Astronomy throughout Australia

This page is a list of websites relating to astronomy in Australia.

Professional Observatories

Anglo-Australian Observatory. This is Australia’s premier optical astronomy facility. It is the home of the 3.9m AAT and the 48-inch UK Schmidt.

Australian Consortium for Interferometric Gravitational Astronomy

Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP)

Australian Long Baseline Array

Australia Telescope National Facility – Compact Array

Australia Telescope National Facility – Mopra Observatory

Ceduna Radio Observatory

Gemini 8m Telescopes Project in Hawaii and Chile. Australia has a 5% share in this project, maintaining our astronomers’ access to leading edge facilities.

Ionospheric Prediction Service

Learmonth Solar Observatory

Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory

Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories

Murchison Widefield Array

Parkes Observatory and Parkes Radio Telescope

Perth Observatory

Square Kilometer Array

Professional Research

Astronomical Society of Australia

Astronomical Society of the Pacific

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research

MACHO Project

SETI Australia

Spaceguard Australia

Swinburne Astronomy Online

The Planetary Society – Australian Volunteer Coordinators

Observatories, Planetaria

Adelaide Planetarium

Ballaarat Municipal Observatory

CSIRO Visitors Discovery Centre

Scienceworks Museum

Scitech Discovery Centre

Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium

Stromlo Exploratory

Sydney Observatory

The Heights Observatory (Adelaide)

Star Parties

Queensland Astrofest

South Pacific Star Party

Astronomy & Astrophotography Home Pages

Celestial Visions

Colin Legg’s Timelapse & Photography

Gordon Garradd’s Astronomy Page

Grahame Kelaher’s Astro Photography

SkyMaps by Kym Thalassoudis in Adelaide download skymap each month.

Space Flight

Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex – Tidbinbilla

David Cottle’s Home Page

National Space Society of Australia

South Australian Space School