Step inside one of Tasmania’s great hidden scientific treasures.
Join Dr Warren Hankey for a guided tour of the Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory and discover how astronomers study the universe without ever looking through a telescope eyepiece.
Explore the observatory’s famous 26-metre radio telescope, peek inside the control room where signals from space are still received, and learn how radio waves from planets, galaxies, pulsars, black holes and distant spacecraft are transformed into information scientists can study here on Earth.
Originally built for NASA satellite tracking, the observatory continues to play an important role in Australia’s radio astronomy network.
The tour also includes a visit to the Grote Reber Museum, where you’ll discover Tasmania’s surprising connection to space science and learn about the pioneering astronomer who helped map the southern radio sky.
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