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PIA17248: Parkes Telescope
This image shows the Parkes telescope in Australia, part of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. Researchers used the telescope to detect the first population of radio bursts known to originate from beyond our galaxy.
 Target Name:  Earth
 Mission:  CSIRO Parkes Observatory 
 Instrument:  Parks Telescope 
 Product Size:  3220 x 2225 pixels (w x h) 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA17248.tif (21.5 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA17248.jpg (882.5 kB)  

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This image shows the Parkes telescope in Australia, part of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. Researchers, including a team member from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, used the telescope to detect the first population of radio bursts known to originate from beyond our galaxy.

Image Credit:
CSIRO/Shaun Amy

Image Addition Date:
2013-07-08