Tenagra Observatories

Tenagra Observatory
Observatory code848[1]
LocationLane County, Oregon near Cottage Grove
Coordinates43°42′8.72″N 122°58′41.16″W / 43.7024222°N 122.9781000°W / 43.7024222; -122.9781000[2]
Altitude207 m
Established1998 (1998)
Telescopes
Tenagra I14 in (360 mm) f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain
Tenagra Observatories is located in Earth
Tenagra Observatories
Location of Tenagra Observatory
Tenagra II Observatory
Observatory code926[1]
LocationSanta Cruz County, Arizona near Patagonia, Arizona
Coordinates31°27′43.36″N 110°52′44.76″W / 31.4620444°N 110.8791000°W / 31.4620444; -110.8791000[2]
Altitude4,003 ft (1,220 m)
Established2000 (2000)
Telescopes
Tenagra II32 in (810 mm) Ritchey-Chretien
Pearl16 in (410 mm) f/3.75 Newtonian
Tenagra IV14 in (360 mm) SCT
Tenagra Observatories is located in Earth
Tenagra Observatories
Location of Tenagra II Observatory

Tenagra Observatory and Tenagra Observatory II are astronomical observatories in Cottage Grove, Oregon and Arizona. The observatories house heavily automated robotic telescopes.

Circa 2016, the observatory was utilized with the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope a member of the Lick Observatory and Tenagra Observatory Supernova Searches (LOTOSS).[3]

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.[4]

  1. ^ a b Minor Planet Center 2022a.
  2. ^ a b Minor Planet Center 2022b.
  3. ^ "The Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope". Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley. November 8, 2016.
  4. ^ Zionts 2017.