Simply so, where was the movie The Dish filmed?
Apart from the radio telescope scenes, the majority of the movie was actually filmed in the small town of Forbes, 33 km (21 mi) south of Parkes because of its old historic buildings, and also in Old Parliament House in Canberra, and Crawford Studios in Melbourne.
Furthermore, did the Parkes dish lose Apollo 11? In July 1969, the Parkes Observatory played an important role in history, when it received and broadcast the first Moon landing, Apollo 11. While fully tipped over waiting for the Moon to rise, the Parkes telescope was struck by a series of severe, 110 km per hour gusts of wind, which made the control room shudder.
In this way, did they really play cricket on the dish?
Sadly, our staff never played cricket on the Dish. The actors did film this scene on the actual telescope, but they had to be very careful around the equipment and only use a tennis ball.
Is the dish still used?
“The Dish” is still used by astronomers around the world. Continual upgrades keep it at the cutting edge of radio astronomy. The telescope is now 10,000 times more sensitive than when it was commissioned.
