Zadko Observatory
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Zadko Observatory is an astronomical observatory (obs. code: D20) located within the Wallingup Plain in the Gingin shire, Western Australia. It is owned and operated by the University of Western Australia.
History
[edit | edit source]The Zadko Observatory was created in 2008 to host the Zadko Telescope,[1] a 1.0m instrument donated to the University of Western Australia by James Zadko,[2] CEO of Claire Energy.[3] It was then expanded to fit several other instruments in 2011. The Observatory is located close to the Australian Interferometer Gravitational Observatory. The original construction cost AUD 1 million.[4]
Observations are performed robotically every night, and have led to various important results, such as the observation of the first detected counterpart of a gravitational wave source, GW170817.[5][6]
Instruments
[edit | edit source]The observatory operates one robotic 1.0-metre Cassegrain telescope for scientific studies. In addition, the observatory hosts several instruments operated by private companies.
See also
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