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		<title>Virtual Tour of the Patterson Observatory</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Take a virtual tour of the Patterson Observatory with this interactive website that lets you roam the building at your leisure.  Many interesting displays are highlighted and detailed in this amazing high resolution photogrammetric capture of the facility. If you can&#8217;t make it in person, this is the next best thing!]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>RISS Observatory (RISS)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 18:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The RISS Observatory is located just south of Sierra Vista, AZ. at an elevation of about 5000 ft. on the eastern slope of the Huachuca Mountains. The domed observatory sits on a rear deck extending from the second story of our home affording the dome with a fine low eastern horizon. The dome is an [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Discovery Observatory West (DOW)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Discovery Observatory West (DOW) is owned and operated by Glen and Deanna Sanner.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Eagle Nest Digital Observatory (ENDOR)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2015 20:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Eagle Nest Digital Observatory (ENDOR) was designed and built by the Whitmer family in the fall of 2001. Located South of Sierra Vista, in the foot hills of the Huachuca Mountains at 5,000 foot elevation, our hill-side property presented a challenge in finding a suitable building site where the sky was not partially obstructed [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Patterson Observatory (PO)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2015 04:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Patterson Observatory is owned by the University South Foundation, Inc. and operated by volunteers from the Huachuca Astronomy Club. It is named for David Patterson who was a founding member of HAC and a major Foundation donor. The observatory opened in September 2004 and consists of a fork-mounted f/8.1, 20-inch Ritchey Chretien reflector under [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Desert Coyote Observatory (DCO)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2015 04:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Desert Coyote Observatory was built and named by former HAC member and Stellar Cat proprietor Gary Meyers. Ted purchased the property in 2012. The main instruments at DCO are a computer controlled f/4.45 30-inch Starsplitter Dobsonian and an f/4.5 18-inch Obsession Dobsonian. Both scopes employ the Servo Cat dual axis drive system. Located in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Desert Starlight Observatory (DSO)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2015 05:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Palominas, Arizona Owners: Bob and Barb Kepple]]></description>
		
		
		
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