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The Anglo-Australian 150-Inch Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

E.G. Bowen
E.G. Bowen*
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney
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Extract

In April of this year agreement was reached between the British and the Australian Governments to build a 150-inch telescope for observations of the southern sky.

The agreement specified that:

  • (i) the telescope would be built at the Australian National University’s present site at Siding Spring Observatory;

  • (ii) the expected cost was $11 million and the telescope would be built and operated on a 50-50 basis as between the two Governments;

  • (iii) the telescope would be virtually a copy of the existing Kitt Peak 150-inch design. This was intended to save the time usually needed for the design of a new telescope and, as we shall see, it might lead to considerable savings in cost.

Type
Invited Papers
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , February 1968 , pp. 74 - 78
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1968

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