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Program – Astronomy and space talks
Saturday 20 July 2019 |
Speaker |
Topic |
9:30am - 9:55am |
Dr Phil Edwards |
60 years of Parkes in 15 minutes |
10:00am - 10:25am |
Dr Jane Kaczmarek |
Voyager 2 |
10:30am - 10:55am |
Dr Andrew Cameron |
Pulsars with Parkes |
11:00am - 11:25am |
Mr John Sarkissian |
Parkes and Apollo 11 |
11:30am - 11:55am |
Dr Jeanette Dixon |
The amazing Apollo discoveries |
12:00pm - 12:25pm |
Dr Shivani Bhandari |
Fast Radio Bursts with Parkes and ASKAP |
12:30pm - 12:55pm |
Dr Jimi Green |
Parkes as a Pathfinder |
1:00pm - 1:25pm |
Dr Karen Lee-Waddell |
Cosmic dance of the galaxies |
1:30pm - 1:55pm |
Dr Sarah Pearce |
The Square Kilometre Array |
2:00pm - 2:25pm |
Dr Danny Price |
Are we alone? The role of Parkes in the search for life beyond Earth |
2:30pm - 2:55pm |
Mr John Sarkissian |
Parkes and Apollo 11 |
3:00pm - 3:25pm |
Dr Jeanette Dixon |
The amazing Apollo discoveries |
3:30pm - 3:55pm |
Dr Shivani Bhandari |
Fast Radio Bursts with Parkes and ASKAP |
Sunday 21 July 2019 |
Speaker |
Topic |
9:15am - 9:40am |
Dr Phil Edwards |
60 years of Parkes in 15 minutes |
9:45am - 10:10am |
Mr John Sarkissian |
Parkes and Apollo 11 |
10:15am - 11:15am |
Dr Andrew Thomas & Mr Anthony Murfett |
Main stage |
11:15am - 12:00pm |
Dr Everett Gibson |
The Bolton Lecture: What the Astronauts did while on the Moon
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12:15pm - 1:15pm |
Official ceremony and broadcast of Moon walk |
Main stage |
1:30pm - 2:10pm |
Mr Stephen Slater |
The making of "Apollo 11" |
2:15pm - 2:55pm |
Mr Chris Culbert |
Humans and technology on the Moon |
3:00pm - 3:25pm |
Mr Ant Schinckel |
Square Kilometre Array |
3:30pm - 3:55pm |
Dr Karen Lee-Waddell |
Cosmic dance of the galaxies |
Getting there
The Parkes radio telescope is located at Parkes Observatory, 20 kilometres north of Parkes off the Newell Highway (the main highway between Brisbane and Melbourne).
FREE Buses - Catch a lift to the Dish on the Apollo Express
Our FREE 'Apollo Express' buses will be regularly travelling from Parkes to The Dish, so hop aboard for free hassle-free travel.
Parkes Pickup Location
Cooke Park, Parkes, NSW, 2870
View Map
Timetable
Saturday 20 July |
Sunday 21 July |
Depart Parkes |
Depart The Dish |
Depart Parkes |
Depart The Dish |
9:00am |
9:30am |
9:00am |
9:30am |
9:30am |
10:00am |
9:30am |
10:00am |
10:30am |
11:00am |
10:30am |
11:00am |
12:00pm |
12:30pm |
12:00pm |
12:30pm |
1:30pm |
2:00pm |
1:30pm |
2:00pm |
2:30pm |
3:30pm |
2:30pm |
3:30pm |
3:30pm |
4:30pm |
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Visiting Parkes
To find out more information about what to see and do and where to stay while visiting the Parkes region head to
www.visitparkes.com.au
Accessibility
Please note that the Parkes Observatory is wheelchair accessible, including the Visitors Centre, toilets and the café. We are also holding regular ground-based tours that are fully accessible.
About the telescope tours
To ensure the smooth operation of the telescope tours throughout the days we will be providing visitors who'd like to go on the tour with a wristband with an allocated window of time for their tour. Make sure you swing by the Telescope Tour Passes tent first on your way in to grab your wristband.
Enclosed footwear is essential, and all people must be able to walk unassisted up stairs.
If you'd prefer to keep your feet on terra firma, we've got a team of experts giving regular guided ground-based tours as well (no pass required).
Contact
Parkes Observatory Visitors Centre
Phone +61 2 6861 1777
Email parkes-vdc@csiro.au
