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Astronomy throughout Australia

 

PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATORIES

Anglo-Australian Observatory. This is Australia's premier optical astronomy facility. It is the home of the 3.9m AAT and the 48-inch UK Schmidt.

Australian Consortium for Interferometric Gravitational Astronomy

Australian Long Baseline Array

Australia Telescope National Facility - Compact Array

Australia Telescope National Facility - Mopra Observatory

Canopus Observatory

Ceduna Radio Observatory

Gemini 8m Telescopes Project in Hawaii and Chile. Australia has a 5% share in this project, maintaining our astronomers' access to leading edge facilities.

Ionospheric Prediction Service

Learmonth Solar Observatory

Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory

Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories

Parkes Observatory and Parkes Radio Telescope

Perth Observatory

Square Kilometre Array

 

PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH

Astronomical Society of Australia

Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Australis Project Study - M. Colless

MACHO Project

National Committee for Astronomy

Perth Astronomy Research Group (PARG)

SETI Australia

Spaceguard Australia

Swinburne Astronomy Online

The Planetary Society - Australian Volunteer Coordinators

 

OBSERVATORIES, PLANETARIA AND MUSEUMS

ACT SkyWatch

Adelaide Planetarium

Ballaarat Municipal Observatory

CSIRO Visitors Discovery Centre

Grove Creek Observatory

Koolang Observatory and Space Science Centre

Launceston Planetarium

Mic's Mobile Observatory & Cocktail Lounge Home Page

Scienceworks Museum

Scitech Discovery Centre

Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium

Stromlo Exploratory

Sydney Observatory

The Heights Observatory (Adelaide)

Thunderchild Observatory

Wollongong Science Centre and Planetarium

 

STAR PARTIES

Queensland Astrofest

South Pacific Star Party

 

AUSTRALIAN MIRRORS

Mars Pathfinder Mission

The Nine Planets mirror site at ANU.

The Nine Planets Tasmanian mirror site.

Views of the Solar System

 

ASTRONOMY HOME PAGES

Buying your First Telescope in Australia "Don't buy a Coat-Hanger"

Byron Soulsby's Lunar Eclipse Page

Gordon Garradd's Astronomy Page

Steve Lee's Page of Astronomy

SkyMaps by Kym Thalassoudis in Adelaide download skymap each momth.

SPACE FLIGHT

Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex - Tidbinbilla

David Cottle's Home Page

Kistler Aerospace are the main operators of Australia's rejuvenated space port at Woomera.

National Space Society of Australia

Satellite Predictions for Perth

South Australian Space School

Woomera on the Web is the unofficial homepage for Australia's only spaceport at Woomera in South Australia.