The Santa Lucia Stroncone Astronomical Observatory () is an astronomical observatory located at altitude in Stroncone, near the city of Terni, in Umbria, north central Italy. It is an active center for the discovery of asteroids. Stroncone is also known as IAU/MPC observatory 589. It is located at longitude 12º38'24"E, latitude 42º30'55"N. The main-belt asteroid 5609 Stroncone, discovered by amateur astronomer Antonio Vagnozzi at Stroncone in 1993, was named after the suburb where the discovering observatory is located. List of discovered minor planets See also List of asteroid-discovering observatories List of astronomical observatories List of observatory codes References External links Pictures of the Observatory Astronomy from wide-field imaging: proceedings of the 161st Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Brian Marsden, IAU, 1994 Astronomical observatories in Italy Minor-planet discovering observatories