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Main Authors: Gendre, Bruce, Tonello, Richard, Studdert, Mitchell, Coward, David, Klotz, Alain, Moore, Eloise, Moore, John, Panther, Fiona
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.08012
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  • 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.