Observatorio La Cañada (La Cañada Observatory), is an amateur facility in Ávila, Spain, privately owned by Juan Lacruz.
The main activity is to monitor NEOs (Near Earth Objects) other asteroids and comets.
The observatory joined the International Astronomical Union sending the first astrometric observations in the summer of 2002. The Minor Planet Center assigned the observatory code J87: La Cañada.
Since March 2022 the observatory joined the international asteroid warning network IAWN which is endorsed by the united nations office for outer space affairs UNOOSA for an international response to a potential NEO impact threat.
Comet C/2020 (NEOWISE) 17-07-2020 20:51:57 UTC‚ La Cañada observatory
29P comet after outburst
Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina from observatory J87 La Cañada on Dec the 6th 2015, tail disconnection event
C/2013 US10 Catalina, 06-Dec-2015
Comet C2014_Q2 Lovejoy, 27-Feb-2015, La Cañada, the Perseus double cluster in the field.
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, 24-Jan-2015, La Cañada
C2014 Q2 Lovejoy 09-Jan-2015 La Cañada
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, a CCD mosaic compostion taken on 09-Jan-2015 from Observatorio de La Cañada by Juan Lacruz. Telescope LX200R 0.40 m + SBIG STL 1001E, 6 stacks of 10 images each, every picture is 30 seconds worth, filter clear, unguided.
Cometa C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS desde Madrid, 14-Marzo-2013
Cometa C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS desde Madrid, 22-Marzo-2013
Cometa C/2009 R1 Mc Naught desde La Cañada, Ávila, 19-Junio-2010