60 years after it first gazed at the skies, the Parkes dish is still making breakthroughs
- Written by: John Sarkissian, Operations Scientist, CSIRO
CSIRO, Author providedThe CSIRO’s 64-metre Parkes Radio Telescope was commissioned on October 31 1961. At the time it was the most advanced radio telescope in the world, incorporating many innovative features that have since become standard in all large-dish antennas.
Through its early discoveries it quickly became the leading instrument of...
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