The Astronomers of Siding Spring
and
the
The Astronomers of Parkes
Peter Pockley during an interview in April 2010. |
Interview with Dr Peter Pockley – edited excerpt. |
B8223-1. The Parkes two-element interferometer. |
B8223-3. The ABC’s Outside Broadcast van at the telescope. |
B8223-4. TV camera is hauled up onto the dish surface. |
B8223-5. On the dish surface. |
B8223-13. In the middle of a sheep paddock. |
B8223-15. Parkes Director, Dr John Bolton, points up to the dish. |
B8223-16. Parkes Director, Dr John Bolton, in the control room. |
B8223-18. ??? (can anyone help with names?), Dr John Bolton and Dr Peter Pockley in the control roomi. |
B8223-18A. Dr John Bolton and ?? in the control room. Dennis Gill is in the background. |
B8223-21. View of the master control console, with Dennis Gill in the foreground, driving the telescope, and Dr John Bolton at the chart recorder, ready to receive signals from Quasar 3C-273. This camera setup was duplicated for Our World in June 1967. |
B8223-23. View of the master control console, with Dennis Gill in the background, driving the telescope, and Dr John Bolton at the chart recorder. |
B8223-25. Doug Cole. |
B8223-26. Doug Cole. |
B8223-28A. Camera positioned for the opening scene. |
B8223-29. Dr John Bolton with an optical image (left) of the object to be observed, and (?) a trace of the signal. |
B8223-30. Preparation for videotaping. |
B8223-31. ?? |
B8223-32. Dr John Bolton. |
B8223-33. |
B8223-34. John Bolton explaining the concept of Red shift. |
B8223-35. The interferometer. |
B8224-1. The interferometer. |
B8224-2. The giant 210 foot (64 metre) Radio Telescope. |
Ron Ekers, later Director of the VLA, and the Foundation Director of the ATNF. |