Mt Stromlo Observatory

Mt Stromlo Observatory
Title Mt Stromlo Observatory PDF eBook
Author Ragbir Bhathal
Publisher CSIRO PUBLISHING
Pages 345
Release 2013-12-02
Genre Nature
ISBN 1486300766

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Celebrates the history and success of the iconic Mt Stromlo Observatory in Canberra, and the many discoveries made by astronomers there.

Mt Stromlo Observatory

Mt Stromlo Observatory
Title Mt Stromlo Observatory PDF eBook
Author Ragbir Bhathal
Publisher CSIRO PUBLISHING
Pages 301
Release 2013-12-02
Genre Science
ISBN 1486300774

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This book tells the story of the Mt Stromlo Observatory in Canberra which began with W.G. Duffield's idealism and vision in 1905. The Observatory began life as a government department, later becoming an optical munitions factory producing gun sights and telescopes during the Second World War, before changing its focus to astrophysics – the new astronomy. In the ensuing years programs were introduced to push the Observatory in new directions at the international frontiers of astronomy. The astronomers built new, better and larger telescopes to unravel the secrets of the universe. There were controversies, exciting new discoveries and new explanations of phenomena that had been discovered. The Observatory and its researchers have contributed to determining how old the universe is, participated in the largest survey of galaxies in the universe, and helped to show us that the universal expansion is accelerating – research that led to Brian Schmidt and his international team being awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. These and other major discoveries are detailed in this fascinating book about one of the great observatories in the world.

Mount Stromlo Observatory

Mount Stromlo Observatory
Title Mount Stromlo Observatory PDF eBook
Author A. K. Lojkine
Publisher
Pages 64
Release 1957
Genre Astronomical observatories
ISBN

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Mimeogram - Mount Stromlo Observatory

Mimeogram - Mount Stromlo Observatory
Title Mimeogram - Mount Stromlo Observatory PDF eBook
Author Mount Stromlo Observatory
Publisher
Pages 32
Release
Genre Astronomy
ISBN

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Memoirs of the Mount Stromlo Observatory

Memoirs of the Mount Stromlo Observatory
Title Memoirs of the Mount Stromlo Observatory PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 418
Release 1950
Genre Astronomical observatories
ISBN

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Reprints ... from the Mount Stromlo Observatory of the Australian National University

Reprints ... from the Mount Stromlo Observatory of the Australian National University
Title Reprints ... from the Mount Stromlo Observatory of the Australian National University PDF eBook
Author Mount Stromlo Observatory
Publisher
Pages 408
Release 1964
Genre Astronomy
ISBN

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Mount Stromlo Observatory and the Siding Spring Observatory Field Station

Mount Stromlo Observatory and the Siding Spring Observatory Field Station
Title Mount Stromlo Observatory and the Siding Spring Observatory Field Station PDF eBook
Author Michael Joseph Miller
Publisher
Pages 64
Release 1977
Genre Astronomy
ISBN

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