List of telescopes of Australia

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Siding Spring observatory in the distance SkyMapper telescope inside its dome enclosure A bushfire destroyed this old telescope in 2003.

The list below is split between telescopes located in Australia, and telescopes sponsored by Australia such as a space telescope or foreign installation.

Australia can access the Southern skies, which was a popular trend in the 20th century (many telescope had been built for the northern hemisphere). The third largest optical telescope in the world in 1974 was Anglo-Australian Telescope, one of the really large telescopes of that time and built in Australia. There are several radio telescopes also, and Sydney Observatory has taken observations for over a century.

One of the largest telescopes of the 19th century was the Great Melbourne Telescope, one of the last big metal mirror reflecting telescopes before the silver-on-glass designs came to predominate; this was purchased with money from an Australian Gold boom.

## Contents

* 1 In country optical telescopes
* 2 Radio telescopes
* 3 See also
* 4 External links

## In country optical telescopes

* Anglo-Australian Telescope (3.9m, 1974-)
* Automated Patrol Telescope (.5m, 1989-2008)
* Faulkes Telescope South (2m, 2004-)
* SkyMapper (1.35m)
* UTas H127 (1.27m)
* Great Melbourne Telescope (48 inches/ ~1.22m, 1868)
* Siding Spring 2.3 m Telescope (2.3 m)
* Sydney Observatory instruments
* Mt. Kent Observatory - Shared Skies (0.7 m)
* Penrith Observatory (0.6m)
* Perth-Lowell Telescope (0.6m)
* Mt. Kent Observatory - Shared Skies (0.5m)
* Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope (0.5m)

## Radio telescopes

See List of radio telescopes

## See also

* Lists of telescopes
* List of largest optical telescopes in the British Isles
* List of largest optical telescopes in the North America

## External links

* 10 of the best Australian observatories

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