Paul Wild Observatory

Paul Wild Observatory
Alternative names	Narrabri Observatory
Named after	Paul Wild
Location	Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	30°18′50″S 149°33′43″E
Website	www.csiro.au/en/Locations/NSW/Narrabri
Telescopes	Australia Telescope Compact Array; Sydney University Stellar Interferometer ;
	Location of Paul Wild Observatory

The Paul Wild Observatory, also known as the Narrabri Observatory and Culgoora Observatory, is an astronomical research facility located about 24 km west of Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Australia Telescope Compact Array, and the Culgoora Solar Observatory.

The site itself and the Australia Telescope Compact Array are run by Australia's science agency, the CSIRO. The current Solar Observatory is run by the Space Weather Services section of Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

The site is named in honour of Australian radio astronomer Paul Wild, who headed the team that built the instrument that the site was established for – the Culgoora Radioheliograph, the world's first radioheliograph – which ran from 1967 to 1984.

The Australia Telescope Compact Array began operating at the site in 1988.

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