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Author Bhathal, R. S., author.

Title Mt Stromlo Observatory : from bush observatory to the Nobel prize / Ragbir Bhathal, Ralph Sutherland and Harvey Butcher
Published Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations (some colour), portraits
Contents A beginning in the bush -- A bush observatory -- Caretaker -- Second World War : the observatory becomes an optical munitions factory -- The change master -- The astronomical godfather -- A life on the dome floor -- An astronomical entrepreneur -- An instrumentalist and the MACHO project -- Masters of the universe -- Bushfires and a new beginning -- Stromlo fellows and a Nobel Prize -- Brian Schmidt's Nobel Lecture 2011 : accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae
Summary This book tells the story of the Mt Stromlo Observatory in Canberra which began with W.G. Duffield's idealism and vision in 1905. The Observatory began life as a government department, later becoming an optical munitions factory producing gun sights and telescopes during the Second World War, before changing its focus to astrophysics - the new astronomy. In the ensuing years programs were introduced to push the Observatory in new directions at the international frontiers of astronomy. The astronomers built new, better and larger telescopes to unravel the secrets of the universe
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Mount Stromlo Observatory.
Mount Stromlo Observatory -- History
SUBJECT Mount Stromlo Observatory fast
Subject Astronomical observatories -- Australia
Astronomy -- Australia -- History
Astronomy -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory -- History
NATURE -- Sky Observation.
Astronomical observatories
Astronomy
Australia
Australian Capital Territory
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Sutherland, Ralph, author.
Butcher, Harvey R., author.
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