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  AllRefer.com - Siding Spring Observatory (Astronomical Observatories) - Encyclopedia
Siding Spring Observatory, astronomical observatory located on Siding Spring Mountain, near Coonabarabran, at an altitude of nearly 4,000 ft (1,220 m) in the Warrumbungle Mts.
Stromlo Observatory and is operated by the Australian National Univ. The principal instrument is a 153-in.
(122-cm) Schmidt camera telescope similar to that at Palomar Observatory, and a 24-in.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/SidingSp.html   (207 words)

  
 Siding Spring Observatory -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Siding Spring Observatory -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Siding Spring Observatory, (additional info and facts about Coonabarabran) Coonabarabran, (A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony) Australia.
(additional info and facts about Siding Spring 2.3 m Telescope) Siding Spring 2.3 m Telescope
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/siding_spring_observatory.htm   (99 words)

  
 UCL Astrophysics Group: Astronomical Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Anglo Australian Observatory (AAO) operates two optical telescopes at Siding Spring Observatory, the 3.9 metre Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) and the 1.2 metre UK Schmidt Telescope (UKST).
Includes the 74inch at Mt Stromlo (Canberra) and 2.3m telescope at Siding Spring (see also AAO entry).
The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) is an ESA mission covering the mid to far IR.
www.star.ucl.ac.uk /astro_info.html   (1930 words)

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