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denParkes Radio Telescope had an open day, so I headed over. I've been there before, of course, but this time they were doing guided tours inside the dish.
I went into the support tower, through the control room, around the azimuth track. under the 450 ton counterweight, into the "cable wrap," down the spiral staicase in the centre of the structure, past the observation room ("This is where the astronomers work. Don't feed them") past the computer room and out again. Photos to come.
I finished the tour with a steak and Guinness pie and capuccino.
Not a bad way to spend a morning.
I went into the support tower, through the control room, around the azimuth track. under the 450 ton counterweight, into the "cable wrap," down the spiral staicase in the centre of the structure, past the observation room ("This is where the astronomers work. Don't feed them") past the computer room and out again. Photos to come.
I finished the tour with a steak and Guinness pie and capuccino.
Not a bad way to spend a morning.
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Date: 23 Sep 2007 04:38 (UTC)no subject
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Date: 23 Sep 2007 04:45 (UTC)Now I want to watch the movie again!
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Date: 23 Sep 2007 05:53 (UTC)no subject
Date: 23 Sep 2007 10:18 (UTC)Parkes... is that *THE* dish, as in *THE* dish that picked up the signals from Apollo?
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Date: 23 Sep 2007 10:46 (UTC)no subject
Date: 23 Sep 2007 11:37 (UTC)All i get to do is see it in The Movie.
But they never really played cricket on it in real life. But they did take the "rides".
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Date: 23 Sep 2007 11:50 (UTC)no subject
Date: 23 Sep 2007 14:15 (UTC)Yours was better!
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Date: 23 Sep 2007 22:42 (UTC)Although, I was expecting it to be called a Km^2 Array, but the politicians who issue the funding wouldn't understand that name.