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Celebrate the 'International Year of Astronomy', 400 years since Galileo used his telescope and the 40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing, at the Australian icon 'The Dish'.
Tours all weekend and special activities on Saturday evening.
On 21 July 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin became the first people to set foot on the surface of the moon. This remarkable achievement was the realisation of a long held dream of mankind. The television pictures of this historic event were received by the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope and relayed to 600 million people or 1/5th of mankind at the time.
To celebrate this incredible achievement, the CSIRO Parkes Observatory will be hosting open days on the weekend of 18-19 July. The open days will showcase the achievements of the Parkes Radio Telescope as a world-leading astronomical telescope as well as its roles in supporting some of the most significant space missions in history.
What: Open days
When: 18-19 July 2009
Time:
Saturday: 9.00am - 4.00pm
Saturday night: 5.30pm - 7.30pm
Sunday 9.00am - 4.00pm
Where: Parkes Observatory (19km north of Parkes, NSW)
Activities:
Telescope tours (enclosed footwear required)
Astronomy talks
Ask an expert
Screening of the film 'The Dish' on Saturday evening at 5.30pm
Only a limited number of telescope tours can be conducted. To avoid disappointment arrive early. All visitors wishing to go on telescope tours must wear enclosed footwear.
Keep checking this page for updates as we get closer to the date
Contact details
Telescope Discovery Centre
Ph: (02) 6861 1777
parkes-vdc@csiro.au
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