Our Mopra Observatory near Coonabarabran is home to our single-dish Mopra radio telescope. It dish is used together with other antennas as part of our Long Baseline Array. The observatory and telescope are named for a famous feature nearby, Mopra Rock, in the Warrumbungle National Park.

Mopra Observatory is not accessible to the public. It is situated about 20 km west of the town of Coonabarabran, which is nearly 500km north-west of Sydney and about 4 km due east of the Siding Spring Observatory. Mopra is 145km from our Paul Wild Observatory (about 1.5hr drive).

All visits to Mopra must first have approval from the Paul Wild Observatory Site Leader. For information on Mopra please contact the Paul Wild Observatory, Narrabri:

1828 Yarrie Lake Rd
Narrabri NSW 2390
Australia

Telephone: +61 2 6790 4000

Email: narrabri@csiro.au