The Mopra 22m radio telescope is located near Coonabarabran and the Siding
Spring Observatory. Although no longer offered as a National Facility
telescope, the telescope continues to be used by a consortium of
institutions led by the University of Adelaide. This view of the
sub-reflector of the (Cassegrain optics) telescope is part of
an interactive panorama
-- complete with the sounds of the telescope -- taken by Balt Indermühle.
The black patches on the subreflector were used for a series of
photogrammetry measurements to measure the dish and subreflector
surface accuracies.
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