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University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory (UCMJO), previously known as Mt John University Observatory (MJUO), is New Zealand's premier astronomical research observatory. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is situated at 1,029 metres (3,376 ft) ASL atop Mount John at the northern end of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island , and was established in 1965. [ 2 ]
The Mount John University Observatory is located in the reserve, and is the main astronomical research observatory in New Zealand. [8] There are many stargazing tourism ventures in the region, including the well-known Dark Sky Project in the Lake Tekapo township, along with a variety of other local businesses offering stargazing and ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Pages in category "Astronomical observatories in New Zealand" ... Mount John University Observatory; N.
Mount John University Observatory: 1965 Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand Mount Laguna Observatory: 1968 San Diego, California, US Mount Lemmon Observatory: Tucson, Arizona, US Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory: Tasmania, Australia Mount Stromlo Observatory: 1911 Canberra, Australia Mount Suhora Observatory: 1987 Gorce Mountains, Poland
Due to its clean, dry and dark sky, the Mackenzie Basin serves as an important area for New Zealand-based astronomy, with a number of related facilities located there, including the nation's premier astronomical observatory, the University of Canterbury's Mount John University Observatory, and several amateur observatories.
Lake Tekapo township as seen from the nearby Mount John University Observatory. Lake Tekapo (often known simply as Tekapo (Māori: Takapō) to avoid confusion with the lake itself) is a small township located at the southern end of the lake of the same name in the inland South Island of New Zealand.
Observations are conducted at New Zealand's Mt. John University Observatory using a 1.8 m (70.9 in) reflector telescope built for the project. [4] In September 2020, astronomers using microlensing techniques reported the detection, for the first time, of an earth-mass rogue planet unbounded by any star, and free floating in the Milky Way galaxy.
The first permanent mountaintop astronomical observatory was the Lick Observatory constructed from 1876 to 1887, at the modest elevation of 1,283 m (4,209 ft) atop Mount Hamilton in California. [2] The first high altitude observatory was constructed atop the 2,877 m (9,439 ft) Pic du Midi de Bigorre in the French Pyrenees starting in 1878, with ...