The Mount Pleasant Observatory is located 20 km East of Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, Australia. The Observatory is equipped with two antennas, a 26m and a 14m which are both prime focus instruments.

The 26m telescope is at latitude 42 48' 18'' S, longitude 147 26' 21'' (east of Greenwich) and is 43m above sea level. The telescope is equipt with a variety of recievers which operate between 660 MHz and 22 GHz.
 

Photo: Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory 26 metre Radio Telescope.

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The large number of available recievers makes the telescope suitable for a variety of research projects within the University of Tasmania and its location makes it a vital element in the Australian Long Baseline Array (LBA) VLBI network.

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