Category:Parkes Observatory

**Parkes Observatory**
	radio telescope observatory, located 20 kilometres north of the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia The Parkes 64m Radio Telescope
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Instance of	astronomical observatory;
Part of	Australia Telescope National Facility;
Location	Parkes, New South Wales, AUS
Operator	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation;
Has part(s)	Parkes Radio Telescope; Parkes 18-metre telescope; Parkes 12-metre telescope;
Heritage designation	listed on the Australian National Heritage List (2020–);
Inception	1961;
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	32° 59′ 52″ S, 148° 15′ 46.5″ E
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Deutsch: Das Parkes-Observatorium ist ein Radioobservatorium in Australien. Sein Standort in 392 m Höhe ist 20 km von Parkes, New South Wales entfernt. Es wurde vor allem durch die Übertragung der ersten de:Mondlandung bekannt und den australischen Spielfilm de:The Dish (2000) bekannt.

English: The Parkes Observatory is a en:radio telescope observatory, 20 kilometres north of the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. It was one of several radio antennas used to receive images of the Apollo 11 moon landing in July 1969. The observatory and telescope were featured in the 2000 film en:The Dish, a fictionalised account of the observatory's involvement with the Apollo 11 moon landing.

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Parkes 18-metre telescope (2 F)
Parkes Radio Telescope (73 F)

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ABC Apollo 11.ogv 3 min 27 s, 512 × 288; 31.76 MB
CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope.jpg 2,272 × 1,704; 2.01 MB
CSIRO ScienceImage 10850 The Centaurus A galaxy.jpg 945 × 1,875; 747 KB
CSIRO ScienceImage 2124 The Parkes Control Room Apollo 11 Mission.jpg 740 × 945; 435 KB
CSIRO ScienceImage 3682 A receiver technician works on the methanol multibeam receiver package at the CSIRO Parkes radio telescope.jpg 2,657 × 1,937; 2.54 MB
Intersection of the Newell Highway with Telescope Road, NSW, 2022.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 4.82 MB
Old Receiver Cabin diaplay at Parkes.jpg 1,333 × 2,000; 838 KB
Parkes Observatory -Australia -landscape-15Aug2009.jpg 3,000 × 1,285; 724 KB
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Parkes Observatory.jpg 5,312 × 2,988; 1.39 MB
The Dish film prop control console.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 1.04 MB

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