Lenomiya Observatory MPC H13
A private astronomical observatory in the American Southwest
Observing under the Arizona Sky since 2008
Asteroid Research since 2009
Welcome to Lenomiya Observatory, Casa Grande, Arizona, USA
Glad you stopped by my website. My name is Luis Martinez, M.Ed, FRAS, and I have been interested in astronomy most of my adult life . In early 2008 I was finally able to make the financial commitment, with the purchase of a Celestron CPC800. I waited for many years until a fully automated telescope was affordable. In 2009 I upgraded to a CPC1100 and that is the scope I use today. My main interests are asteroid (minor planets) astrometry and lightcurves. The name of my backyard observatory came from the first letters of the first names of the girls in my life; my wife Leticia, daughter Noelia, and granddaughters Mia and Yasmine.
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LENOMIYA NEWS
4/6/12
Lenomiya's main CCD has been repaired and research has resumed.
3/23/12
Equipment repairs have shutdown Lenomiya until further notice
2/10/12
Luis Martinez was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, at their February 10, 2012, meeting in London. Fellowship means participating in the leading UK organization promoting astronomy, geophysics and related sciences, and is open to any person over the age of 18 whose application is acceptable to the Society. Around half the Fellowship consists of PhD-level professional scientists (including more than 90% of UK Professors of Astronomy); a quarter are postgraduate researchers or retired scientists; and the remainder are amateur scientists and undergraduates.
Luis has been conducting asteroid, also known as minor planets, research at his back yard Lenomiya Observatory, in northern Casa Grande, since 2009. His work as been published in several issues of the Minor Planet Bulletin, a peer-reviewed publication for both professional and amateur astronomers.
