| Named after | John Goodricke,Edward Pigott  |
|---|---|
| Observatory code | 683 |
| Location | Tucson,Arizona, United States |
| Coordinates | 32°09′20″N111°04′58″W / 32.1556°N 111.0828°W /32.1556; -111.0828 |
| Altitude | 747 m (2,451 ft) |
| Established | 26 October 1996 |
| Website | gpobs |
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TheGoodricke-Pigott Observatory is a privateastronomical observatory inTucson, Arizona.[1] It was formally dedicated on October 26, 1996, and observations began that evening with imaging ofComet Hale–Bopp.
The observatory is named afterJohn Goodricke andEdward Pigott, two late-eighteenth centuryastronomers who lived inYork, England.
The observatory opened with a Celestron C14, 0.35-meter aperture, f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. This instrument has been upgraded with a new optics lens and a new clock drive, and an ST-4 star tracker was attached to the telescope's side to correct a two-minute, ten-arc second periodic motional error. There is another telescope dubbed MOTESS (Moving Object and Transient Event Search System) which is essentially a giant camera aimed at the sky.
