If you are performing observations of minor bodies you will most likely need the Minor Planet Centre (MPC) observatory codes for our observatories.
To work out the observatory code you will need to inspect the FITS header of each data file of the relevant observations. You will need the 3 header items, TELID, ENCID, SITEID. From these you can look up the MPC observatory code from the following table:
| SITEID | ENCID | TELID | MPC name | MPC code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ogg | clma | 2m0a | Haleakala-Faulkes Telescope North | F65 |
| ogg | clma | 0m4b | Haleakala-LCO Clamshell #1 | T04 |
| ogg | clma | 0m4c | Haleakala-LCO Clamshell #2 | T03 |
| elp | doma | 1m0a | McDonald Observatory-LCO A | V37 |
| elp | domb | 1m0a | McDonald Observatory-LCO B | V39 |
| elp | aqwa | 0m4a | McDonald Observatory-LCO ELP Aqawan A #1 | V38 |
| lsc | doma | 1m0a | Cerro Tololo-LCO A | W85 |
| lsc | domb | 1m0a | Cerro Tololo-LCO B | W86 |
| lsc | domc | 1m0a | Cerro Tololo-LCO C | W87 |
| lsc | aqwa | 0m4a | Cerro Tololo-LCO Aqawan A #1 | W89 |
| lsc | aqwb | 0m4a | Cerro Tololo-LCO Aqawan B #1 | W79 |
| cpt | doma | 1m0a | Sutherland-LCO A | K91 |
| cpt | domb | 1m0a | Sutherland-LCO B | K92 |
| cpt | domc | 1m0a | Sutherland-LCO C | K93 |
| cpt | aqwa | 0m4a | Sutherland-LCO Aqawan A #1 | L09 |
| coj | clma | 0m4a | Siding Spring-LCO Clamshell #1 | Q58 |
| coj | clma | 0m4b | Siding Spring-LCO Clamshell #2 | Q59 |
| coj | doma | 1m0a | Siding Spring-LCO A | Q63 |
| coj | domb | 1m0a | Siding Spring-LCO B | Q64 |
| coj | clma | 2m0a | Siding Spring-Faulkes Telescope South | E10 |
| tfn | doma | 1m0a | Tenerife Observatory-LCO A | Z31 |
| tfn | domb | 1m0a | Tenerife Observatory-LCO B | Z24 |
| tfn | aqwa | 0m4a | Tenerife-LCO Aqawan A #1 | Z21 |
| tfn | aqwa | 0m4b | Tenerife-LCO Aqawan A #2 | Z17 |
| tlv | doma | 1m0a | Wise Observatory, Mitzpeh Ramon | 097 |
| sor | Not present in header | 4m0a | SOAR. Cerro Pachon | I33 |