Visit to Canberra and Mt. Stromlo

A visit to Mt. Stromlo and Canberra

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Original main building of Mt. Stromlo Observatory Dome of the 74" telescope The dome for the 24" Yale-Columbia Telescope Gary DaCosta and the base of the 24"
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Panorama of Mt. Stromlo HQ, with the 50" dome on the right. The 50" 'Great Melbourne Telescope' - now known as the MACHO scope The original speculum secondary for the G.M.T. Part of the 10,000 Gb MACHO archive
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John Norris (L) - acting director - leads the barbecue team. Other Stromlo residents are furrier More 'roos Still more 'roos
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Del and Gary at dinner Roslyn DaCosta - ready for college Brendan - desert maker extraordinaire Darcy - an exchange student from Canada, enjoys a rainstorm.
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View of Canberra capital district from a nearby mountain Old Parliament House with aboriginal artwork on plaza Interior of the new parliament house - House of Representatives chamber. Del with 'Cones' at the National Gallery
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Isaac Newton's original Newtonian Telescope - the ball is about the size of a cricket ball (coincidence? I think not...) At the National Museum display. Russian lunar sample return pod from 1970 Miller-Urey experiment apparatus - making the buildingblocks of life. On display at the National Museum


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