AUSTRALIAN LINKS
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PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATORIES |
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| 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 | |||
| Siding Spring Survey The Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. It is the southern hemisphere counterpart of the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) located in the Santa Catalina Mountains on Mt Bigelow, near Tucson, Arizona, USA. SSS is jointly operated by the University of Arizona and the Australian National University, with funding from NASA. | |||
| Square Kilometre Array | |||
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RESEARCH GROUPS |
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| Astronomical Society of Australia | |||
| Astronomical Society of the Pacific | |||
| Australis Project Study - M. Colless | |||
| IPS Radio and Space Services | |||
| MACHO Project | |||
| National Committee for Astronomy | |||
| Perth Astronomy Research Group (PARG) | |||
| SETI Australia Centre | |||
| SETI Research and Community Development Institute | |||
| Australian Spaceguard Survey | |||
| Swinburne Astronomy Online | |||
| The Planetary Society - Australian Volunteer Coordinators | |||
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UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS |
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| (ADFA) Astronomy and Astrophysics | |||
| Macquarie University Foundation for Astronomy | |||
| (Monash) Physical Astronomy | |||
| (Swinburne) Astrophysics and Supercomputing Group | |||
| (UniMelb) Astrophysics Group | |||
| (UNSW) Department of Astrophysics and Optics | |||
| (UNSW) Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (JACARA) | |||
| (UQ) Astrophysics Department | |||
| (USyd) Adaptive Optics team | |||
| (USyd) Astronomy Department | |||
| (USyd) Astrophysics Department | |||
| (USyd) Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics (RCfTA) | |||
| (UTas) Cosmic Ray Group | |||
| (UTas) Optical and X-Ray Group | |||
| (UTas) Radio Astronomy Group | |||
| (UWA) Astronomy and Astrophysics | |||
| (UWA) Gravity Wave Group | |||
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OBSERVATORIES, PLANETARIA AND MUSEUMS |
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| Mt. Stromlo Exploratory | |||
| Adelaide Planetarium | |||
| Ballaarat Municipal Observatory | |||
| Canopus Observatory - a 1 metre telescope and is situated approximately 12 km from Hobart. | |||
| CSIRO Visitors Discovery Centre | |||
| Golden Grove Observatory | |||
| Grove Creek Observatory | |||
| Koolang Observatory and Space Science Centre | |||
| Launceston Planetarium | |||
| Mic's Mobile Observatory and Cocktail Lounge Home Page | |||
| Scienceworks Museum | |||
| Scitech Discovery Centre | |||
| Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium - Brisbanes own multimedia planetarium in the Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens. | |||
| Springbrook Research Observatory - located on the Gold Coast hinterland. | |||
| Stromlo Exploratory - Mount Stromlo Observatory Visitors Centre. | |||
| Sydney Observatory | |||
| The Heights Observatory (Adelaide) | |||
| Thunderchild Observatory Observatory at the home of our member Brendan Downs. | |||
| Tin Shed Observatory Eddie Trimarchi is Australia's greatest CCD imager. His pictures are simply astounding! Find out about his astronomical equipment and view the images at his new website. | |||
| Twinstar Guesthouse - located at Ballandean, 20km south of Stanthorpe in southern Queensland. This is a great place to stay at if you are visiting Australia and want to do some serious deepsky observing while you are here. They have a several telescopes available for use, and lots of wineries to visit during the day. | |||
| Wollongong Science Centre and Planetarium | |||
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STAR PARTIES |
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| Oreilly's Guesthouse Stargazers Week - at Lamington National Park | |||
| Queensland Astrofest - the big astrocamp is held once a year and runs for a whole week of dark sky observing, astronomy talks and socialising. Have a look at the new website. | |||
| South Pacific Star Party | |||
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AUSTRALIAN MIRRORS of overseas sites |
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| Mars Pathfinder Mission | |||
| The Nine Planets mirror site at ANU. | |||
| The Nine Planets Tasmanian mirror site. | |||
| Views of the Solar System | |||
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ASTRONOMY HOME PAGES |
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| Australian Sky and Telescope Magazine The Australian version of Sky and Telescope magazine is produced by Paragon Media and contains up-to-date information on Astronomy news and events, equipment reviews, section columns and a good mix of Australian and US content. | |||
| Australia Sky Online - information on what is happening in the night sky during the month. | |||
| Buying your First Telescope in Australia This is a MUST VISIT web-page for people new to Astronomy and thinking are about buying a Telescope. Excellent stuff! | |||
| Byron Soulsby's Lunar Eclipse Page | |||
| Earl's Astro Site Latest Astronomy headlines from around the world (updated every 30 minutes), Product review sections - read what's there or write your own, Over 20 Australian centered discussion groups, Free astro product classifieds, Local event calendar that let's you submit your own events, club meetings etc., News system where you can read what's there, comment on it or submit your own stories, Photo gallery + lots more. | |||
| Fringe Dwellers "Simple" radio astronomy site - This site is all about astronomers working together to develop and perform Radio Astronomy (affordably) | |||
| Gordon Garradd's Astronomy Page Gordon has some wonderful photography on his website. | |||
| Nightfall Tony and Anne-Louise Surma-Hawes have produced a terrific website and they have set up several links related to 'Heavens Above' so that you can get precise satellite predications for your suburb in Brisbane. The website also has lots of information the planets and many other night sky events. | |||
| Paul Floyd's Astronomy and Space Website This is a great website from our friend Paul Floyd. Find out how to observe current and future Astronomical Events in Australia. The site has a large amount of educational material to assist teachers and students. | |||
| Sky and Space Magazine SKY & SPACE produces this great magazine for all those interested in astronomy and space exploration. Published every second month, SKY & SPACE has 100 pages packed full of fascinating, easy-to-read articles and spectacular astrophotography. | |||
| SKYLab Astronomy Software - makers of STAR Atlas Pro. | |||
| SYDNEY OUTDOOR LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY (SOLIS) SOLIS are working hard to spread the knowledge that light pollution has many unwanted effects on the environment. Poor outdoor lighting also wastes a great deal of fossil fuels and increases the greenhouse effect. | |||
| Steve Lee's Page of Astronomy | |||
| Southern Sky Watch - comprehensive information for observing for the month. | |||
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SPACE FLIGHT |
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| 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 | |||
| South Australian Space School | |||
| Woomera on the Web is the unofficial homepage for Australia's only spaceport at Woomera in South Australia. | |||
