Named for the biggest city in northeastern Japan, home of Tôhuku University and several other institutes of higher learning, sometimes called the “Heidelberg of the East”. The Sendai Municipal Astronomical Observatory, established in 1955 at the urging of the Sendai Amateur Astronomical Association, has an active program for astrometric observations of comets. (M 10045) _ _.
Avastatud: 4-10-1907 Avastamiskoht: Heidelberg Avastajad: Kopff, A.