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Possum Observatory (IAU code: E94) is privately owned and operated by amateur astronomer John Drummond on a farm near the small settlement of Patutahi, 12km west of Gisborne City, New Zealand.
It is a 4.3 x 4.1m rotating observatory, using a pea combine harvester ring as its base.[1] The primary instrument on site is a 16" f4.5 Meade Starfinder Newtonian reflector. Other instruments include an 80mm (3.15") f5 refractor, a 200mm (8") f4 Vixen Newtonian reflector, and a 410mm (16") f4.5 Meade StarFinder Dobsonian reflector.
The observatory provided the first independent confirmation of the discovery of comet C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "John Drummond". Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- ^ Rao, Joe (30 March 2007). "New green comet set for April show". MSNBC. Retrieved 2008-10-19.