Pine Bluff Observatory
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The Pine Bluff Observatory (PBO) is an astronomical observatory located in the town of Cross Plains, Wisconsin (USA) about Template:Convert west of Madison. PBO is owned and operated by the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW-Madison). It opened in 1958, and is mainly used by students and faculty of UW-Madison for instruction and research. PBO also provides a facility for testing new instruments.<ref name=PBOMAIN /> Recent research conducted at PBO includes measuring the lunar sodium tail, monitoring circumstellar disks around Be stars, and studying the warm ionized medium.<ref name=2006MIER /><ref name=2011DRAP /><ref name=2011HALF />
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- Department of Astronomy at University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Pine Bluff Observatory Clear Sky Clock Forecasts of observing conditions.
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