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See [1] for a funny nostalgic Australian movie about it titled "The Dish". [1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205873/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205873/
by gradschool 2y ago
See [1] for a funny nostalgic Australian movie about it titled "The Dish".
[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205873/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205873/
- wduquette 2y agoDifferent antenna, though from the same era.
- dcminter 2y agoIndeed, "The Dish" is about the Parkes⁰ radio telescope. Very fictional though :) Tom Scott did a nice video¹ visiting it a little while back - as a vintage computing enthusiast I was rather pleased to see a PDP-11 in their equipment racks! ⁰ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkes_Observatory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkes_Observatory ¹ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o38C-ultvw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o38C-ultvw
- teractiveodular 2y agoFun fact: there was a cafe at the Parkes visitor centre, inevitably called "The Dish". https://maps.app.goo.gl/xe5Udu4HPkrt7hqL6 https://maps.app.goo.gl/xe5Udu4HPkrt7hqL6