Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Parkes Observatory

Parkes Observatory

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Original – This photo, taken in 1969, shows the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) telescope as it was around the time of the first manned Moon landing. CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope was officially opened on the 31 October 1961 by the Governor-General, Viscount De L'Isle forty years on, it is still one of the most advanced telescopes of its kind. A gigantic structure of steel and concrete, the telescope soars nearly 55 metres into the sky near Parkes NSW. It played a crucial role in receiving signals during the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969, relaying them for broadcast to an audience of 600 million around the world.

Reason

I found this the other day when I was following links off the main page. Not sure how exactly I ended up at the Parkes Observatory article, but the image caught my attention and I clicked on it for an explanation of the subject matter. As it turns out this image is already featured on the commons, so I figured 'what the heck' and decided to let it ride here for a chance at an FP star. TomStar81 (Talk) 02:09, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Articles in which this image appears

Parkes Observatory, Radio telescope

FP category for this image

Perhaps Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding? It seems to fit the general gist of the image

Creator

Credited as "division, CSIRO". Photographer unknown or not credited by name, image is credited to Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation which suggests someone at the company took this.

• Support as nominator – TomStar81 (Talk) 02:09, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 02:54, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
• Support  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 07:11, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
• Support  —  Beautiful image, obviously a scan from a high-quality transparency (i.e. "film", if you've ever heard of that... ;-) --Janke | Talk 11:02, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
• Support - per nom. Mattximus (talk) 03:16, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
• Neutral I've been shooting the sky for 40 years, and I promise you it has never been that color unless I was watching a Star-Wars movie. This photo has been color enhanced Pocketthis (talk) 16:35, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

• Interesting point. Could it be old-school color enhancement? perhaps a graduated color filter was used at the time, or perhaps the film transparency aged over time (I doubt it was scanned from print). If I am not wrong the windows show both florescent and incandescent lighting, also there is the moon, kind of interesting when thinking of enhancements. Bammesk (talk) 17:20, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

• Probably reciprocity failure in the different color emulsions, or, otherwise, different rate of fading of the film dyes. Long exposures sometimes give weird colors on film. Doesn't bother me, though. --Janke | Talk 19:29, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

• Support – The moon makes the difference. Yann (talk) 18:01, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
• Support lNeverCry 05:59, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
• Support - I love the colors. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:18, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Promoted File:CSIRO ScienceImage 4350 CSIROs Parkes Radio Telescope with moon in the background.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:56, 27 February 2017 (UTC)