Sydney Observatory
From AusWiki
[edit] Add new entry
Article title:
The Sydney Observatory is located on a hill now known as 'Observatory Hill' in an area in the centre of Sydney now known as The Rocks. The site evolved from a fort built on 'Windmill Hill' in the early 19th century to an astronomical observatory during the nineteenth century. It is now a working museum where evening visitors can observe the stars and planets through a modern 40 cm schmidt-cassegrain telescope and a historic 29cm refractor telescope built in 1874, the oldest telescope in Australia in regular use.
<googlemap lat="-33.859391" lon="151.204625" type="map" zoom="16"> -33.859502, 151.20455, Observatory Hill, Watson Road, Sydney NSW 2000 </googlemap>
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Sydney Observatory.
