Paul Wild Observatory

Australia / New South Wales / Narrabri /
 observatory, telescope
www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/

Site of the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), Radioastronomy Centre and Sydney University Stellar Interferometer (SUSI)
Operated on behalf of the CSIRO Australia Telescope
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Telescope_Compact_Array
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Coordinates:   30°18'49"S   149°33'42"E

Comments

  • The circular feature prominently visible is what remains of the Culgoora Radioheliograph (designed and built by Paul Wild). This was a 96-element, 3 km diameter radio synthesis telescope for solar radio observations at a frequency of 80 MHz. Each telescope had a diameter of 15 m, with a wire mesh surface. With this instrument solar activity, for example the appearance and development of sunspots, was investigated from 1967 to 1986.
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