SkyMapper

A purpose-built, optical survey telescope with a 1.35m mirror at SSO

Completed: 2014

SkyMapper is a purpose-built, optical survey telescope with a 1.35m mirror and a 268 Megapixel wide-field camera. It is located at Siding Spring Observatory in Australia’s Warrumbungle Dark Sky Park and has been routinely operating since March 2014.

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Astralis Instrumentation Consortium provides Australia’s national capability for optical astronomy instrumentation by combining expertise and resources from Macquarie University, the University of Sydney and the Australian National University.