The Dish tour - part one
The Parkes Radio Telescope is celebrating its anniversary this week, so we're taking a tour of The Dish with CSRIO operations scientist John Sarkissian. The tour starts outside The Dish.
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In this part of The Dish Tour, John Sarkissian takes us inside the Parkes Radio Telescope to show us what the astronomers study and why they study it.
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John Sarkissian explains how The Dish receives radio signals and why you can't have your mobile switched on when visiting the Parkes Radio Telescope.
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John Sarkissian explains how two washing machine sized motors can move The Dish.
View ArticleNo cricket on The Dish
In our final part of the Dish Tour, the CSIRO's John Sarkissian tells us why you can't play cricket on the Dish.
View ArticleHow to photograph star trails
Tony Trelford, a Canowindra based amateur astronomer, presents a short video tutorial about shooting long-exposure star trail photographs for the ABC Open Whadyaknow project.
View ArticleAstronomers discover diamond planet
An international team of astronomers led by Australian Matthew Bailes have found a small planet made of diamond. It's about one-eigth of the way between the Earth and the Galactic Centre and promises...
View ArticlePCs linked in space computer web
Surplus processing power in home computers across Australia is being harnessed to build a super-computer network to analyse data collected from space.
View ArticleA taste of opera at the dish
The inaugural Opera at the Dish performance celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope.
View ArticleFunding cuts won't stop the Dish scanning the skies
The Mayor of Parkes says the town's telescope will continue to be used for space research, despite the CSIRO cutting its operating budget.
View ArticleThe Dish celebrates half a century of discoveries
One of the leading contributors to our understanding of the universe sits in our rural backyard. The CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope, also known as the Dish, which is located in central west NSW turns...
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