Australian Astronomical Observatory

Overview

  • ID: https://ror.org/030cszc07
  • ATR ID: 030cszc07
  • ATR Label: Australian Astronomical Observatory
  • Status: inactive
  • Established: 1939
  • Types: facility, funder

Locations

  • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • GeoNames ID: 2147714
    • Coordinates: -33.86785, 151.20732

Names

  • AAO (acronym)
  • Anglo-Australian Observatory (alias, en)
  • Australian Astronomical Observatory (ror_display, label, en)

External IDs

  • fundref: 501100004661
  • grid: grid.450420.7
  • isni: 0000 0001 0825 0002
  • wikidata: Q2608932

Domains

No domains listed.

Relationships

  • successor: Mount Stromlo Observatory
    • https://ror.org/006a4jj40

Administrative Information

  • Created: 2018-11-14 (schema 1.0)
  • Last modified: 2025-08-26 (schema 2.1)

Website test

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