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Parkes Discovery Walk. ATNF Outreach Workshop 3 December 2003. Concept. Radio Astronomy `Heritage Theme Park’ Collect & preserve keystone instruments Location: Parkes Observatory Open to the public Walk through the history of radio astronomy - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Parkes Discovery Walk
ATNF Outreach Workshop 3 December 2003
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Concept
Radio Astronomy `Heritage Theme Park’ Collect & preserve keystone instruments Location: Parkes Observatory Open to the public Walk through the history of radio astronomy Interpretive boards describing role of different instruments Highlight Australia’s leading role in the development of a new
science Last chance to preserve hardware from the seminal decades of
radio astronomy
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Feature instrument
18m (60 foot) Kennedy Antenna Significant astronomical roles Considerable historical value To be retained by ATNF
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Other possibilities: I
Culgoora RadioheliographRadioheliograph corner reflectorsRadiospectograph antenna
Fleurs Synthesis Tel. (6x13m)Chris Cross (12 x 6m)Shain Cross dipole
Marsfield 4m antenna
Sinclair collection Reber collection
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Other possibilities: II
Reconstructed section of Mills Cross prototype Potts Hill: Solar grating array (3m, India?) Dover Heights ‘Hole in the ground’
Luneberg Lens People’s antenna Student telescope
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Layout & Logistics
Land already available 135,000 visitors already Innovation trail: up to People’s
Telescope
Decision in principle Staged implementation Budget Possible support
(CISCO, Argus, Engineers Corps…)
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Last (but not least)
Haystack Small Radio Telescope 2.3m, alt-az mount, full PC control 1.4 & 4.8GHz Scanning, digital, spectral line receiver Directly relevant to Parkes US$6K