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University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory (UCMJO), previously known as Mt John University Observatory (MJUO), is New Zealand's premier astronomical research observatory. [1] [2] It is situated at 1,029 metres (3,376 ft) ASL atop Mount John at the northern end of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island, and was established in 1965. [2]
The Mount John University Observatory is located in the reserve, and is the main astronomical research observatory in New Zealand. [8] There is also a star-gazing tourism venture, Dark Sky Project, operating in the Lake Tekapo township. [9]
Mount John University Observatory: 1965 Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand Mount Laguna Observatory: 1968 San Diego, California, US Mount Lemmon Observatory: Tucson, Arizona, US Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory: Tasmania, Australia Mount Stromlo Observatory: 1911 Canberra, Australia Mount Suhora Observatory: 1987 Gorce Mountains, Poland
Lake Tekapo (Māori: Takapō) is the second-largest of three roughly parallel lakes running north–south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island of New Zealand (the others are Lake Pukaki and Lake Ōhau). It covers an area of 83 km 2 (32 sq mi) and is at an altitude of 710 m (2,330 ft) above sea level.
Due to its clean, dry and dark sky, the Mackenzie Basin serves as an important area for New Zealand-based astronomy, with a number of related facilities located there, including the nation's premier astronomical observatory, the University of Canterbury's Mount John University Observatory, and several amateur observatories.
Observations are conducted at New Zealand's Mt. John University Observatory using a 1.8 m (70.9 in) reflector telescope built for the project. [4] In September 2020, astronomers using microlensing techniques reported the detection, for the first time, of an earth-mass rogue planet unbounded by any star, and free floating in the Milky Way galaxy.