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The New Teaching and Public Access Observatory at the University of Western Sydney, Nepean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Graeme L. White ,
Paul A. Jones ,
Alex Hons ,
Ron Edgar ,
Mark Suchting  and
Chris Burdett
Graeme L. White
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Western Sydney, Nepean, PO Box 10, Kingswood, NSW 2747
Paul A. Jones
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Western Sydney, Nepean, PO Box 10, Kingswood, NSW 2747
Alex Hons
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Western Sydney, Nepean, PO Box 10, Kingswood, NSW 2747
Ron Edgar
Affiliation:
Form Architects, PO Box 416, Parramatta, NSW 2150
Mark Suchting
Affiliation:
c/o Physics Department, University of Western Sydney, Nepean, PO Box 10, Kingswood, NSW 2747
Chris Burdett
Affiliation:
c/o Physics Department, University of Western Sydney, Nepean, PO Box 10, Kingswood, NSW 2747
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Abstract

A grant from the Department of Employment, Education and Training and matching funding from the University of Western Sydney, Nepean, has allowed the construction of a teaching and public access observatory on the University’s Werrington North campus. The observatory consists of a lecture theatre for about 50 students, an office for administration and project/souvenir sales, and an enclosed office for research activities. The 6·5 m dome will house a fork-mounted 0·6 m (24 inch) Ritchey-Chrétien telescope working at f/10. There will also be two outside observation areas for tripod-mounted telescopes. The expected completion date for the entire project is mid-1994.

Type
Instruments and Basic Astronomy
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , August 1994 , pp. 188 - 190
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1994

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