Reedy Creek Observatory

Reedy Creek Observatory

Reedy Creek Observatory is the location for observations of Near-Earth objects by John Broughton, an Australian astronomer.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) Observatory Code for Reedy Creek is 428 [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/ObsCodes.html] .

The observatory is located on the Gold Coast, Queensland at Reedy Creek, Queensland, a suburb with post code 4228 and located at coord|28|06|S|153|24|E|region:AU-Qld.

Broughton gives the location of his observatory [http://occsec.wellington.net.nz/planet/2004/plnres04.htm] as Longitude (East +ve): +153 23' 49"Latitude (South -ve): -28 06' 36"Height above Sea level: 66 metres

External links

* [http://www.users.bigpond.com/reedycrk/ Broughton's Website for the Reedy Creek Observatory, Including His Software]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/comets-ml/message/8944 Announcement of P/2005 T5]
* [http://neo.planetary.org/SocietyProjects/ShoemakerGrant/NEOGrantindex.html Mention of the Shoemaker Grant, and Broughton's discovery of 2004 GA1]


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