Editing Farpoint Observatory (section)

==Summary==
Farpoint Observatory is [[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU) observatory code [[IAU code#734|734]], and is home to the '''Farpoint Asteroid Search Team''' (FAST), which has an international reputation having discovered more than 330 non-NEO (Near Earth Orbit) [[asteroids]] in addition to many in NEO orbits. As of January 1, 2014, Farpoint observers had contributed more than  minor planet observations to the [[IAU]] [[Minor Planet Center]].

NEKAAL received a $56,060 grant from [[NASA]]'s [[Near Earth Object]]s (NEO) tracking program to acquire and install at Farpoint the Pitt telescope from Lindley Hall, [[University of Kansas]].<ref name="LJW" /> After full refurbishment, the [[telescope]] now measures 27 inches in aperture (primary mirror diameter), 9 feet 3 inches in length, with weight of 1,600 pounds (725&nbsp;kg).<ref name="LJW2" />

The main-belt asteroid [[23989 Farpoint]], discovered by amateur astronomers [[Gary Hug]] and [[Graham E. Bell]] at Farpoint in 1999, was named for the observatory.<ref name="springer" />