Paul Wild Observatory
A number of major astronomical facilities are located at the Paul Wild Observatory near Narrabri, New South Wales Australia,[1] including:
- The Australia Telescope Compact Array radio telescope[2]
- The Sydney University Stellar Interferometer[3]
- A node of the Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network[4]
- The Ionospheric Prediction Service.[5]
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| Named after | Paul Wild  |
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| Location | Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 30°18′50″S 149°33′43″E |
| Website | www |
| Telescopes | Australia Telescope Compact Array Sydney University Stellar Interferometer |
  Location of Paul Wild Observatory | |
The observatory is named in honor of Australian radio astronomer Paul Wild.
Two other astronomical facilities are located nearby (although not on the same site). They are the Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer[6] (now decommissioned) and the Bohema Creek Cosmic Ray Observatory.[7]
References
- "Narrabri, Paul Wild Observatory". www.csiro.au.
- "Australia Telescope Compact Array". www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au. 8 July 2019.
- The SUSI (Sydney University Stellar Interferometer), Narrabri,... | Download Scientific Diagram
- "Australian novelist writes about life at University of Birmingham's solar observatories". www.birmingham.ac.uk.
- "Travel to Narrabri". www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au.
- "The Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer". Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.
- Findlay, Merrill (5 March 2016). "Introducing the 700 Km Array".
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