Abbey Ridge Observatory (ARO) was an observatory located in Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada. Owned by David J. Lane (1963–2024), it was built in 2003 and operated until 2024. It had a 14-inch robotic Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and provided free control via the Internet. Four supernovae were discovered at ARO.

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Patrick Côté (b. 1965) is a Canadian astronomer and Principal Research Officer at the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Institute of the National Research Council of Canada. His research interests include the study of dark matter, galaxy evolution, supermassive black holes, star clusters and galactic nuclei.

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Stéphanie Côté (b. 1966) is a Canadian astronomer and Principal Research Officer at the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Institute of the National Research Council of Canada. She is a support astronomer in the Canadian Gemini Office, and studies nearby dwarf galaxies.

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David E. Holmgren (b. 1960) is a Canadian astronomer and former Assistant Professor of Physics at Brandon University. His research focuses on the study of close binary star systems. David is a former graduate student of the University of Victoria and was a frequent user of the telescopes at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.

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Peter Dietrich (b. 1959) is a Canadian optics specialist. He was responsible for assembly and testing of the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter High Energy Laser Transmitter, a challenging task given the precise tuning required for lasers to survive and operate in the unfriendly environments of spacecraft launch and deep space.

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Rathan "Ray" Balasingam (b. 1973) is a Canadian technician who built the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter. He has worked on a wide variety of space hardware, most notably on Canadarm and Canadarm2, the robotic arms used on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station.

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Alexandra "Alex" Bjurstrom (b. 1998) is a Canadian engineer who worked on the OSIRIS REx Laser Altimeter. She joined the team as a student intern during OSIRIS-REx mission operations.

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Jessa Zabala (b. 1995) is a Canadian engineer who worked on the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter. She currently works on mission operations development using virtual reality.

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Emily Keates (b. 1994) is a Canadian engineer who worked on the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA). She started helping with OLA instrument testing as a student intern and continued as a mission operations engineer during proximity operations.

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