Brorfelde Observatory ( da, Brorfelde Observatoriet;
obs. code:
054) is an
astronomical
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observatory located in Brorfelde near
Holbæk,
Denmark
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. It is home to the Brorfelde Schmidt Telescope and was run as a branch of the
Copenhagen University Observatory
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until 1996. It still has telescopes that are used by
University of Copenhagen
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students, but the operating staff moved to the ''Rockefeller Complex'' in
Copenhagen
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Brorfelde Observatory and Brorfelde was a part of a Danish advent calendar running in 2012, and 2019 on
DR1
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- a Danish national TV channel.
Instruments
![Brorfelde Schmidt Telescope](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Brorfelde_Schmidt_Telescope.jpg)
The 77-centimetre
Schmidt telescope
Schmidt may refer to:
* Schmidt (surname), including list of people with the surname
* Schmidt (singer) (born 1990), German pop and jazz singer
* Schmidt (lunar crater), a small lunar impact crater
* Schmidt (Martian crater), a crater on Mars
* ...
from 1966 at Brorfelde Observatory was originally equipped with photographic film. An engineer is here showing the film-box, which was then placed behind the locker at the center of the telescope (at the telescope's prime focus).
Honors
The Hungaria asteroid
3309 Brorfelde was discovered at, and named for the observatory. It was its first minor planet discovery.
The naming citation was published by the
Minor Planet Center on 7 September 1987 ().
People related to the observatory
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Bengt Strömgren
Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren (21 January 1908 – 4 July 1987) was a Danish astronomer and astrophysicist.
Life and career
Bengt Strömgren was born in Gothenburg. His parents were Hedvig Strömgren (née Lidforss) and Elis Strömgren, wh ...
, Danish astronomer instrumental in founding it.
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Poul Jensen, Asteroid discoverer
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Karl Augustesen, Asteroid discoverer
Minor planets
See also
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List of astronomical observatories
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References
External links
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* http://brorfelde.dk/ Brorfelde Observatory Website
* https://www.ku.dk/english/ University of Copenhagen Website
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