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February 9, 20260 citationsOpen Access

The Impact of the Site Quality of the Zadko Observatory on Its Scientific Results

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BGBruce; id_orcid 0000-0002-9077-2025 GendreRTRichard TonelloMSMitchell Studdert

Key Points

  • The study aims to evaluate how the quality of the Zadko Observatory's site affects its scientific outcomes.
  • Assessment of sky brightness over the last decade
  • Evaluation of weather patterns affecting observational efficiency
  • Analysis of the impacts of light pollution versus weather effects
  • Overall sky quality has decreased over the last decade
  • The decrease is primarily linked to weather patterns rather than light pollution
  • Preservation of sky darkness is crucial for maintaining scientific output

Abstract

We present the site quality of the Zadko Observatory, focusing on the brightness of the sky and the effects of the weather on the efficiency of the Observatory. We discuss these effects and their consequences for the scientific goals of the Observatory. Without surprise, the overall sky quality had decreased during the last decade. However, this decrease is mostly due to the weather pattern at the Observatory rather than the light pollution. We put an emphasis on how important the preservation of the sky darkness is for small observatories, in order to stabilize the global degradation of the site quality, as this directly impacts the scientific return of the observations.

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Gendre et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698979f5f0ec2af6756e8147https://doi.org/10.22201/ia.14052059p.2025.59.10
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