Talk:Haystack Observatory
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movies
editwhat was the the movies filmed at haystack observatory-starringnicolas cage?
First satellite TV picture recieved
editI remember reading somewhere that the first ever television picture recieved from a satellite was on one of the dishes at Haystack. I'm gonna keep looking to try and remember I read that and if it's credible as I don't want to post it without any credible citation. Does anybody else know of a good citation for this? Parcanman (talk) 22:30, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
- I do believe you're correct, though I don't have any way to cite it. Maybe contact the staff at Haystack? 24.62.212.59 (talk) 16:33, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Merger proposal
editThe Millstone Hill Observatory is strongly related to the Haystack Observatory, they share the same site and are even mistaken for one another. The much smaller Millstone Hill Observatory article should be merged into the article of the primary site - the MIT Haystack Observatory.
- If there is no opposition by 2015-06-07, I will proceed with the merge. Deepdraft (talk) 14:56, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
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- @Deepdraft: I'm currently trying to figure out which telescopes should be listed in the infobox in this article (using Wikidata). If there were still two articles, this would be straightforward - we could just list the Haystack Observatory telescopes in the infobox here, and the Millstone Hill Observatory telescopes in the infobox in that article. Since there is just one article, should the infobox list the telescopes from both observatories? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 00:09, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
This article is contradictory or missing large sections
editThe article notes a number of instruments, with the earliest that I can see being 1962. However, the image at the bottom shows a system that's operational in 1958.
I know that the radar at the Prince Albert Radar Laboratory was basically an identical copy of the Millstone design, and it entered operation in 1959. It is the same design that is seen in the last image. In 1959 a message was sent from Millstone to PARL, bouncing off the moon.
I suspect this instrument, which is the entire reason the site was developed in the first place, is not being mentioned.