Patrick Wiggins (astronomer)
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Patrick Wiggins (born 1949) is an American amateur astronomer, and a discoverer of minor planets as well as supernovae. Wiggins worked as an educator at the Old Hansen Planetarium in Salt Lake City, Utah for 27 years before his retirement in 2002.[1] As of 2021[update] he works for the University of Utah Department of Physics and Astronomy doing science outreach in the public schools.[2][3] He is also a sky-diver and holds a pilot's license.[1][4] As of 2025[update], he has logged more than 4,500 nights at the Stansbury Park Observatory near Tooele.[5]
