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Kirby Observatory

Used primarily as a teaching and amateur astronomy site, the Kirby Observatory holds basic astronomical equipment including the Webster telescope a 14-inch (35 cm) diameter Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and multiple 10-cm refractor telescopes. The UNE and Northern Tablelands Amateur Astronomy Society are a community group of enthusiastic amateur astronomers that use and maintain this equipment along with using their own equipment to take astronomical and solar measurements including images and the optical spectra of astronomical objects.

The University of New England respects and acknowledges that its people, courses and facilities are built on land, and surrounded by a sense of belonging, both ancient and contemporary, of the world's oldest living culture. In doing so, UNE values and respects Indigenous knowledge systems as a vital part of the knowledge capital of Australia. We recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of the Aboriginal community and pay our respects to the Elders past, present and future.