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Parkes Observatory

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Address585 Telescope Rd, Parkes NSW 2870, Australia
Opened 1961
Hours Open ⋅ Closes 4:15PM
Phone +61 2 6861 1777
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The Parkes Observatory is a radio telescope observatory, located 20 kilometres north of the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. It was one of several radio antennae used to receive live television images of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.

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