Excursion to  Canopus Observatory,  August 2006
  

Waiting outside the observatory dome, with our host Stefan Dieters at centre.

Stefan is a physicist at the University of Tasmania, specialising in optical and x-ray astronomy. 

Explaining the mirror at the bottom of the telescope tube.

The 1 metre 'folded Cassegrain' telescope.

Showing us a diffraction grating used for spectroscopy.

Outside with a 10 inch reflector. 

A quick snap of the moon through the aiming scope on the side of the 10 inch reflector.

Photos by  Geoff Fenton