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The Parkes Observatory, is a 64-metre Telescope used for Radio Astronomy. It is
located about 20 kilometres North of Parkes along the Newell Highway, which is
approximately 380 kilometres West of Sydney. It is operated by the
Australia Telescope National Facility, a division
of CSIRO, which also includes the
ATNF Headquarters at Marsfield in Sydney, the
Compact Array and
Mopra Observatory near
Coonabarabran and the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder.
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