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2 unusual facts about Parkes Observatory


Motivation Radio

The radio telescope in the cover art appears to be a photograph of the Parkes radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia, superimposed on a shoreline picture.

SETI@home beta

It is expected that this project will use a slightly modified version of the SETI enhanced client, as the Parkes Observatory has a feedhorn with more beams than the Arecibo Observatory.


Magellanic Stream

In 1998 a study analysing the full sky survey made by the HIPASS team at Parkes Observatory generated important new observational data.

Rotating radio transient

Nevertheless, as more RRATs are detected by observatories such as Arecibo, the Green Bank Telescope, and the Parkes Observatory at which RRATs were first discovered, some of the characteristics of RRATs may become clearer.


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