Wiradjuri names for Parkes telescopes
November 10, 2020
Telescopes at the Parkes Obervatory have been given Wiradjuri names during a ceremony to mark the start of NAIDOC week. The Parkes 64m telescope — the Dish — will now […]
NAIDOC week 2020
November 9, 2020
NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC originally stood for the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee, which was responsible […]
Acknowledging traditional owners
November 6, 2020
NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC originally stood for the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee, which was responsible […]
DSS-43 maintenance
November 5, 2020
The 70m antenna at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC), DSS-43, has been offline since March for a Depot Level Maintenance period. As noted yesterday, it recently communicated with […]
Talking with Voyager 2
November 4, 2020
The 70m antenna at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) is the only radio antenna that can command the 43-year-old Voyager 2 spacecraft. The antenna has been offline since […]
Beginning and end of an era
November 3, 2020
On the 21st of January 1997, the thirteen-beam 20cm multi-beam receiver was installed in the focus cabin of the Parkes 64m telescope for the first time. This marked the beginning […]
The first radio-astronomy in WA?
November 2, 2020
In previous ADAPs we’ve celebrated the 75th anniversary of the first radio astronomy observation in Australia. Much of the history of radio astronomy in this country is focussed on the […]
Happy Birthday Parkes!
October 30, 2020
The Parkes 64m radiotelescope was opened on October 31st, 1961. How better to commemorate this occasion than to break out the pencils and spend some time colouring in a picture […]
FAST radio bursts – by Luo et al.
October 29, 2020
This week’s issue of Nature contains a report on the detection of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) from a repeating FRB source using the Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in China. […]
Leaving a stamp on history
October 28, 2020
The Parkes 64m radiotelescope was opened on October 31st, 1961. Despite 59 years of ground-breaking astronomical work, the telescope is probably best-known within Australia for its work in support of […]
Twist and Shout
October 27, 2020
The Parkes 64m radiotelescope was opened on October 31st, 1961, which is the same year the song Twist and Shout was written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns. It was […]
Parkes 59th Anniversary
October 26, 2020
Saturday, October 31st markes the 59th anniversary of the opening of the Parkes 210-foot radio-telescope. The telescope was opened by the Governor-General, Viscount De L’Isle. William Sidney, the 1st Viscount […]
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The ADAP was created in December 2014 by Baerbel Koribalski and Simon Johnston. Over 2500 ADAPs have now been published. Vince McIntyre, Nathan Pope, and Andrew O’Brien are acknowledged for their dedicated technical support. The ADAP is currently curated by Phil Edwards.