Can you guess by the pic of The Atlas Coelestis above where we were heading on Thursday? If you guessed the Perth Observatory you were spot on. I can't believe that it's our first visit..
The Perth Observatory in Bickley is WA's oldest observatory, entered on the Heritage Register in 2005. If you are interested you can read more about some of the important research that has been completed at the observatory here. I climbed the dome that houses the Lowell Automated Telescope Dome below, installed the 1970's, to take the overall pic. The collage just a few of the many fascinating objects in the Observatory building. Life on other planets.. absabloominlutely don't you think :) Happy Saturday, take care and stay safe..
This is my kind of place to visit. I love everything about it. I am curious about the name "Lowell" since we have the Lowell Observatory here in Arizona. I visited it las October and posted about it on my travel site. I checked your link but didn't see any reference to how it was named. Ours is name after Percival Lowell, the man who built it.
ReplyDeleteFascinating stuff. It would be great to be there to see the comet which is going by now.
ReplyDelete...I love looking at the stars, but have never been into all of this star stuff.
ReplyDeleteWonderful place. I think it would be great to work there.
ReplyDeleteRight now we can track comet Neowise almost nightly.
A great place to visit and explore, sounds great to have an opportunity to view the stars up close.
ReplyDeleteA gaping black hole in my understanding I'm afraid. I've twice visited observatories and listened closely to the guide - and came away just as clueless as when I went in.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful place to visit.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
That is a place I’d enjoy for sure! Yes to life elsewhere!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great place to visit and photograph. Thanks for sharing. The sky in your photos looks too cloudy for good astronomical observations, but then, you were not there at night to make celestial observations. I've seen the comet Neowise, but not with a fine telescope.
ReplyDeleteTres Bon!
ReplyDeletePhotos five and six look very sci-fi. Planet Earth to Major Tom.
ReplyDeleteI've never been to an observatory, what a cool experience.
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful place! thanks for sharing! great pictures as usual! ew :)
ReplyDeleteI still remember the first observatory I visited as a youngster and how it sparked an a fascination with the stars.
ReplyDeleteThats a very impressive collection over there. Must have been a great visit.
ReplyDeleteSurprising visit!
ReplyDeleteI love the look of observatories and enjoy looking up at a starry sky but actually find them quite boring whenever I have visited them.
ReplyDeleteDearest Grace,
ReplyDeleteIt is often that way that those things right under your nose get skipped for no reason....
Glad you got to visit now.
Hugs,
Mariette
Interesting place no doubt.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have guessed it but how wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI've never visited the Perth Observatory.
ReplyDeleteOK. I give in, Grace.
ReplyDeleteIf my Brother is right, Dad will see this and tell Ingo to meet him there!
(The two of them watched the moon and the sun together long before we became a couple. My Dad had a small observatory, too - it sadly rots away now now...)