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Spacewatch was founded in 1980 by Tom Gehrels and Robert S. McMillan, and is currently led by astronomer Melissa Brucker at the University of Arizona. Spacewatch uses several telescopes on Kitt Peak for follow-up observations of near-Earth objects. [3] The Spacewatch Project uses three telescopes of apertures 0.9-m, 1.8-m, and 2.3-m.
C/1992 J1 (Spacewatch) is a comet that was discovered 1 May 1992 by David Rabinowitz of the Spacewatch Project. This was the first comet to be discovered using an automated system. This was the first comet to be discovered using an automated system.
1.8 m VATT 2 x 8.4 m Large Binocular Telescope: Catalina Station: 1.6 m Kuiper Telescope 0.7 m Schmidt camera: Mount Lemmon: 1.5 m NASA Telescope 1.0 m telescope: Kitt Peak: ARO 12m Radio Telescope 2.3 m Bok Telescope 1.8 m Spacewatch telescope 0.9 m Spacewatch telescope Super-LOTIS: Mount Hopkins: 6.5 m MMT
1991 VG is a very small near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 5–12 meters (16–39 feet) in diameter.It was first observed by American astronomer James Scotti on 6 November 1991, using the Spacewatch telescope on Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, in the United States.
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125P/Spacewatch is a periodic Jupiter-family comet. It was discovered on September 8, 1991, by Tom Gehrels using the 0.91 m Spacewatch telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory . [ 4 ] It was the first comet discovered with the use of a CCD [ 5 ] and also the faintest comet upon discovery up to that point. [ 4 ]