Ballarat Observatory

Ballarat Observatory. Photo Nick Lomb.

Ballarat observatory, in the state of Victoria, opened in 1886 as the first municipal observatory in Australia. Its largest telescope is a locally-built 26-inch (66-cm) Newtonian reflector. Shown is the Observatory’s Jelbart dome containing a 5-inch (13-cm) Cooke lens telescope.

The observatory is open to the public for visits and there is a very active local astronomy society. For more information, and to visit the observatory, use this link: https://ballaratobservatory.org.au/.