The Wast Hills Observatory was established in 1982 primarily as a teaching laboratory for the Physics with Astrophysics BSc/MSci degree course at the University of Birmingham. It is located in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, 8 km from the university campus. It has developed into a unique training and research facility for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
List of directors Kenneth Elliott 1982 - 2003 Somak Raychaudhury 2003 - 2012 Graham Smith 2012 - 2016 Sean McGee 2016 - 2021 Matt Nicholl 2021 - 2023 Ben Gompertz 2023 -
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External links Wast Hills Observatory, University of Birmingham