STANSBURY PARK, Tooele County — It’s safe to say Patrick Wiggins isn’t a morning person.

“On a good night, get to bed around six in the morning, get up mid-afternoon,” said Wiggins with a laugh.

Of course, when you do what he does, he needs a night sky to work.

“The clearer, the darker, the better,” he said.

Wiggins is often found at the Stansbury Park Observatory Complex in Stansbury Park near Tooele.

Using telescopes and instruments, he scans the sky, tracking things and looking for objects others have never seen before. Recently, he discovered something that took him by surprise. It wasn’t up there but rather down here in his notebook.

“It only took me 42 years,” he said with another laugh. “I consider myself a data nerd.”

Wiggins recently flipped open his notebook and realized h

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