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The Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) is a 3.9-metre equatorially mounted telescope operated by the Australian Astronomical Observatory and situated at the Siding Spring Observatory, Australia, at an altitude of a little over 1,100 m. In 2009, the telescope was ranked as having the fifth-highest-impact of the world's optical telescopes.
Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, part of the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics (RSAA) at the Australian National University (ANU), incorporates the Anglo-Australian Telescope along with a collection of other telescopes owned by the Australian National University, the University of New South Wales, and other institutions.
Australia can access the Southern skies, which was a popular trend in the 20th century (many telescope had been built for the northern hemisphere). The third largest optical telescope in the world in 1974 was Anglo-Australian Telescope , one of the really large telescopes of that time and built in Australia.
The Anglo-Australian Telescope Agreement was signed on 25 September 1969 and came into effect on 22 February 1971. The Joint Policy Committee was replaced by the Anglo-Australian Telescope Board (AATB), an entity with full legal status under Australian law with responsibilities of overseeing the running of the telescope.
Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope: 4 m (157 in) Single: USA: Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, USA: 2019 Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) 3.89 m (153 in) Single: Australia, UK: Australian Astronomical Obs., New South Wales, Australia: 1974 United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) 3.8 m (150 in) Single: UK, United States: Mauna Kea Observatories ...
Most professional astronomical photographs are monochromatic; if colour pictures are required, three images are needed. During his career at the AAO, Malin made about 150 three-colour images of deep sky objects, mostly using plates taken with the 4-metre (160 in) Anglo-Australian Telescope and the 1.2-metre (47 in) UK Schmidt Telescope.
In their nine years in Australia, Bart established a graduate program at Stromlo, obtained funds from the Prime Minister of the time, Robert Menzies, for a new telescope at Stromlo, established a field observatory at Siding Spring, and laid the foundations for the creation of the Anglo-Australian Telescope. This did not leave much time for ...
From 1987 to 1993 she was the astronomer-in-charge of the UKST, contributing to the transfer of the operations of the telescope from the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh to the Anglo-Australian Observatory. [1] [2] [3] Savage retired early in 1995 due to poor health.