SkyMapper, Automated optical telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales, Australia.
The SkyMapper telescope contains a 1.35-meter primary mirror and a 0.69-meter secondary mirror within its modified Cassegrain optical system design.
The telescope began operations in 2008 following the destruction of the Great Melbourne Telescope during the 2003 bushfires in Canberra.
This research facility contributes to international astronomy by providing digital survey data of the southern sky to scientists worldwide.
The telescope operates at 1163 meters elevation with a camera containing 268 million pixels that captures 5.7 square degrees of sky per image.
SkyMapper records objects one million times fainter than human vision, mapping nearly one billion stars and galaxies across the southern hemisphere.
Location: New South Wales
Inception: 2008
Elevation above the sea: 1,163 m
Diameter: 1.35 m
Part of: Siding Spring Observatory
Website: http://mso.anu.edu.au/skymapper
GPS coordinates: -31.27211,149.06129
Latest update: March 23, 2025 14:51
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