The Creation of the Anglo-Australian Observatory

by K.M. Proust, S.C.B. Gascoigne, M.O. Robins

Book Overview

This 1990 book is the official history of the Anglo-Australian Telescope which started to be built at Coonabarabran in New South Wales in 1968 and came into operation in 1974. The telescope is part of the Anglo-Australian Observatory which provides facilities for research in optical astronomy for scientists from Britain and Australia. The authors of this book were all involved in different capacities throughout the development of the telescope. As...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521020190
• ISBN13: 9780521020190
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"