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New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 



AUSTRALIA TELESCOPE 



Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) 



"Big Science" Descriptor ; Radio astronomy 



Description of Facility/Instrument : The six 20-meter antennas are used 

 simultaneously as a synthesis radio telescope. 



Date of Construction ; 1984-1987 



Construction Cost ; 1984 $$ ; $22 million 



Present International Cooperation 



Nationality(s) of Ownership ; Australia 

 Natlonality(s) of Operational Funding ; Australia 

 Natlonallty(s) of Management Staff ; Australia 

 Natlonality(s) of Researchers ; Australia 



Potential for Future International -Cooperation ; Australia may desire 

 to enlist international cooperation to add additional elements to 

 this array telescope which would extend the baseline coverage for 

 dedicated very long baseline interferometry observations. 



Coonabarabran, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 



ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN TELESCOPE 

 Anglo-Australian Observatory 



"Big Science" Descriptor ; Optical astronomy 



Description of Facility/Instrument ; This facility is a 150-inch 

 optical telescope. 



Date of Construction ; 1974-75 



Construction Cost ; 1984 $$ : probably more than $25 million 



Present International Cooperation 



Nationallty(s) of Ownership ; Australia-U.K. 

 Nationallty(s) of Operational Funding ; Australia-U.K. 

 Nationality (s) of Management Staff ; Australia-U.K. 

 Nationality (s) of Researchers : some non-Australia-U.K. observers 



