Hanggao Observatory
Hanggao Observatory (, abbreviated HGO), is an amateur astronomy organization in Hangzhou, China. It was founded in 2001 on the basis of the amateur astronomy group of Hangzhou High School.
The Hanggao Observatory has organized members to participate in the "Expedition of Solar Eclipse" in Gongpoquan, Gansun in August 2008, and has also made several observations, such as the transit of Venus on 8 June 2004 and the solar eclipse on 22 July 2009. So The Hanggao Observatory is widely considered as an influential students' amateur astronomy organization in China.
Observatories and stations
- Headquarters: Located in Hangzhou High School, Hangzhou, China. The record of sunspots and the observation of chromosphere (H-Alpha) are mainly done there.
- Tianhuangping Observation Base: Located in Anji County, Zhejiang, China. Movable-equipment-based optical observations are mainly performed there.
- Remote Experimental Telescope (RET) (under planning): Located in Tianhuangping Observation Base，20 cm of aperture.
- Qianjiang Observatory/Planetarium (under planning): Located in Hangzhou High School's new campus near Qiantang River. A 1-meter radio telescope and a space theatre are planned to be constructed there.
Honourary leader
- September 2002 – Now: Hu Jingyao (胡景耀), former leading scientist of National Astronomical Observatory of China
Instructor teacher
- September 2002 – Now: Lin Lan (林岚), senior geography (astronomy) teacher of Hangzhou High School
Officers
Term |
President |
Vice President |
|
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
September 2002 – September 2003 |
Ye Fei (叶飞) |
Shuai Manqin (帅曼沁) |
2 |
September 2003 – September 2004 |
Ge Zhiyuan (葛智渊) |
Hu Yixin (胡益鑫) |
3 |
September 2004 – September 2005 |
Que Wenwen (阙雯雯) |
Wu Cai (吴偲) |
4 |
September 2005 – September 2006 |
Zhao Jin (赵晋) |
Ding Shushan (丁舒珊) |
5 |
September 2006 – September 2007 |
Yang Yi (杨毅) |
Zhang Qiyi (张奇漪), |
6 |
September 2007 – February 2008 |
Zhu Erkang (祝尔康) |
Feng Yixiao (冯一笑) |
7 |
February 2008 – September 2008 |
Feng Yixiao (冯一笑) |
None |
8 |
September 2008 – September 2009 |
Chen Shaowen (陈少闻) |
Lai Chenyin (来晨莹), |
9 |
September 2009 – September 2010 |
Du Jingshan (杜竞杉) |
Fu Shenming (傅慎明), |
10 |
September 2010 – Now |
Yu Wenxuan (俞雯萱) |
Tian Zheyi (田哲毅), |
International honours
- Zhao Jin, third prize of the 1st APAO, Irkutsk, Russia, December 4–11, 2005
- Yu Di, second prize of the 1st APAO, Irkutsk, Russia, December 4–11, 2005
- u Di, prize for the best observeation, the 1st APAO, Irkutsk, Russia, December 4–11, 2005
- Yang Yi, second prize of the 2nd APAO, Vladivostok, Russia, November 4–11, 2006
- Yang Yi, third prize of the 12th IAO, Crimea, Ukraine, September 29 - October 8, 2007
- Yang Yi, prize for the best observation, the 12th IAO, Crimea, Ukraine, September 29 - October 8, 2007
- Feng Yixiao, third prize of the 2nd IOAA, Bandung, Indonesia, August 17–28, 2008
- Zhu Fengyuan, second prize of the 5th APAO, Gwangju, South Korea, October 7–14, 2009
- Du Jingshan, third prize of the 5th APAO, Gwangju, South Korea, October 7–14, 2009
- Cao Dan, third prize of the 5th APAO, Gwangju, South Korea, October 7–14, 2009
- Cao Dan, prize for the best observation, the 5th APAO, Gwangju, South Korea, October 7–14, 2009
- Li Xinhui, first prize of the 14th IAO, Hangzhou, China, November 8–16, 2009
- Yu Wenxuan, second prize of the 4th IOAA, Beijing, China, September 13–20, 2010
- Qian Jingyu, second prize of the 6th APAO, Tolikara, Indonesia, November–December, 2010
Other honours
- Two research subjects has reached the first prize of CASTIC, 2010
- Ding Shushan, joined in the Fast Moving Object Project and found FMO 2005-QQ87 on 8 August 2005
External links
- Official Website of HGO
- Forum of HGO
- Data Releasing Platform of HGO
- Official Website of Hangzhou High School
zh:杭高天文台