Hereford Arizona Observatory (HAO), IAU-code G95, is an astronomical observatory, owned and operated by amateur astronomer Bruce L. Gary. Observational studies of unusual starlight fluctuations in Tabby's Star (KIC 8462852) and WD 1145+017 are recent interests.
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).
The observatory is located in Arizona about southeast of Tucson and about 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 .
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See also
List of astronomical observatories List of observatory codes Tabby's Star (KIC 8462852) − oddly dimming star WD 1145+017 - star destroying planetesimal, producing a dusty disk
References
External links Official HAO WebSite Bruce L. Gary WebSites Bruce L. Gary (GoogleScholar) Amateur Exoplanet Archive (AXA) Hereford Arizona Observatory (NatureIndex) NASA Asteroid and Comet Watch Site Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT)