The Burke-Gaffney Observatory (BGO) is an observatory located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Operated by the Department of Astronomy and Physics at Saint Mary's University, it was opened in 1972. It provides free public control to the 24-inch robotic telescope via the internet. Supernova SN 1995F and several M31 novae were discovered at the BGO.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, Volume 6, Number 4, page 9

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.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, Volume 6, Number 3, page 15

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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