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Originally Posted by raymo
I think Perth has a 24" Newt; is that right Brian?
raymo
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Perth observatory at Bickley has a 30" obsession (currently under upgrade with servocat and Argo Navis), 16" Meade, 14" Celestron (soon to be upgraded to a new 14") and a 100+ year old 12" Calver that is a remarkable piece of history. Additionally there's a smattering of small scopes, ie 11"cpc , some 10"
Dob's.
The 24" up in the dome is a Boller & Chivens RC and there is a 12" refractor astrograph in another of the domes. Neither of these instruments are in use.
I don't think the drop in interest referred to by the OP has manifested in a fall of in visitors. Most nights are filled close to capacity. If you're on this list, live in Perth and haven't come along you should be ashamed of yourself :-)
Cheers
Andrew.