WA radio telescope 10 times more powerful

Doubling the number of antennas at the Murchison Widefield Array in a remote part of Western Australia has made the radio telescope 10 times more powerful as it explores the evolution of the universe.

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My coffee could be ten times more powerful.

Perhaps I need another one.

I’ll have another one.

Goes to make another one.

Tau.Neutrino said:

WA radio telescope 10 times more powerful

Doubling the number of antennas at the Murchison Widefield Array in a remote part of Western Australia has made the radio telescope 10 times more powerful as it explores the evolution of the universe.

more…

> The array is one of four precursor telescopes for the much larger billion-dollar Square Kilometre Array joint-project with South Africa and now has more than 4000 antennas with the completion of its phase two expansion.

What are the other three? ASKAP is one. Then?

mollwollfumble said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

WA radio telescope 10 times more powerful

Doubling the number of antennas at the Murchison Widefield Array in a remote part of Western Australia has made the radio telescope 10 times more powerful as it explores the evolution of the universe.

more…

> The array is one of four precursor telescopes for the much larger billion-dollar Square Kilometre Array joint-project with South Africa and now has more than 4000 antennas with the completion of its phase two expansion.

What are the other three? ASKAP is one. Then?

Ah, here are the four SKA pathfinder telescopes. Nice to see that the Murchison Widefield Array is ahead of schedule.

https://www.skatelescope.org/precursors-pathfinders-design-studies/

Precursors And Pathfinders

Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP)
MeerKAT
Murchison Widefield Array (MWA)
Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization (HERA)

Precursor telescopes like the South African MeerKAT and HERA, along with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) and CSIRO’s Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) are providing SKA scientists with invaluable knowledge to assist in the design of the SKA’s main telescopes over the coming decade.

Located at future SKA sites, these precursors are and will be in future carrying out scientific study related to future SKA activities, as well as helping the development and testing of new crucial SKA technologies.

Here’s a picture of Murchison.

mollwollfumble said:

mollwollfumble said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

WA radio telescope 10 times more powerful

Doubling the number of antennas at the Murchison Widefield Array in a remote part of Western Australia has made the radio telescope 10 times more powerful as it explores the evolution of the universe.

more…

> The array is one of four precursor telescopes for the much larger billion-dollar Square Kilometre Array joint-project with South Africa and now has more than 4000 antennas with the completion of its phase two expansion.

What are the other three? ASKAP is one. Then?

Ah, here are the four SKA pathfinder telescopes. Nice to see that the Murchison Widefield Array is ahead of schedule.

https://www.skatelescope.org/precursors-pathfinders-design-studies/

Precursors And Pathfinders

Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP)
MeerKAT
Murchison Widefield Array (MWA)
Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization (HERA)

Precursor telescopes like the South African MeerKAT and HERA, along with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) and CSIRO’s Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) are providing SKA scientists with invaluable knowledge to assist in the design of the SKA’s main telescopes over the coming decade.

Located at future SKA sites, these precursors are and will be in future carrying out scientific study related to future SKA activities, as well as helping the development and testing of new crucial SKA technologies.

Here’s a picture of Murchison.

Doesn’t look like much does it