Anglo Australian Telescope celebrates 50 years

05/10/2024 11 min
Anglo Australian Telescope celebrates 50 years

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Episode Synopsis


Until the 1970s, most of the world’s largest telescopes were in the northern hemisphere. In 1974 the Anglo Australian Telescope was commissioned in northern NSW so that astronomers could explore some of the most exciting regions of the sky, including the centre of our own Milky Way Galaxy and its nearest neighbour galaxies.