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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                   2024 March 1   
      
                               Odysseus and The Dish   
           Image Credit & Copyright: John Sarkissian (ATNF Parkes Radio   
                                   Observatory)   
      
      Explanation: Murriyang, the CSIROCÇÖs Parkes radio telescope points   
      toward a nearly Full Moon in this image from New South Wales,   
      Australia, planet Earth. Bathed in moonlight, the 64 meter dish is   
      receiving weak radio signals from Odysseus, following the robotic   
      lander's February 22 touch down some 300 kilometers north of the Moon's   
      south pole. The landing of Odysseus represents the first U.S. landing   
      on the Moon since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Odysseus' tilted   
      orientation on the lunar surface prevents its high-gain antenna from   
      pointing toward Earth. But the sensitivity of the large, steerable   
      Parkes dish significantly improved the reception of data from the   
      experiments delivered to the lunar surface by the robotic moon lander.   
      Of course the Parkes Radio Telescope dish became famous for its   
      superior lunar television reception during the Apollo 11 mission in   
      1969, allowing denizens of planet Earth to watch the first moonwalk.   
      
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