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Title: Molonglo: then and now


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Molonglo then and now
  • Dick Hunstead
  • University of Sydney

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In the beginning
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Construction begins
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East-west arm complete
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The official opening 19 Nov 1965
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The N-S sweated labour camp
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Control room in the 1960s
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The exciting 60s
  • 1963 discovery of quasars

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The exciting 60s
  • 1965 discovery of the cosmic microwave background

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The exciting 60s
  • 1967 discovery of pulsars

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Discovery of the Vela pulsar
  • Large, Vaughan Mills 1968

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Accurate position measurements
  • Hunstead 1971, 1972 optical radio

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The unexpected low frequency variability
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Low frequency variable 3C454.3
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3C411 (z 0.47) highest-z RG in 1975
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Second Molonglo pulsar survey 1978
  • Manchester et al 1978 155 new pulsars

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Molonglo Reference Catalogue
  • 408 MHz
  • 12141 sources
  • Sgt0.95 Jy
  • Dec -85o to 18.5o
  • bgt3o

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Molonglo southern 4 Jy sample (MS4)
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From Molonglo Cross to MOST
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Supernova 1987A
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Jupiter-SL9 comet crash July 1994
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GRO J1655-40 the brightest X-ray binary
Hard X-ray
Black hole eats star
MOST radio
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THE END
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heres to the future!
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