Corporate Body

CSIRO Solar Observatory (1967 - 1987)

From: 22 September 1967
Culgoora, New South Wales, Australia
To: 1987

Summary

The CSIRO Solar Observatory was opened 22 September 1967. The observatory featured a radioheliograph for observing the sun. The CSIRO decided to close the observatory and despite attempts for it to be transferred to the University of Sydney, it closed in 1987.

Related People

Smerd, Stefan Friedrich (1916 - 1978)
Director 1971 - 1978

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

CSIRO Solar Observatory, Culgara, NSW - Records, 1966 - 1988, MS 167; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
John Paul Wild - Records, 1975 - 1980, MS 136; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Ralph Edwin Loughhead - Records, 1965 - 1998, MS 201; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Ronald Gordon Giovanelli - Records, 1910 - 1987, MS 176; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1508871. Details

Ailie Smith

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