Santa Lucia Stroncone Astronomical Observatory

The Santa Lucia Stroncone Observatory ( Osservatorio Astrometrico Santa Lucia Stroncone ) is an astronomical observatory in Stroncone in the Umbria region, about 6 km south of the city of Terni. It is registered with the IAU code 589. The astronomical coordinates are 42 ° 30 ' 55 " N, 12 ° 38' 24 " O42.51527777777812.64Koordinaten: 42 ° 30 ' 55 " N, 12 ° 38' 24 " O.

The observatory is at an altitude of 350 m asl. It is, in addition to several smaller telescopes, equipped with a 500 -mm Ritchey -Chrétien Cassegrain telescope and is used primarily in the discovery of asteroids. During the period 1993-1999 a total of 54 asteroids were discovered.