10 of the best Australian observatories

Australia is blessed with little light pollution and many observatories with which to gaze up at the stars.

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Paul Wild Observatory, NSW

The imposing dishes of Australia Telescope Compact Array are helping to observe star formation, the late stages of stars’ lives, supernovae and magnetic fields.

Photo Credit: Emil Lenc (CAASTRO postdoc, University of Sydney)

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