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Explore Gowang in Australia

Gowang in the region of New South Wales with its 201 inhabitants is a town in Australia - some 267 mi or ( 430 km ) North of Canberra , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Gowang

Current time in Gowang is now 06:30 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Australia/Sydney " with a UTC offset of 11 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Wallumburrawang, Uargon, Sydney City, Katoomba, and Canberra. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Wallumburrawang . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Gowang ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Aerial Australia, Warrumbungle National Park, Cockpit View

0:22 min by CumulusGranitis
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Aerial Australia, Warrumbungle National Park, west of Coonabarabaran, NSW. Filmed by my wife enroute to our 3rd stop on our Top End Tour of Australia 2008 by light aircaft. ..

Aerial view of the Warrumbungles National Park

0:29 min by aeromax737
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Passing the Warrumbungles on our tour through southeastern Australia in Piper Archer CJR. The small white dot in the distance is the Siding Springs Observatory. ..


Contiki 07 - Obligatory cool clouds shot

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International law states that anyone in possession of a working video camera while flying above cool looking clouds must take at least one recording of them. ..

Bird of prey at the Warrumbungles

0:23 min by cunningdavid
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Interesting facts about this location

Siding Spring Survey

The Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth object search program that uses the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales, Australia. It is the southern hemisphere counterpart of the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) located in the Santa Catalina Mountains on Mount Bigelow, near Tucson, Arizona, USA. SSS is jointly operated by the University of Arizona and the Australian National University, with funding from NASA.

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Located at -31.30 149.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Asteroid surveys, Astronomical surveys, University of Arizona

Australian Astronomical Observatory

The Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO), formerly the Anglo-Australian Observatory, is an optical/near-infrared astronomy observatory with its headquarters in suburban Sydney, Australia. Originally funded jointly by the United Kingdom and Australian governments, it is now managed wholly by Australia's Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.

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Located at -31.28 149.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories in Australia

Anglo-Australian Telescope

The Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) is a 3.9 m equatorially mounted telescope operated by the Australian Astronomical Observatory and situated at the Siding Spring Observatory, Australia at an altitude of a little over 1100 m. In 2009, the telescope was ranked as the 5th highest-impact of the world's optical telescopes. In 2001-2003, it was considered the most scientifically productive 4 metre-class optical telescope in the world based on scientific publications using data from the telescope.

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Located at -31.28 149.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: 1974 establishments in Australia, Astronomical observatories in Australia, Buildings and structures in New South Wales, Telescopes

Faulkes Telescope South

The Faulkes Telescope South is a clone of the Liverpool Telescope and is located at Siding Spring Observatory. It is a 2 m Ritchey-Chrétien telescope. The telescope is owned and operated by LCOGT. This telescope and its sister telescope Faulkes Telescope North are used by research and education groups across the globe. The Faulkes Telescope Project is one such group which provides observing time (awarded by LCOGT) for educational projects for UK schools.

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Located at -31.27 149.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Telescopes

UK Schmidt Telescope

The 1.2 metre UK Schmidt Telescope (UKST) is operated by the Australian Astronomical Observatory, and located adjacent to the 3.9 metre Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia. The UKST is a Schmidt camera, with a design based on the Oschin Schmidt Telescope. It is a survey telescope with a 6° by 6° field of view, and has been the primary source of optical survey data in the southern sky since it was opened in 1973.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -31.27 149.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: 1973 establishments in Australia, Science and technology in Australia, Telescopes