World / Australia / New South Wales / Narrabri, 21 km from center Coordinates: 30°18'58"S   149°33'49"E

Paul Wild Observatory
Paul Wild Observatory

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: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Telescope_Compact_Array
Category: radio astronomy telescope optical interferometer

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5 months ago   0
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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