Astronomy Research Timeline
1960s
- Built 1961 and was fully operational by 1963.
- Support for the NASA Apollo Missions in late 1960s.
1970s
- Receiver upgrades and detailed observations begin.
1980s
- Upgrade to 64m from previously smaller aperture.
1990s
- Between 1997 and 2002 it conducted the HIPASS neutral hydrogen survey, the largest blind survey for galaxies in the neutral hydrogen line to date.
2000s
- More than half of currently known pulsars were discovered by the Parkes Observatory.
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