Campbelltown Rotary Observatory

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

R. Bhathal¹ 

关键词: astronomy teaching;    SETI: optical search;    public access;   

DOI  :  10.1071/AS00176

学科分类：天文学(综合)

来源: CSIRO

【 摘 要 】

Donations (in cash and kind) amounting to $200,000 from companies in the south-western Sydney region have allowed the construction of a teaching, research and public access Observatory at the University of Western Sydney in Campbelltown. The Observatory will also serve as the home of the Australian Optical SETI Project (OZ OSETI for short). Two fibre-glass domes will be installed at the site. The main 4.5 m fibre-glass dome will house a 0.4 m telescope while the smaller 2.9 m dome will house a 0.3 m telescope. Both telescopes are fork-mounted Schmidt-Cassegrains working at f/10. An outside observation area will be used for tripod-mounted telescopes for public use and teaching purposes. The expected completion date for the project is July 2000.

【 授权许可】

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