MeerKAT Telescope

South Africa / Northern Cape / Carnarvon /
 telescope, radio telescope, under construction
www.sarao.ac.za/science-engineering/meerkat/

Site of joint Australian/South African location of the Square Kilometre Array telescope facility.
sister site to

wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=-26.690717&lon=116.646309&z...

This site near Carnarvon has been chosen for the construction from 2009 of MeerKAT, an array of 50 or more 12m diameter radio dishes, a pilot project for the massive Square Kilometre Array telescope www.ska.ac.za/gallery/meerkat/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_Kilometre_Array
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   30°42'47"S   21°26'33"E

Comments

  • The photo is an artist's impression of the 5km diameter central core of SKA antennas.
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