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56 relations: Anglo-Australian Telescope, Astronomer Royal, Astronomical survey, Australia, Australian National University, Baryon, Canberra, Cer-Vit, Charles, Prince of Wales, CIMIC Group, Coonabarabran, Digitized Sky Survey, Doppler effect, Equatorial mount, European Southern Observatory, Evans Deakin and Company, Exoplanet, Galactic Center, Herschel Space Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, Interdata, Japan, John Crawford (economist), Kitt Peak National Observatory, List of astronomical observatories, Magellanic Clouds, Mauna Kea Observatories, Mitsubishi Electric, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Muroran, Hokkaido, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Ryde, New South Wales, Observatory, Olin J. Eggen, Optical fiber, Owens-Illinois, Parkes Observatory, RAVE (survey), Redshift, Richard van der Riet Woolley, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Siding Spring Observatory, Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co, Southern Hemisphere, Spectrograph, Subaru Telescope, Swinburne University of Technology, Sydney, UK Schmidt Telescope, United Kingdom, ..., Very Large Telescope, Warrumbungles, WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey, World War II, 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey, 6dF Galaxy Survey. Expand index (6 more) »
Anglo-Australian Telescope
The Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) is a 3.9-metre equatorially mounted telescope operated by the Australian Astronomical Observatory and situated at the Siding Spring Observatory, Australia at an altitude of a little over 1,100 m.
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Astronomer Royal
Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom.
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Astronomical survey
An astronomical survey is a general map or image of a region of the sky which lacks a specific observational target.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) is a national research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.
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Baryon
A baryon is a composite subatomic particle made up of three quarks (a triquark, as distinct from mesons, which are composed of one quark and one antiquark).
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Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia.
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Cer-Vit
Cer-Vit CerVit or Cervit or Cer-Vit C-101 (from 'ceramic-vitreous'), is a glass-ceramic material made up of oxides of silicon, aluminium and lithium, with ultra low coefficient of thermal expansion, used for telescope mirrors and lenses.
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Charles, Prince of Wales
Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II.
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CIMIC Group
CIMIC Group (formerly known as Leighton Holdings prior to April 2015) is a leading international contractor.
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Coonabarabran
Coonabarabran is a town in Warrumbungle Shire that sits on the divide between the Central West and North West Slopes regions of New South Wales, Australia.
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Digitized Sky Survey
The Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) is a digital version of several photographic atlases of the night sky, and an ongoing project to produce more digital versions of photographic astronomical datasets.
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Doppler effect
The Doppler effect (or the Doppler shift) is the change in frequency or wavelength of a wave in relation to observer who is moving relative to the wave source.
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Equatorial mount
An equatorial mount is a mount for instruments that compensates for Earth's rotation by having one rotational axis parallel to the Earth's axis of rotation.
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European Southern Observatory
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a 15-nation intergovernmental research organization for ground-based astronomy.
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Evans Deakin and Company
Evans Deakin & Company was an Australian engineering company and shipbuilder.
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Exoplanet
An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside our solar system.
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Galactic Center
The Galactic Center is the rotational center of the Milky Way.
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Herschel Space Observatory
The Herschel Space Observatory was a space observatory built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA).
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Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation.
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Interdata
Interdata, Inc., was a computer company, founded in 1966 by a former Electronics Associates engineer, Daniel Sinnott, and was based in Oceanport, New Jersey.
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Japan
Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.
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John Crawford (economist)
Sir John Grenfell Crawford (4 April 1910 – 28 October 1984) was an economist and a key architect of Australia's post-war growth.
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Kitt Peak National Observatory
The Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) is a United States astronomical observatory located on Kitt Peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona-Sonoran Desert on the Tohono O'odham Nation, west-southwest of Tucson, Arizona.
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List of astronomical observatories
This is a list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location.
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Magellanic Clouds
The Magellanic Clouds (or Nubeculae Magellani) are two irregular dwarf galaxies visible in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere; they are members of the Local Group and are orbiting the Milky Way galaxy.
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Mauna Kea Observatories
The Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) are a number of independent astronomical research facilities and large telescope observatories that are located at the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, United States.
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Mitsubishi Electric
is a Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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Mount Stromlo Observatory
Mount Stromlo Observatory located just outside Canberra, Australia, is part of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University (ANU).
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Muroran, Hokkaido
is a city and port located in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, from the North Sea.
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North Ryde, New South Wales
North Ryde is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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Observatory
An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events.
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Olin J. Eggen
Olin Jeuck Eggen (July 9, 1919 – October 2, 1998) was an American astronomer.
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Optical fiber
An optical fiber or optical fibre is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing glass (silica) or plastic to a diameter slightly thicker than that of a human hair.
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Owens-Illinois
Owens-Illinois Inc. is a Fortune 500 company that specializes in container glass products.
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Parkes Observatory
The Parkes Observatory (also known informally as "The Dish") is a radio telescope observatory, located 20 kilometres north of the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia.
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RAVE (survey)
RAVE (RAdial Velocity Experiment) is a multi-fiber spectroscopic astronomical survey of stars in the Milky Way using the 1.2-metre UK Schmidt Telescope of the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO).
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Redshift
In physics, redshift happens when light or other electromagnetic radiation from an object is increased in wavelength, or shifted to the red end of the spectrum.
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Richard van der Riet Woolley
Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley OBE FRS (24 April 1906 – 24 December 1986) was an English astronomer who became Astronomer Royal.
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Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (ROE) is an astronomical institution located on Blackford Hill in Edinburgh.
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Siding Spring Observatory
Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, part of the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics (RSAA) at the Australian National University (ANU), incorporates the Anglo-Australian Telescope along with a collection of other telescopes owned by the Australian National University, the University of New South Wales, and other institutions.
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Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co
Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co.
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Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is south of the Equator.
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Spectrograph
A spectrograph is an instrument that separates light into a frequency spectrum and records the signal using a camera.
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Subaru Telescope
is the flagship telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, located at the Mauna Kea Observatory on Hawaii.
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Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne University of Technology (often simply called Swinburne) is an Australian public university based in Melbourne, Victoria.
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Sydney
Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.
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UK Schmidt Telescope
The UK Schmidt Telescope (UKST) is a 1.24 metre Schmidt telescope operated by the Australian Astronomical Observatory (formerly the Anglo-Australian Observatory); it is located adjacent to the 3.9 metre Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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Very Large Telescope
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) is a telescope facility operated by the European Southern Observatory on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
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Warrumbungles
The Warrumbungles is a mountain range in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia.
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WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey
The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey was a large-scale astronomical redshift survey carried out on the 3.9 metre Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) at the Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales between August 2006 and January 2011.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey
In astronomy, the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (Two-degree-Field Galaxy Redshift Survey), 2dF or 2dFGRS is a redshift survey conducted by the Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO) with the 3.9m Anglo-Australian Telescope between 1997 and 11 April 2002.
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6dF Galaxy Survey
The 6dF Galaxy Survey (Six-degree-Field Galaxy Survey), 6dF or 6dFGS is a redshift survey conducted by the Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO) with the 1.2m UK Schmidt Telescope between 2001 and 2009.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Astronomical_Observatory
