Parkes Observatory
Parkes Observatory is a radio astronomy observatory, located 20 kilometres 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", along with two smaller radio telescopes.
- Tower
- …lies at an elevation of 416 metres (1,365 feet)
- …is also known as “Parkes DSS-49”
- …is operated by Australia Telescope National Facility
- Description: radio telescope observatory, located 20 kilometres north of the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia
- Established: October 31, 1961
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alectown.
Alectown
Alectown is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. Alectown is situated 8 km north of Parkes Observatory.
Parkes Observatory
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Latitude
-32.9984° or 32° 59′ 54″ south
Longitude
148.26351° or 148° 15′ 49″ east
Open location code
4RVC2727+JC
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OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tower
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Parkes Observatory” goes by many names.
абсэрваторыя ПарксаBelarusian
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Chinese
Opservatorij ParkesCroatian
Parkes radio teleskopCroatian
Observatoř ParkesCzech
Parkes ObservatoryDutch
مرصد باركسEgyptian Arabic
Αστεροσκοπείο του ΠαρκςGreek
מצפה הכוכבים פארקסHebrew
Osservatorio di ParkesItalian
パークス天文台Japanese
파크스 전파 망원경Korean
파크스 천문대Korean
Parkes-ObservatoireLuxembourgish
Balai Cerap ParkesMalay
رصد خانهٔ پارکسPersian
Obserwatorium w ParkesPolish
Parkes ObservatoryPolish
Обсерватория в ПарксеRussian
Обсерватория ПарксаRussian
Паркс опсерваторијаSerbian
Opservatorij ParkesSerbo-Croatian
Radio teleskop ParkesSerbo-Croatian
Observatorij ParkesSlovenian
Parkes observatorietSwedish
Parkes ObservatorySwedish
Parkes GözlemeviTurkish
Обсерваторія ПарксаUkrainian
پارکس رصدگاہUrdu
Đài thiên văn ParkesVietnamese
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