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CSIRO aims to establish and build relationships with members of the community. We welcome people of all ages to come and explore our facilities, holiday programs and public events.

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CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.

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Operating our radio telescopes

CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility is used by astronomers across Australia and around the world, 24 hours a day, every day.

People in a control room.

CSIRO telescopes are used by astronomers around Australia and from all over the world.

CSIRO's Parkes Observatory

You can visit the Parkes observatory almost every day of the year.

Teachers at the Parkes radio telescope.

CSIRO runs workshops to support teachers who teach astronomy.

Map showing world locations of radio telescopes that can be linked to conduct multi-country experiments.

High-speed data networks link telescopes around the world in real time.

CSIRO's Research Is Focused On The Following:

The Australia Telescope Compact Array

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The Australia Telescope Compact Array

- CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array is one of the world’s leading radio telescopes. Learn more>

CSIRO's Parkes Radio telescope

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CSIRO's Parkes Radio telescope

- The Parkes radio telescope has discovered more than two-thirds of the 1,700 known pulsars. Star of the film ‘The Dish’, the Parkes radio telescope has been at the forefront of astronomy for over forty years. It has discovered more than two-thirds of the 1,700 known pulsars. Learn more>

CSIRO's Mopra radio telescope

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CSIRO's Mopra radio telescope

- Specialising in studying molecules in space. Learn more>

The Australia Telescope National Facility sits within CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS), and operates and develops the Australia Telescope as a national research facility - that is, a facility that can be used by researchers from institutions around Australia and all over the world.

ATNF telescopes are regularly linked with radio telescopes around Australia and overseas for long-distance experiments. Such linking is called Very Long Baseline Interferometry or VLBI.

Contact Information

Mr Tony Crawshaw

Communication Manager

Phone: 61 2 9372 4528

Alt Phone: 61 4 0277 0403

Email: Tony.Crawshaw@csiro.au

Explore CSIRO

Community

CSIRO aims to establish and build relationships with members of the community. We welcome people of all ages to come and explore our facilities, holiday programs and public events.

Contact

Phone:

1300 363 400

Email:

enquiries@csiro.au

More contact options

About CSIRO

CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.