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| On 18 January 2003 a bush fire destroyed Mount Stromlo Observatory with all its instruments. Of concern to Southern African astronomy is the 26-inch Parallax Refractor . This instrument was used at Yale Observatory in Johannesburg until 1951. Groundbreaking work in measuring parallax and proper motions of stars were made with this telescope. It was then shipped to Australia and became operational again in 1951. | ||||||
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photograph on the left shows the telescope at Mount Stromlo before the
fire. On the right, the telescope destroyed by the fire.
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| Interesting Links: Link to Objects Lost and / or Found. Link to a short History of Astronomy in Southern Africa. Link to a Time Line to see how Events on this page relates to the bigger time dimension. Link to view the Achievements and other Interesting Aspects of Southern African Astronomers. Link to the Telescope Manufacturers. Link to the Main Bibliography Section and more information about Sources and the Archive. |
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Director Historical Section: Chris de Coning - siriusa@absamail.co.za Webmaster: Christian Hettlage - webmaster@assa.saao.ac.za |
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