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Hereford Arizona Observatory
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Hereford Arizona Observatory (HAO)
HAO#1 and HAO#2.
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  • Bruce L. Gary  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Observatory code G95   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Location Arizona
Coordinates 31°27′08″N110°14′16″W / 31.4522°N 110.2378°W / 31.4522; -110.2378
Altitude4,670 ft (1,420 m) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Website www.brucegary.net/HAO/ OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Hereford Arizona Observatory (HAO), IAU-code G95, is an astronomical observatory, [1] [2] owned and operated by amateur astronomer Bruce L. Gary. [3] Observational studies of unusual starlight fluctuations in Tabby's Star (KIC 8462852) [4] and WD 1145+017 [5] are recent interests.

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HAO consists of two telescopes, in two separate observatory installations: HAO#1 (contains a Celestron CPC 1100, 11-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope on an equatorial mount) and HAO#2 (contains an Astro-Tech Ritchey–Chrétien, 16-inch telescope on an equatorial mount). [1]

The observatory is located in Arizona about 130 km (80 mi) southeast of Tucson and about 11 km (7 mi) north of the Mexican border. Coordinates are at the following: North Latitude +31:27:08 and West Longitude 110:14:16, at an altitude of 1,423 m (4,670 ft). [1]

HAO#2 lit by a full moon with Venus setting behind mountains at 2,900 m (9,500 ft) altitude. HerefordArizonaObservatory-HAO-MoonlightRez-BruceGary-20091201.jpg
HAO#2 lit by a full moon with Venus setting behind mountains at 2,900 m (9,500 ft) altitude.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Gary, Bruce L. (17 May 2017). "Hereford Arizona Observatory (HAO)". BruceGary.net. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. Staff (2017). "List Of Observatory Codes". Minor Planet Center . Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. Gary, Bruce L. (12 August 2017). "Bruce L. Gary - Resume". BruceGary.net. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  4. Gary, Bruce L. (16 September 2017). "Hereford Arizona Observatory photometry observations of KIC 8462852 between 2 May and 16 September 2017". BruceGary.net. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  5. Rappaport, S.; Gary, B.L.; Vanderburg, A.; Xu, S.; Pooley, D.; Mukai, K. (2018). "WD 1145+017: Optical Activity During 2016-2017 and Limits on the X-Ray Flux". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 474 (1): 933–946. arXiv: 1709.08195 . Bibcode:2018MNRAS.474..933R. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx2663 .