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Mount Stromlo (formerly Mount Strom [1] [2] [citation needed]) is a mountain with an elevation of 770 metres (2,530 ft) AHD that is situated in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The mountain is most notable as the location of the Mount Stromlo Observatory .
Stromlo Forest Park MTB and BMX trailhead in an early stage of development, 2011 A mountain bike trail sign at Stromlo Forest Park. Stromlo Forest Park is an outdoor recreation facility supported by the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government. The park is located in western area of the ACT, adjacent to the Molonglo Valley, and about 15 ...
The district of Stromlo was established in 1996 under the Districts Act 1966 No. 5. [5] In 2003, the Stromlo Forest pine plantation and the Mount Stromlo Obseratory were destroyed in the 2003 Canberra bushfires. [6] [7] In 2009, the Stromlo Forest Park was opened as a new recreational precinct. [8]
Mount Stromlo Locality Map. On 18 January 2003, the devastating Canberra firestorm hit Mount Stromlo (which was surrounded by a plantation pine forest), destroying five telescopes, workshops, seven homes, and the heritage-listed administration building. [7] The only telescope to escape the fires was the 1886 15-centimetre Farnham telescope.
The location of the present post-glacial river valley was created as a result of ice-marginal deposition. [1]Archaeological sites from around the area suggest that the First Nations have used the resources found in the North Saskatchewan River valley for thousands of years, and may have even modified the river valley to a certain degree. [2]
The 2003 Canberra bushfires caused severe damage to the suburbs and outer areas of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, during 18–22 January 2003.Almost 70% of the Australian Capital Territory's (ACT) pastures, pine plantations, and nature parks were severely damaged, [1] and most of the Mount Stromlo Observatory was destroyed.
South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park station is an Edmonton LRT station in Edmonton, Alberta. It is served by the Capital Line . It is a ground-level station located on the University of Alberta 's South Campus approximately two blocks to the west of the site originally proposed for the station on 113 Street.
The 1.27-metre (50 in) telescope at Mt. Stromlo was refurbished for the project, [1] and equipped with a prime-focus wide-field corrector, a dichroic beamsplitter and a pair of 16 megapixel CCD cameras (between 1992 and 1995, this was the largest CCD system in astronomical use). The cameras imaged a 42 by 42 arcminute square field of sky in two ...