Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Parkes Observatory

Parkes Observatory
Voting period ends on 27 Feb 2017  at 02:09:23 (UTC)
 * 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 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  &#124; Talk 17:18, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 04:56, 27 February 2017 (UTC)