These dishes were constructed of wire mesh suitable for operation at 1420 MHz

Fleurs, Australia gained its third large radio telescope in 1957 when a major new solar array, the Chris Cross, was completed. These dishes were constructed of wire mesh suitable for operation at 1420 MHz, and were equatorially-mounted in order to be able to track the Sun., Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual  Archives, John Irwin Slide Collection
Abstract/Description: Fleurs, Australia gained its third large radio telescope in 1957 when a major new solar array, the Chris Cross, was completed. These dishes were constructed of wire mesh suitable for operation at 1420 MHz, and were equatorially-mounted in order to be able to track the Sun.
Subject(s): Equipment and supplies
Telescopes
Outdoors
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Irwin, John Henry Barrows
Date Created: August 31, 1973
Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, John Irwin Slide Collection
Catalog ID: Irwin John F4