Winchester Observatory
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45ºN,75ºW

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This rooftop robotic observatory is located south of Ottawa in the town of Winchester, Ontario, Canada.

The dome is a 6-foot diameter Technical Innovations HomeDome sitting on the third storey. Equipment includes Digital DomeWorks automation components, 10" f/6.3 LX-200 telescope, TCF-S focuser, and SXV-H9 CCD camera.

Current work is concentrated on variable star photometry, with the occasional excursion into deep sky imaging.

In a typical year, the observatory operates on close to 100 nights (around 750 hours in total) taking 30,000 images.