Parkes radio telescope
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The Parkes radio telescope is a large, single-dish radio observatory in New South Wales, Australia, renowned for its pioneering contributions to radio astronomy and support of major space missions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Parkes radio telescope canonical | 3 |
| CSIRO Parkes radio telescope | 1 |
| Parkes 64-metre radio telescope | 1 |
| Parkes Radio Telescope | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5007491 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Parkes radio telescope Context triple: [Magellanic Stream, observedBy, Parkes radio telescope]
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A.
Allen Telescope Array
The Allen Telescope Array is a large, multi-dish radio telescope facility in California designed primarily for simultaneous radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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B.
Reber Radio Telescope (relocated)
The Reber Radio Telescope (relocated) is one of the earliest pioneering instruments in radio astronomy, now preserved at the Green Bank Observatory as a historic landmark of the field’s origins.
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Lovell Telescope
The Lovell Telescope is a large radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, renowned for its pioneering role in radio astronomy and space tracking since the mid-20th century.
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D.
Simonyi Survey Telescope
The Simonyi Survey Telescope is a wide-field optical telescope designed for rapid, repeated imaging of the night sky as part of large-scale astronomical surveys.
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E.
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope is a large submillimetre-wavelength radio telescope used for astronomical observations, located near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Parkes radio telescope Target entity description: The Parkes radio telescope is a large, single-dish radio observatory in New South Wales, Australia, renowned for its pioneering contributions to radio astronomy and support of major space missions.
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A.
Allen Telescope Array
The Allen Telescope Array is a large, multi-dish radio telescope facility in California designed primarily for simultaneous radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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B.
Reber Radio Telescope (relocated)
The Reber Radio Telescope (relocated) is one of the earliest pioneering instruments in radio astronomy, now preserved at the Green Bank Observatory as a historic landmark of the field’s origins.
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C.
Lovell Telescope
The Lovell Telescope is a large radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, renowned for its pioneering role in radio astronomy and space tracking since the mid-20th century.
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D.
Simonyi Survey Telescope
The Simonyi Survey Telescope is a wide-field optical telescope designed for rapid, repeated imaging of the night sky as part of large-scale astronomical surveys.
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E.
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope is a large submillimetre-wavelength radio telescope used for astronomical observations, located near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
radio observatory
ⓘ
radio telescope ⓘ single-dish radio telescope ⓘ |
| affiliation | Australia Telescope National Facility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Murriyang
NERFINISHED
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Parkes Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1959 ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| diameter | 64 metres ⓘ |
| discovered | numerous pulsars ⓘ |
| dishType | parabolic reflector ⓘ |
| featuredIn | film "The Dish" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstrument |
multibeam receiver
ⓘ
ultra-wideband receiver ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New South Wales
ⓘ
Parkes, New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mountType | alt-azimuth mount ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sir Henry Parkes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering contributions to radio astronomy
ⓘ
receiving live television signals of the Apollo 11 Moon landing for Australia ⓘ supporting NASA deep space missions ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1961-10-31 ⓘ |
| operator | CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | CSIRO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
HI surveys of the Milky Way
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Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ SETI observations ⓘ |
| primaryUse | radio astronomy ⓘ |
| supportedMission |
Apollo 11
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Apollo 12 NERFINISHED ⓘ Apollo 13 NERFINISHED ⓘ Apollo 14 NERFINISHED ⓘ Apollo 15 NERFINISHED ⓘ Apollo 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ Apollo 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ Cassini NERFINISHED ⓘ Galileo spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ Giotto NERFINISHED ⓘ Huygens NERFINISHED ⓘ Lunar missions ⓘ Mars missions ⓘ New Horizons NERFINISHED ⓘ Voyager 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports | deep space communications ⓘ |
| upgraded | multiple times since 1961 ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | centimetre radio wavelengths ⓘ |
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Subject: Parkes radio telescope Description of subject: The Parkes radio telescope is a large, single-dish radio observatory in New South Wales, Australia, renowned for its pioneering contributions to radio astronomy and support of major space missions.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Parkes Radio Telescope
this entity surface form:
Parkes 64-metre radio telescope
this entity surface form:
CSIRO Parkes radio telescope