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. It is a private, non-profit observatory, operated by Mark Trueblood since 1983. It has been the site of a number of significant

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s. It has been the site of the

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. The facility also hosted Michael Schwartz's telescope, active in supernova patrols, until Tenagra Observatories opened a facility in the area. Is the site of the

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