Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope - New South Wales, AU

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This was formerly the Mills Cross Telescope, but has been rebuilt and now operates as the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope. It is operated by the School of Physics of the University of Sydney.

Official Site: www.physics.usyd.edu.au/astrop/most/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molonglo_Observatory_Synthesis_Telescope
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Coordinates:   35°22'14"S   149°25'28"E

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  • See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molonglo_Observatory_Synthesis_Telescope
  • The Molonglo Cross Telescope was originally a 408 MHz radio telescope built by Bernard Y. Mills and collaborators and operated by the University of Sydney. The telescope consists of a North-South arm and an East-West arm in a cross shape. Each arm is approximately one mile in length. It was used for a survey of the Southern sky with a resolution of 2.8 arcmin. Much pioneering radio astronomy was done with this telescope. The East-West arm was recently split into 88 individual elements to form the current Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope.
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