Félix Aguilar Observatory

The Felix Aguilar Observatory (Spanish Observatorio Félix Aguilar, OAFA ) is a traditional observatory in Argentina. The observatory was named after Félix Aguilar (1884-1943), an Argentine astronomer and engineer who was the director of the La Plata Astronomical Observatory from 1919 to 1921 and from 1934 until his death.

Observatorio Carlos Cesco

Together with the Yale - Columbia Southern Observatory was a branch that was founded El Leoncito Observatory, which undertook a survey of the southern hemisphere in 1965. The main instrument consisted of two large refractors, each with 51 cm opening, which form a double astrographs.

It is located in El Leoncito National Park ( Parque Nacional El Leoncito, 31 ° 48 ' S, 69 ° 20 ' W - 31.802449 - 69.327004 ), two kilometers east of the astronomical device Leoncito in the province of San Juan and has the IAU observatory code 808

It was renamed in 1990 in honor of the late 1987 astronomers Carlos Cesco Ulrrico in Observatorio Carlos Cesco. The Minor Planet Center writes the observatory to numerous discoveries of asteroids. It also has a newer 76 cm reflecting telescope.