OBSERVATORY SITE
Tests Nearing End A 30-monith investigation into the best site tor an astronomical observatory in New Zealand for the University of Pennsylvania should be finished by June 30, the investigator, Mr F. M. Bateson, said yesterday. Mir Bateson is at present investigating a site ait Mount John, near Tekapo. He has already investigated sites on the Black Birch Range (south of Blenheim), and near Nelson city, and last month opened a station at the Manorbum Dam, Central Otago. Meteorological observations are still being maintained at Black Birch for compairison
with other sites. As tiie preliminairy investigations at Mount John looked promising, an eight-inch refracting telescope had recently been installed there for testing the site by more precise methods, Mr Bateson said.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19630214.2.57
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CII, Issue 30056, 14 February 1963, Page 9
Word Count
123OBSERVATORY SITE Press, Volume CII, Issue 30056, 14 February 1963, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in