# Siding Spring

*Observatory*

Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Where it is | 31.2700° S, 149.0600° E |
| State | AU |
| What is done there | optical observatory |
| Main mirror | 3.9 m |
| Still working | yes |

Test ranges, observatories and ground stations are a hand-picked list kept in this project rather than a published catalogue: no catalogue answers which of the world's thousands of observing sites belong on a map of it. The article below is what lets the choice be argued with.

## What it is

Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, part of the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics (RSAA) at the Australian National University (ANU), incorporates the Anglo-Australian Telescope along with a collection of other telescopes owned by the Australian National University, the University of New South Wales, and other institutions. The observatory is situated 1,165 metres (3,822 ft) above sea level in the Warrumbungle National Park on Mount Woorat, also known as Siding Spring Mountain.

## Elsewhere

- This place on the live map: https://www.orbitalmap.space/?at=-31.27,149.06
- The article this row is vouched by: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siding_Spring_Observatory
- Every object: https://www.orbitalmap.space/o/
- What this site is and what it reads: https://www.orbitalmap.space/llms.txt

## Where this came from

Compiled 2026-09-17. Selected by hand for this project. Description from Wikipedia (en). Description: CC BY-SA 4.0.