Observatory of Saint-Veran


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The Observatory of Saint-Veran is a French astronomical observatory located on the Pic de Château Renard in the municipality of Saint-Véran in the department of Hautes-Alpes in the French Alpes. At 2,930 meter altitude, it is one of the highest observatories in Europe next to the Sphinx Observatory. The Facility is managed by the French amateur astronomy association "AstroQueyras".
The observatory was built in 1974 as a branch of the Paris Observatory. In 1990 amateur astronomers were granted use of its 62 cm Cassegrain telescope.
The main-belt asteroid 48159 Saint-Véran was discovered at and named for the observatory and its hosting village. Presumably, it was the first discovery made at the observatory on 16 April 2001, synchronous with 264476 Aepic.
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List of discovered minor planets

The Minor Planet Center credits the observatory with the discovery of the following asteroids between 2001 and 2005:
48159 Saint-Véran16 April 2001
72819 Brunet18 April 2001
77441 Jouve18 April 2001
108140 Alir16 April 2001
124104 Balcony17 April 2001
128633 Queyras8 September 2004
145445 Le Floch2 September 2005
149865 Michelhernandez29 August 2005
6 September 2004
156879 Eloïs4 March 2003
156880 Bernardtregon4 March 2003
158657 Célian4 March 2003
178830 Anne-Véronique18 April 2001
28 August 2005
182262 Solène17 April 2001
1 September 2005
7 September 2004
6 September 2004
8 September 2004
211473 Herin4 March 2003
29 August 2005
4 March 2003
4 March 2003
4 March 2003
4 March 2003