Monday, 09 Oct 2017
  • Director of Mount Stromlo

Bok was an enthusiastic and popular Director. He boosted the Observatory’s public outreach by starting star-gazing nights and encouraging visitors.

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Monday, 09 Oct 2017
  • Director of Mount Stromlo

Duffield was the natural choice for the first Director of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory – he had spent almost twenty years lobbying for its existence.

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Penny Sackett
Monday, 09 Oct 2017
  • Director of Mount Stromlo

American astrophysicist Penny Sackett became Stromlo’s first female Director in 2002.

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Wednesday, 04 Oct 2017
  • News

Mount Stromlo was one of three government-run facilities that the gunsights.

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Friday, 29 Sep 2017
  • News

To enhance Australia's defence capability by building industrial capability in sensor and on-board data processing for drones and small satellites.

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Indigenous astronomy workshop
Tuesday, 26 Sep 2017
  • News

Indigenous- focused daylong Astronomy for regional school students in years 7 to 12.

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Monday, 25 Sep 2017
  • News

The seven mirror segments will form the heart of the Giant Magellan Telescope, designed to have a resolving power 10 times greater than that of the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Monday, 25 Sep 2017
  • News

New agreement with UNSW Canberra on building and testing satellites and space instruments.

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Thursday, 21 Sep 2017
  • Research story

Scientists at ANU have produced the best estimate of Earth's elemental composition which will help them understand how the Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago.

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