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==Telescopes== * {{convert|3.9|m|adj=on|abbr=on}} [[Anglo-Australian Telescope]] (AAO), operational in 1974 * {{convert|1.24|m|adj=on|abbr=on}} [[UK Schmidt Telescope]] (AAO) * {{convert|2|m|adj=on|abbr=on}} [[Faulkes Telescope South]] ([[Las Cumbres Observatory]]) * {{convert|1.3|m|adj=on|abbr=on}} [[SkyMapper]] Telescope (ANU), when launched in 2009 was the first new optical, research grade telescope in Australia since 1984.<ref name="stc">{{Cite news |url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/national/5802527/skymapper-to-chart-southern-sky/ |title=SkyMapper to chart southern sky |access-date=21 January 2013 |date=25 May 2009 |newspaper=The West Australian |publisher=West Australian Newspapers }}</ref> * {{convert|2.3|m|adj=on|abbr=on}} [[Siding Spring 2.3 m Telescope|Advanced Technology Telescope]] (ANU), was built in 1984 * Multiple β {{Proper name|iTelescope.Net}} (iTelescope Network), Internet connected remote telescopes for the Public. Built 2013 * 4 x {{convert|0.4|m|adj=on|abbr=on}} [[PROMPT Telescopes]] (The University of North Carolina), Built 2013 * [[HATNet Project|HAT-South]] Telescope Network (ANU, [[Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics|Center for Astrophysics {{!}} Harvard & Smithsonian]], [[Max Planck Institute for Astronomy]]) with 8 x 0.2 m telescopes * SOLARIS Telescope (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre β Poland. Built 2012) * {{convert|0.5|m|adj=on|abbr=on}} [[Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope]] (ANU β decommissioned 2013) * {{convert|0.5|m|adj=on|abbr=on}} [[Automated Patrol Telescope]] (UNSW β decommissioned 2012) * {{convert|0.45|m|adj=on|abbr=on}} ROTSE IIIa, Robotic Optical Transit Search Experiment (UNSW) * [[Jaxa]] (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) telescopes * {{convert|40|inch|cm|adj=on|abbr=on}} Telescope (ANU), was first commissioned in 1963 currently decommissioned and moved to Milroy Observatory for use by amateurs.<ref name="oic">{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2012/04/05/3471832.htm?site=westernplains |title=Observations in Coonabarabran |access-date=21 January 2013 |date=5 April 2012 |work=ABC Western Plains |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation }}</ref> * {{convert|24|inch|cm|adj=on|abbr=on}} Telescope (ANU β decommissioned) * {{convert|16|inch|cm|adj=on|abbr=on}} Telescope (ANU currently housing a 14-inch telescope for outreach programs) * {{convert|1.6|m|adj=on|abbr=on}} Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) * Two 8 x {{convert|0.4|m|adj=on|abbr=on}} [[GOTO (telescope array)|Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer]] array telescopes (GOTO-S), built 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-01-29 |title=GOTO-South |url=https://rsaa.anu.edu.au/about/observatories/telescopes/goto-south |access-date=2024-02-14 |publisher=Australian National University |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ulaczyk |first=Krzysztof |date=2023-05-08 |title=Two new arrays of telescopes installed at Siding Spring Observatory |url=https://goto-observatory.org/two-new-arrays-of-telescopes-installed-at-siding-spring-observatory/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=goto-observatory.org}}</ref>
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