🔭 Parkes Observatory

Australia · Oceania · 33.00°S, 148.26°E

Parkes Observatory is a radio astronomy observatory, located 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. It hosts Murriyang, the 64 m CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope also known as "The Dish", along with two smaller radio telescopes. The 64 m dish was one of several radio antennas used to receive live television images of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Its scientific contributions over the decades led the ABC to describe it as "the most successful scientific instrument ever built in Australia" after 40 years of operation.

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Quick facts

Country	Australia
Continent / region	Oceania
Coordinates (approx.)	33.00°S, 148.26°E · view on map

Parkes Observatory is located in Australia, in Oceania.

More observatories in Australia

Australia Telescope National Facility · Australian Astronomical Observatory · Bagnall Beach Observatory · Canopus Hill Observatory · Green Point Observatory · Grove Creek Observatory · Linden Observatory Complex · Melbourne Observatory · Mount Kent Observatory · Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory.

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