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Campbelltown Rotary Observatory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

R. Bhathal
R. Bhathal*
Affiliation:
University of Western Sydney, PO Box 555, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia
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Abstract

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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.

Keywords

astronomy teachingSETI: optical searchpublic access
Type
Research Article
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , 2000 , pp. 176 - 178
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2000

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