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Delve into Belar Creek in Australia
Belar Creek in the region of New South Wales is located in Australia - some 269 mi or ( 434 km ) North of Canberra , the country's capital .
Local time in Belar Creek is now 02:50 AM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Australia/Sydney " with a UTC offset of 11 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Warkton, Sydney City, Katoomba, Gowang, and Forked Mountain. While being here, you might want to check out Warkton . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Belar Creek ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
Faulkes South 2.0m Telescope
Introduction to the Faulkes South 2.0m robotic telescope, located at Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales, Australia. Manufactured by Telescope Technologies Limited (TTL), Merseyside, UK, achiev ..
Landing at Coonabarabran, Australia, Rwy 11, Cockpit View
Landing at Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia Rwy 11, cockpit view to east during a "high angle" final to close SARWATCH just before landing and loss of comms with Brisbane Centre, in Lilydale Flying Schoo ..
Aerial Australia, Siding Spring Observatory, Cockpit View
Aerial Australia, Siding Spring Observatory, filmed with a telephoto lens to avoid overflying, Just west of Coonabarabaran, NSW. Filmed by my wife enroute to the 3rd stop on our Top End Tour of Austra ..
Astronomy Roadtrip 2009 - Siding Springs
The second stop of the ANU RSAA Summar Research Scholarship roadtrip. We spent two nights here, with a day-trip to the Narrabri Compact Array on the second day. We saw pretty much every telescope on t ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Siding Spring Survey
The Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth object search program that uses the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales, Australia. It is the southern hemisphere counterpart of the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) located in the Santa Catalina Mountains on Mount Bigelow, near Tucson, Arizona, USA. SSS is jointly operated by the University of Arizona and the Australian National University, with funding from NASA.
Located at -31.30 149.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Mopra Observatory
The 22-metre Mopra Radio Telescope, located near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, is part of the Australia Telescope National Facility, operated by CSIRO. The name hails from the location of the facility close to Mopra Rock a geological formation overlooking the telescope. It is also close to the Siding Spring optical observatory in the Warrumbungle National Park. For use as a single-dish, it has niche equipment allowing large bandwidths to be observed at millimeter-wavelengths.
Located at -31.27 149.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Australian Astronomical Observatory
The Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO), formerly the Anglo-Australian Observatory, is an optical/near-infrared astronomy observatory with its headquarters in suburban Sydney, Australia. Originally funded jointly by the United Kingdom and Australian governments, it is now managed wholly by Australia's Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.
Located at -31.28 149.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Faulkes Telescope South
The Faulkes Telescope South is a clone of the Liverpool Telescope and is located at Siding Spring Observatory. It is a 2 m Ritchey-Chrétien telescope. The telescope is owned and operated by LCOGT. This telescope and its sister telescope Faulkes Telescope North are used by research and education groups across the globe. The Faulkes Telescope Project is one such group which provides observing time (awarded by LCOGT) for educational projects for UK schools.
Located at -31.27 149.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Anglo-Australian Telescope
The Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) is a 3.9 m equatorially mounted telescope operated by the Australian Astronomical Observatory and situated at the Siding Spring Observatory, Australia at an altitude of a little over 1100 m. In 2009, the telescope was ranked as the 5th highest-impact of the world's optical telescopes. In 2001-2003, it was considered the most scientifically productive 4 metre-class optical telescope in the world based on scientific publications using data from the telescope.
Located at -31.28 149.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
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