Speaker
Bringfried Stecklum
(Thueringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg)
Description
Abstract: Since 1960 TLS (IAU code 033)
has operated the largest imaging Schmidt telescope
with a correction plate of 1.34 m in diameter. Initial
asteroid work by Freimut Börngen aimed at discover-
ing main-belt asteroids. In 2010, it was resumed by
joining the worldwide NEOCP effort. TLS became a
sensor in ESA’s NEOCC program in 2019. It is now
one of the major European observatories with regard
to NEO follow-up. Recently, the first NEA discoveries
succeeded.
Author
Bringfried Stecklum
(Thueringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg)
Co-authors
Christian Hoegner
(Thueringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg)
Christophe Demeautis
(Banon Observatory)
Frank Ludwig
(Thueringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg)
Dr
Michael Hartmann
(Thueringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg)
Dr
Stanislav Melnikov
(Thueringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg)