The discovery was made possible by the SkyMapper , a fully automated optical telescope at Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran , New South Wales , Australia . SkyMapper was built to replace the Great Melbourne Telescope at Mount Stromlo after that telescope was burnt in the 2003 Canberra bushfires . Its purpose was to do whole sky surveys
2003 Canberra bushfires
2003 Canberra bushfires
SMSS J031300.36−670839.3