Tenagra Observatories
Tenagra Observatory and Tenagra Observatory II are astronomical observatories in Cottage Grove, Oregon and Arizona. The observatories house heavily automated robotic telescopes.
Observatory code | 848 | ||
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Location | Lane County, Oregon near Cottage Grove | ||
Coordinates | 43°42′8.72″N 122°58′41.16″W | ||
Altitude | 207 m | ||
Established | 1998 | ||
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Observatory code | 926 | ||||||
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Location | Santa Cruz County, Arizona near Patagonia, Arizona | ||||||
Coordinates | 31°27′43.36″N 110°52′44.76″W | ||||||
Altitude | 4,003 ft (1,220 m) | ||||||
Established | 2000 | ||||||
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Location of Tenagra II Observatory | |||||||
Circa 2016, the observatory was utilized with the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope a member of the Lick Observatory and Tenagra Observatory Supernova Searches (LOTOSS).
Beginning in 2018, after a NASA grant to owner Michael Schwartz expired, control of the Arizona observatory was turned over to Gianluca Masi's Virtual Telescope project.
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