Observatory at pear blossom time

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Woodridge Observatory

The private research observatory
of Dr Tom Richards
in Melbourne, Australia
Picture of Tom

Latitude 37° 42' 56.2" S, Longitude 145° 10' 02.3" E, height above MSL 100 m.
The observatory's main instrumentation is a 0.41 m RCOS Ritchey-Chrétien reflecting telescope with an Apogee U13 CCD camera.
The main research activity is the photometry of asteroids and variable stars.
Email: tom at woodridgeobsy.org

Tom and telescope

Inside:

This is a new website replacing the previous one in its entirety, so most of the items below don't have links right now, just promises.

Time-series Photometry with MaxIm(TM) - PowerPoint(TM) slides

Focus on:

Studies of the Earth-crossing asteroid (66146) 1998 TU3