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#ATNFflashbackFriday These engineers prepared new panels for the surface of our #Parkes radio telescope, #Murriyang in Marsfield in 1970. Read more history here: https://t.co/wQ5KJzHcqq
#ATNFflashbackFriday The 18m-antenna Giyalung Guluman was transferred from the Fleurs Observatory to #Parkes Observatory in 1963. One of its roles was as an uplink antenna in the Apollo program, as Parkes radio telescope, #Murriyang is a receiver only.
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#ATNFflashbackFriday This is CSIRAC, Australia’s first programmable digital computer, designed by Trevor Pearcey (pictured with CSIRAC in 1952) and Maston Beard. From 1951 to 1955 CSIRAC provided the computing service to all of CSIRO. More history here: https://t.co/wHh2xZF910
#ATNFflashbackFriday In 2006, Mopra, on Gamilaroi Country, began remote operation from the control room at the #ATCA. These days it can be operated from anywhere with a good internet connection, like all our @CSIRO_ATNF telescopes. More on Mopra: https://t.co/Yi9bXzvSIL
#ATNFflashbackFriday This image, taken from an historic colour slide of the 36-ft transit paraboloid antenna at Potts Hill in Sydney in 1954. Read more about the site located on Dharug Country, & the history of Australia's early radio astronomy here: https://t.co/nrI72eKSck
#ATNFflashbackFriday In 2004 the paddocks surrounding our #Parkes radio telescope, #Murriyang produced a bumper crop of hay! Read more about the telescope's history here: https://t.co/XKTHmXEZDc Pic: T Ruckley
#ATNFflashbackFriday In 2008 the first #ASKAP testbed sat 400m from our #Parkes radio telescope, #Murriyang. The antenna design differed from the final #ASKAP antennas but it provided a platform for future system development. More: https://t.co/7RnLCZL1tm
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#ATNFflashbackFriday 1987, a year before the official opening, #ATCA was under construction on Gomeroi Country near Narrabri NSW. History here: https://t.co/5HkRRFKZOr
#ATNFflashbackFriday At 12.56pm on 21 July 1969 AEST, humankind took 'one giant leap' while 600 million people watched Neil Armstrong walk on the Moon. This is our #Parkes radio telescope, #Murriyang team in the control room on the day. The story: https://t.co/Y4j7wo64ro
#ATNFflashbackFriday Sheep were used and still are at #Parkes Observatory on Wiradjuri Country to keep the grass at bay. This image is from 1963, and features #Parkes radio telescope, #Murriyang. https://t.co/wQ5KJzHcqq
#ATNFflashbackFriday Two years before the official opening of #ATCA in 1988, our engineers tested the LS feed horn on the outdoor aerial range at our @CSIRO_ATNF headquarters on Wallumattagal Country in Sydney https://t.co/txARS21imN
#ATNFflashbackFriday In 1987 observing with our Parkes radio telescope, #Murriyang was done on site. These days, most observing is done remotely. Read more on the telescope here: https://t.co/ZzF8fOMuCG
#ATNFflashbackFriday 1988 The #ATCA control room on Gomeroi Country. These days, most of the observing and data collection is done remotely, and ATCA remains on the cutting edge of radio astronomy. More here: https://t.co/txARS21imN
#ATNFflashbackFriday The control room of our #Parkes radio telescope, #Murriyang one year before Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969 https://t.co/ZzF8fOMuCG
#ATNFflashbackFriday 1951 The original surface of the iconic 'hole-in-the-ground' antenna at Dover Heights was consolidated with ash & metal strips from packing cases, laid across the surface to provide reflectivity. It was upgraded in 1953. Read more: https://t.co/sWstZs3xdq
#ATNFflashbackFriday 1998 A view of our #ATCA telescope on #Gomeroi Country 10 years after its opening. History: https://t.co/txARS20Kxf Pic: D. McConnell
#ATNFflashbackFriday This 32-element array was erected in 1951 on the southern bank of the smaller reservoir at the Potts Hill field station. The 1.8m solid metal parabolic dishes, with simple polar axes, were supported by wooden posts. History: https://t.co/2mTfOLS9es
#ATNFflashbackFriday A view of the 8-Yagi array at Dover Heights in Sydney, 1951. This array was later converted in 1952 into a 12-Yagi array, on the same mounting. Read the history here: https://t.co/sWstZs3xdq
#ATNFflashbackFriday This is one of three broadside antennas erected at Badgery's Creek field station in late 1949. This 3-element interferometer operated at 100 MHz and two spacings of 60m and 270m. History here: https://t.co/C1Zm23rqQ6
#ATNFflashbackFriday 1989 #ATCA on Gomeroi Country one year after opening in 1988. History: https://t.co/hvA07jKSw3
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