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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 S>0.95 Jy Dec -85 o to +18.5 o |b|>3 o
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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 MOST radio Black hole eats star
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THE END
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… here’s to the future!
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