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The BRIXIIS observatory is a privat astronomical observatory that you can find in Kruibeke, Belgium. About 10 km South of Antwerp near the river 'De Schelde”. The observatory is running and operated by me (Erik Bryssinck)

BRIXIIS  was builded in 2005 and houses an 0.4-m diameter telescope on a 10Micron GM2000 Qci mount.  In june 2012 was the SBIG ST-10XME camera upgraded to a scientific SBIG STL-6303E camera.  The SBIG ST-10XME camera should be still used for narrowband photometry on bright comets.

In the same year, a couple of months before starting of building the observatory, I started with observing comets and do afrho-measurements on comets in collaboration for CARA-team of Italy.

The observatory was started with a program for Minor planets (astrometry) in 2009 and the observatory was allocated with observatory-code B96 by the Minor Planet Center on april 2009.

The main work for BRIXIIS observatory is:

-    Afρ measurements in broadband and narrowband of comets in collaboration for CARA-       project

-    Cometary astrometry

-    Confirmation of new Near Earth Objects to improve the calculation of the orbits.

-    Occasionally sky-survey for search of NEO & comets

What is BRIXIIS meaning ? BRIXIIS is the oldest spelling found of my surname (ca.1293).

ORION OPTICS AG16 telescope,

O.-4m f/3,8

Correction Wynne based

Camera: STL-6303E

Photometric SLOAN  

r’ & I’ filters

OrionOptics OC2 focuser with

Seletek controller

10Micron QM2000 Qci

Pixelres.: 1.2 arcs