Parkes Observatory

Parkes Observatory is a radio astronomy observatory, located 20 kilometres north of the town of , Australia. It hosts Murriyang, the 64 m CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope also known as "The Dish", along with two smaller radio telescopes.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: radio telescope observatory, located 20 kilometres north of the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia
  • Also known as: “Parkes DSS-49”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alectown.

Village
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is a town in the region of , Australia. The town is on the Newell Highway and in the local government area, 382 kilometres, west north west of the state capital, . is situated 8 km north of Parkes Observatory.

Parkes Observatory

Latitude
-32.9984° or 32° 59′ 54″ south
Longitude
148.26351° or 148° 15′ 49″ east
Elevation
416 metres (1,365 feet)
Inception
October 31st, 1961
Operator
Australia Telescope National Facility
Open location code
4RVC2727+JC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 413301036
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Wiki­data ID
Q148044
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Parkes Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “абсэрваторыя Паркса”
  • Chinese: “帕克斯天文台”
  • Chinese: “帕克斯天文臺”
  • Chinese: “帕克斯脈衝星計時陣列”
  • Chinese: “帕克斯電波天文台”
  • Chinese: “帕克斯電波望遠鏡”
  • Croatian: “Opservatorij Parkes”
  • Croatian: “Parkes radio teleskop”
  • Czech: “Observatoř Parkes”
  • Dutch: “Parkes Observatory”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد باركس”
  • French: “observatoire de Parkes”
  • French: “Observatoire de Parkes”
  • German: “Parkes Observatorium”
  • German: “Parkes-Observatorium”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο του Παρκς”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים פארקס”
  • Italian: “osservatorio di Parkes”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio di Parkes”
  • Japanese: “パークス天文台”
  • Korean: “파크스 전파 망원경”
  • Korean: “파크스 천문대”
  • Luxembourgish: “Parkes-Observatoire”
  • Malay: “Balai Cerap Parkes”
  • Persian: “رصد خانه پارکس”
  • Persian: “رصد خانهٔ پارکس”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه پارکس”
  • Persian: “رصدخانهٔ پارکس”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium w Parkes”
  • Polish: “Parkes Observatory”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Parkes”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория в Парксе”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория Паркса”
  • Serbian: “Паркс опсерваторија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opservatorij Parkes”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Radio teleskop Parkes”
  • Slovenian: “Observatorij Parkes”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Parkes”
  • Swedish: “Parkes observatoriet”
  • Swedish: “Parkes Observatory”
  • Swedish: “Parkesobservatoriet”
  • Turkish: “Parkes Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “обсерваторія Паркса”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Паркса”
  • Urdu: “پارکس رصدگاہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Parkes”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Parkes Observatory and Clear Ground Dam.

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