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The Whakatane Astronomical Society is a voluntary, non-profit society for people interested in amateur astronomy in the Whakatane District of New Zealand. The society was founded in September 1960, and maintains a small observatory in Whakatane, which has been operating continuously since 1964.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sky of Plenty )〕 The society is affiliated with the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand )〕 The Society's main fund raising activity is the running of observing nights on Tuesday and Friday evenings, where members of the public pay a small fee to view the sky using one or more of the society's telescopes at the observatory, under the guidance of a society member. Similar evenings are can also be run for larger/school groups, with prior arrangement. == Equipment == The Society's observatory houses three main telescopes: * A 350mm Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain * A 250mm Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain with GoTo Control * A custom built 150mm refractor, equipped with a solar filter 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whakatane Astronomical Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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