Chaseley Road, Chaseley Fields, Salford. M6 7DZ, UK. Tel (During Observatory meetings only) 0161 737 8382
Long. 02d 17′ 54″W Lat +53d 29′ 36″N Alt. 70m O.S. SD995818
Salford Observatory is operated by the Salford Astronomical Society.
Built in 1971 by the society members, it houses an Equatorialy Fork Mounted 0.45m/f5.64 Newtonian Reflecting Telescope equipped with two refracting type finder telescopes of 0.05 & 0.105m OG.
Originally housed at Jodrell Bank the telescope was offered to the societies in the area by the late Prof. Z. Kopal, head of Manchester University Astronomical Department, on the understanding that they could move and house it. Salford Astronomical Society was offered land owned by Salford City Council’s Education Department and so acquired the instruments.
As well as housing the telescopes, the building is the centre for many of the society’s activities and specialist group meetings. All books and records belonging to the society are kept here including several pieces of ancillary equipment such as filar micrometers, spectroscope, photographic and video cameras and computer. Public open nights are held on the FIRST Wednesday of each month and has many visiting parties from schools, scouts and other clubs.
