Parkes Observatory, just outside the central-west NSW town of Parkes, hosts Murriyang, our 64-metre Parkes radio telescope, one of the telescopes comprising CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF).

See map and directions to Parkes Observatory. Getting to the observatory Murriyang, CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope is located at our Parkes Observatory, 20 kilometres north of Parkes off the Newell Highway (the main highway between Brisbane and Melbourne).

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", [1] along with two smaller radio telescopes.

Parkes Observatory is some 300km west of Sydney in the Central West of NSW, in the heart of Wiradjuri country. The site was chosen in 1956 for CSIRO’s largest radio astronomy project to that time, a 64-m fully-steerable parabolic dish commissioned in 1961 and still the largest dedicated “single dish” radio telescope in the Southern ...

3 days ago · Parkes Observatory is just outside the central-west NSW town of Parkes. At CSIRO, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We are …

The Parkes Observatory is a radio astronomy observatory located on Wiradjuri Country near Parkes, NSW. The Observatory is centred on the site's 64-metre radio astronomy telescope, constructed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and opened in 1961.

Nov 23, 2012 · The Parkes Observatory radio telescope, 300km west of Sydney, is affectionately known as ‘The Dish’ and is one of the largest radio telescopes in the Southern Hemisphere. It was used by NASA during the Apollo 11 Moon landing.

From views of Saturn from the 20inch telescope, to clear views of Venus, nebulae, constellations, coloured stars - it...

Officially known as the CSIRO Parkes Observatory and colloquially as the "Dish" from the excellent Australian movie of the same name, the Observatory is actually located 25 kilometres north of Parkes just off the Newell Highway.

Since commissioning in 1961, Parkes Observatory has been responsible for many world firsts in radio astronomy. The visitors centre - built virtually in the shadow of the Dish - has a range of interactive displays, an excellent astronomy resource …