Astronomical Society of South Australia (ASSA)

Current ASSA Observatories

Stockport Observatory, SA (DO3-13)
Stockport is located 6kms north-east of Hamley Bridge, approximately 70kms north of Adelaide.

Stockport - The Way It Was
Photos taken during 1988-1989

      
   Ian Bedford (right) donated the land on which the society built their first dome (square base) in 1986.
The second dome (round base) is larger and was privately owned by Ian and housed a 76cm (30") Newtonian-Cassegrain
reflecting telescope (below). He later sold this dome and land to the society but kept the telescope for his new observatory.

  Ian's 76cm (30") Newtonian-Cassegrain reflecting telescope. 

  The societies 50cm (20") Newtonian-Cassegrain reflecting telescope 
is now housed in Ian's old dome and a 46cm (18") telescope (not shown) is now housed in the societies smaller dome.

Stockport - The Way It Is Today
 Photos taken during 2002

  Stockport's roll off shed houses a 15" (38cm) Dobsonian reflector

The Heights Observatory, Adelaide, SA (DO3-34)
The Heights Observatory is a joint facility operated by the ASSA and The Heights School.

  The Heights observatory contains a 32cm (12.5") Cassegrain telescope 

Observatories No Longer Used By ASSA

The Marryatville Observatory, Adelaide, SA

     (1988)
The societies old dome at Marryatville High School
before moving to the Heights Primary School at Modbury Heights.

Douglas Scrub Viewing Site (DO3-24)
Douglas Scrub is located approximately 45kms south of Adelaide near McLaren Flat. Last used in 2004

  Douglas Scrub's roll off shed houses a 15" (38cm) Dobsonian reflector  (2002)

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