{"id":152,"date":"2021-05-18T01:54:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T01:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldenearsobservatory.com\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2025-05-22T03:07:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T03:07:20","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/?page_id=152","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"152\" class=\"elementor elementor-152\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de4320f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de4320f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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Survey<\/li><li>0.25 m (10 in) Reflector telescope for NEO Followups<\/li><li>Takahashi fsq-85edx f\/5.3 astrograph refracting telescope for Astrophotography<\/li><li>6 inch Explore Scientific Refractor telescope for Solar Imaging<\/li><li>Quark Chromosphere H-alpha filter for solar observations<\/li><li>Full frame CMOS image sensor with UBVRI filters and spectrograph<\/li><li>Several German equatorial mounts<\/li><li>8ft Skyshed Pod dome enclosure<\/li><li>Professional weather station<\/li><\/ul><div><p>The observatory&#8217;s telescopes are used for observations of minor planets and Near-Earth objects. An automated software system extracts astrometry and photometry of the objects and reports it to the Minor Planet Centre. A separate AllSkyCamera system installed in the premises of the observatory automatically detects and reports Meteoroids to the American Meteor Society.<\/p><p>The Golden Ears Observatory Transient Survey (GEOTS) reports discoveries of transients to the International Astronomical Union.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-baa0b57 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"baa0b57\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3895826\" data-id=\"3895826\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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