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Mount Stromlo Observatory

Mount Stromlo Observatory astronomical observatory located on Mt. Stromlo, near Canberra, Australia. Established in 1924 (14 years after the first telescope was erected there), it has been operated by the Australian National Univ. since 1957. A wildfire destroyed the observatory in 2003, but the university will rebuild it. The principal instrument was a 74-in. (188-cm) reflecting telescope, controlled by computer and having a battery of auxiliary equipment. Other instruments included 50-in. (127-cm) and 30-in. (76-cm) reflectors, and a 26-in. (66-cm) refractor.

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Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Â© A Dictionary of Astronomy 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories (MSSSO) Two observatories owned and operated by the Australian National University, Canberra. Mount Stromlo Observatory, founded in 1924 as a solar observatory, lies 11 km west of Canberra at an altitude of 770 m. In 2003 January, fire damaged much of the observatory and its historic telescopes. As a replacement, a new robotically controlled 1.35‐m SkyMapper telescope was due to be opened in 2007 to conduct the Stromlo Southern Sky Survey. SkyMapper is located at Siding Spring Observatory but controlled from Mt Stromlo. Siding Spring Observatory was founded in 1962 as a field station of Mount Stromlo. http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/about_us/msopage.php

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MSSSO Abbr. for Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories.

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