and carries the IAU number 734 The observatory was completed in 1996. Since there through the Farpoint Asteroid Search Team (FAST) were discovered more than 600 asteroids and the faintest comet that has ever been identified by an amateur astronomer ..

The main instrument is a Herschel telescope with a diameter of 27 inches, which should be taken with a grant from NASA from the University of Kansas.