Parkes Observatory - Astronomy Research Timeline

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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