San Vittore Observatory

The San Vittore Observatory was a private astronomical observatory in Bologna, Italy. It was active between 1969 and 2004. Located 280 meters above sea level it was equipped with a newtonian telescope of 0.45 meters, with a 25/32/61.5 cm Schmidt camera mounted in parallel and a 15 cm f/10 guide refractor. The aforementioned instruments were built by Ciro Vacchi (1916-1999) and Giorgio Sassi (1918-2009) in the Optical-mechanical Workshop located on the ground floor of the observatory itself. == Activities ==

In the years from 1975 to 1981 the San Vittore Observatory (Bologna) Italy participated to the International Planetary Patrol Program. It made numerous asteroid discoveries during 1980–2000. The observatory stopped operating in 2004. The Minor Planet Center credits the observatory with the discovery of 99 asteroids, made between 1980 and 2000. == List of discovered minor planets ==