Black Moshannon Observatory
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| Black Moshannon Observatory | |||||
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| Organization | Pennsylvania State University | ||||
| Location | Black Moshannon State Park | ||||
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| Altitude | 738 meters (2,421 ft) | ||||
| Established | 1972 | ||||
| Closed | after August 1995 | ||||
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The Black Moshannon Observatory (BMO) was an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Pennsylvania State University. Established in 1972, it was located in the central part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania in Black Moshannon State Park, approximately 17 kilometers (11 mi) northwest of State College.[1] The observatory was closed some time after August of 1995.[2][3]
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[edit] Telescope
The observatory's main telescope was a 1.6 m (63 in) reflecting telescope.[4] The primary instrument attached to the telescope was a fiber-fed, cross-dispersed echelle spectrograph. Astronomers used this instrument to study chromospherically active stars, binary stars, and pre–main sequence stars.[5][6][7]
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[edit] References
- ^ Matsushima, S. (1979). "The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Astronomy, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802. Report". Bulletin of the Astronomical Society 11: 283. Bibcode 1979BAAS...11..283M.
- ^ Townsley, L.; Mészáros, P. (1996). "Pennsylvania State University, Astronomy and Astrophysics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6305. Report for the period 1 Sep 1994 - 31 Aug 1995". Bulletin of the Astronomical Society 28: 550. Bibcode 1996BAAS...28..550T.
- ^ Townsley, L.; Mészáros, P. (1997). "Pennsylvania State University, Astronomy and Astrophysics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6305. Report for the period 1 Sep 1995 - 31 Aug 1996". Bulletin of the Astronomical Society 29: 517. Bibcode 1997BAAS...29..517T.
- ^ Huenemoerder, D. P.; Ramsey, L. W. (1984). "Hydrogen-alpha observations of RS Canum Venaticorum stars. III - the eclipsing systems AR Lacertae and SZ PISCIUM". The Astronomical Journal 89: 549. doi:10.1086/113547.
- ^ Welty, Alan D. (1995). "Discovery of a Pre-Main-Sequence Spectrscopic Binary: V773 Tauri". Astronomical Journal v.110 110: 776. Bibcode 1995AJ....110..776W. doi:10.1086/117562.
- ^ Dempsey, Robert C.; Neff, James E.; Linsky, Jeffrey L. (1994). "GHRS Spectra of the Active Chromosphere Binary V711 Tau (HR 1099)". American Astronomical Society 184: 865. Bibcode 1994AAS...184.0514D.
- ^ Wade, Richard A. (1998). "CNO Processing in Massive Algol Binaries". Technical Report. Bibcode 1998psu..rept.....W.
[edit] External Links
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University
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