Hanggao Observatory

Hanggao Astronomical Observatory (Chinese: 杭高天文台, abbreviated HGAO, or HGOB in the past), 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.

Hanggao Astronomical 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. It's is a famous students' amateur astronomy organization in China.

1 Observatories and stations
2 Honourary leader
3 Instructor teacher
4 Officers
5 International honours
6 Other honours
7 References
8 External links

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 construction): Located in Tianhuangping Observation Base，28 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.
Hangzhou-Aksu Cooperative Observatory: Located in No.3 High School of Aksu，Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 28 cm of aperture.

Honourary leader

September 2002 – Now: Hu Jingyao (胡景耀), former leading scientist of Xinglong Station, 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), Luo Jin (骆进)
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), Lou Jundong (楼浚东)
9	September 2009 – September 2010	Du Jingshan (杜竞杉)	Fu Shenming (傅慎明), Ge Nanshan (葛南杉)
10	September 2010 – September 2011	Yu Wenxuan (俞雯萱)	Tian Zheyi (田哲毅), Dai Ning (戴宁)
11	September 2011 - Now	Tang Jiahui (唐佳慧)	Qian Jingyu(钱境宇), Wang Yujia(王雨佳)

International honours

Zhao Jin, third prize of the 1st APAO^[1], 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^[2], Vladivostok, Russia, November 4–11, 2006
Yang Yi, third prize of the 12th IAO^[3], 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^[4], 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^[5], 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 have reached the first prize of CASTIC, 2008，2010^[6]
Ding Shushan, joined in the Fast Moving Object Project and found FMO 2005-QQ87 on 8 August 2005