The Elginfield Observatory was an astronomical observatory located in the township of Middlesex Centre, Ontario, Canada, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of London, Ontario. The observatory was owned and operated by the University of Western Ontario, and opened in 1969. The observatory featured a 1.2 m (47 in) Ritchey–Chrétien telescope built by Boller and Chivens which is used for spectroscopy and photometry. The telescope could be configured to feed instruments at the Cassegrain, Nasmyth, and Coudé foci.[1] Research done there included monitoring the changing size of Cepheid variable stars, estimating out-gasing of minor planets, and searching for large Perseid meteoroids.[2][3][4]
 Elginfield Observatory - Elginfield, ON | |
| Organization | |
|---|---|
| Observatory code | 440  |
| Location | Middlesex Centre, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°11′33″N 81°18′57″W / 43.1924°N 81.3158°W |
| Altitude | 325 m (1,066 ft) |
| Established | 1969 |
| Website | www |
  Location of Elginfield Observatory | |
The observatory was closed at the end of 2010.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Elginfield Observatory at the University of Western Ontario". The University of Western Ontario Department of Physics and Astronomy. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ^ Gray, David F.; Stevenson, Kevin B. (1 April 2007). "Spectroscopic Determination of Radius Changes of Cepheid Variable Stars". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 119 (854): 398–406. Bibcode:2007PASP..119..398G. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.495.3147. doi:10.1086/518128.
- ^ Gilbert, Alyssa M. (2009). From asteroids to comets: Gas and dust production of the small-bodies in the solar system (PhD thesis). University of Western Ontario. Bibcode:2009PhDT.......158G.
- ^ Beech, Martin; Illingworth, Alison; Brown, Peter (1 March 2004). "A telescopic search for large Perseid meteoroids". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 348 (4): 1395–1400. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.348.1395B. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07462.x.
- ^ "Research Facilities - The Elginfield Observatory". University of Western Ontario. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
External links
edit- Elginfield Observatory website - archived 2017
- Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Western Ontario
- Elginfield Observatory Clear Sky Chart Forecasts of observing conditions.
