Links to professional observatories in and associated with Australia. Most professional observatories host open days and public information meetings and have visitors centres on site.

Siding Spring Mountain The 3.9m Anglo-Australian Telescope (background) and the UK-Schmidt telescope (foreground) at Siding Springs Observatory in NSW.

• Anglo-Australian Observatory
• Siding Springs Observatory (RSAA, ANU)
• Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATNF)
• Mopra Observatory (ATNF)
• Parkes Radio Observatory (ATNF)
• Australian Gemini Office
• Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (Tidbinbilla)
• Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST)
• Sydney University Stellar Interferometer (SUSI)
• Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory
• CANGAROO at Woomera
• Mt Canopus Observatory (Tas)
• Mt Pleasent Observatory (Tas)
• Ceduna Radio Telescope (SA)
• Perth Observatory
• Mt Kent Observatory (QLD)

See also the list of Designated Optical Observatories maintained by the ASA in connection with Australian Standard AS4282 on "The Control of the Obtrusive Effects of Outdoor Lighting".

Of interest to those observing in South Eastern Australia (including Tasmania), check the SSO-NOAA Weather Satellite Service, run by the UNSW Automated Patrol Telescope.