Template:Multiple issues Doug Rich (born in Hartford, Ct. 1948) is an American amateur astronomer and lives in Hampden, Me., USA. He is the owner and operator of Rich Observatory, established in 1999. Since 2003, Rich has discovered 24 extragalactic supernovae including SN2005ay in NGC 3938 and SN2010X in NGC 1573A. He has also written the article "How to search for Supernovae" published in the March 2007 issue of Astronomy Magazine.