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CSIRO operated the Fleurs field station from 1954 to 1963.
The
Chris Cross, with two arms of 32 parabolic 5.8-m diameter dishes,
was complemented with the addition of
18-m Kennedy antenna at the eastern end of the E-W arm.
These formed the Fleurs Compound Interferometer
that operated at 1420 MHz with an instantaneous 1 degree x 1.5 arc-minute fan beam.,
The image above shows the dish of the antenna being lowered
into position in late 1960.
When Fleurs was tranferred to the University of Sydney in 1963,
the Kennedy antenna was moved to Parkes.
Its innovative use in
the variable baseline interferometer is described briefly in a previous ADAP,
and in more detail in Ron Ekers' presentation available on
the Parkes 60th anniversay webpage.
The Kennedy antenna was
was given the Wiradjuri name Giyalung Guluman, meaning 'Smart Dish', in 2020.
(Image credit:
CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive)
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