Tag: CSIRO Radio Telescope

  • CSIRO Radio Telescope Open Day

    CSIRO Radio Telescope Open Day

    I’m old enough to be one of the “We called it the telescope” brigade. It was a little confusing to this little girl because it didn’t look like other telescopes. This weekend, the CSIRO held an open day at their Parkes Radio Telescope. Mum and I headed out as early as we could but still…

  • CSIRO Radio Telescope Parkes NSW

    CSIRO Radio Telescope Parkes NSW

    Coming back with a selection of warm and cool images was an unexpected outcome. Instead, I thought there’d be a contrast between technology and nature. All telescopes have a relationship with the environment in which they sit, be it hilltop, desert or, in the case of the CSIRO Radio Telescope at Parkes, a sheep paddock.…