Sitting on top of a hill, right next to the harbor bridge and one of the busiest city highways in Australia, the Sydney Observatory looks small and quaint today. But once upon a time, in the days of maritime travel, it was of major strategic importance. Even today, the telescope in the top tower is one of the best in world, according to our guide Dr. Henry Woodruff, who conducted the first German language tour at the observatory. Visitors can admire a lot of old instruments and other exhibition pieces. But the highlights of our tour were the 3D cinema, the planetarium, where we learned how to find the Southern Cross, and the telescope of course, which enabled us to have a close look at Jupiter, which really looks as orange as on the pictures you see of it.
Sitting on top of a hill, right next to the harbor bridge and one of the busiest city highways in Australia, the Sydney Observatory looks small and quaint today. But once upon a time, in the days of maritime travel, it was of major strategic importance. Even today, the telescope in the top tower is one of the best in world, according to our guide Dr. Henry Woodruff, who conducted the first German language tour at the observatory. Visitors can admire a lot of old instruments and other exhibition pieces. But the highlights of our tour were the 3D cinema, the planetarium, where we learned how to find the Southern Cross, and the telescope of course, which enabled us to have a close look at Jupiter, which really looks as orange as on the pictures you see of it.
