Siding Spring Observatory

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Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, Australia, part of the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics (RSAA) at the Australian National University (ANU), incorporates the Anglo-Australian Telescope along with a collection of other telescopes owned by the Australian National University, the University of New South Wales, and other institutions. The observatory is situated 1165 metres above sea level in the Warrumbungles National Park on Siding Spring Mountain.

There is a visitors gallery open to the public and a souvenir shop called the Exploratory.

[edit] Telescopes at Siding Spring

• Anglo-Australian Telescope (3.9 m - AAO)
• UK Schmidt Telescope (1.24 m - AAO)
• Faulkes Telescope South (2.0 m - Swinbourne)
• Sky-Mapper Telescope (1.3 m - ANU, Under Construction)
• Siding Spring 2.3 m Telescope (ANU)
• 40-inch Telescope (ANU - Decomissioned on 01 January 2008)
• 24-inch Telescope (ANU - Decomissioned)
• 16-inch Telescope (ANU - Decomissioned)
• Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope (0.5 m)
• Automated Patrol Telescope (0.5 m - UNSW)
• ROTSE IIIa, Robotic Optical Transit Search Experiment (0.45 m - UNSW)
• Korean YSTAR Telescope (Korean Southern Observatory)

[edit] External link

• Official home page
• Anglo-Australian Observatory
• Uppsala Southern Observatory
• Faulkes Telescope Australia
• Skymapper Telescope
• ROTSE III Project
• UNSW Automated Patrol Telescope (APT)
• 2.3m Advanced Technology Telescope
• ANU 40-inch Telescope