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SkyMapper

(automated 1.35 m optical telescope in Australia)

SkyMapper is a fully-automated 1.35 m optical telescope at Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia, completed in 2008 for the SkyMapper Southern Survey. It has a wide field of view (5.7 square degrees) and a 268 megapixel camera.


(telescope,reflector,automated,visible light,ground,Australia)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyMapper
http://skymapper.anu.edu.au/
https://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observatories/telescopes/skymapper-telescope
https://www.cbabelgium.com/peranso/UserGuideHTML/SkyMapper.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007PASA...24....1K/abstract

Referenced by pages:
Siding Spring Observatory (SSO)
SkyMapper Southern Survey (SMSS)

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