Siding Spring Observatory

19643.9 m AATANU

LocationAustralia

Year1964

Size3.9 m AAT

OperatorANU

About Siding Spring Observatory

Home of the Anglo-Australian Telescope. Located at 1,165 m in New South Wales. Survived a major bushfire in 2013 that destroyed the lodge. The site of the MACHO project searching for dark matter.

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