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Parkes radio telescope added to National Heritage List

Parkes radio telescope added to National Heritage List

by Jonathan Nally | Aug 10, 2020 | Astronomy, News, Telescopes

Above: The CSIRO’s 64-metre-diameter Parkes radio telescope, located in central NSW. Credit: CSIRO/A. Cherney. AUSTRALIA’S MOST FAMOUS RADIO DISH, the Parkes radio telescope in central NSW, has been added to the official National Heritage List. Construction of the...
Review finds Australian astronomy is paying dividends

Review finds Australian astronomy is paying dividends

by Jonathan Nally | Jul 9, 2020 | Astronomy, Cosmology, Telescopes

ABOVE: The Anglo Australian Telescope at Siding Springs Observatory. Photo: Ángel R. López-Sánchez AUSTRALIA’S INVESTMENT IN ASTRONOMY and its hosting of two of the world’s most powerful telescopes means the country is well placed to contribute to more big...
Computing boost for Australian radio telescopes

Computing boost for Australian radio telescopes

by Jonathan Nally | Mar 5, 2020 | Astronomy, Cosmology, Telescopes

Above: Just a handful of the more-than 4,000 antennas of the Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope in Western Australia. Credit: John Goldsmith A NEW $2 MILLION COMPUTING FACILITY based at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Perth will crunch the huge amounts of...
Upgrades will boost Australian radio telescopes

Upgrades will boost Australian radio telescopes

by Jonathan Nally | Jan 28, 2020 | Astronomy, Cosmology, Telescopes

Above: CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope is to be equipped with a new receiver system, called ‘cryoPAF,’ which will triple the telescope’s field of view. Image courtesy CSIRO. TWO OF THE CSIRO’S RADIO TELESCOPE FACILITIES — Parkes and the Australia Telescope Compact...

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