Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA)

Astronomical Observatories

Description: The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) is a radio telescope operated by CSIRO at the Paul Wild Observatory, twenty five kilometres (16 mi) west of the town of Narrabri in Australia. The telescope is an array of six identical 22-metre (72 ft) diameter dishes, which commonly operate in aperture synthesis mode to produce radio images. Five of the dishes can be moved along a three-kilometre (2 mi) railway track oriented east-west. The sixth antenna is situated three kilometres west of the end of the main track. Each dish weighs about 270 tonnes (270 long tons; 300 short tons).

Country: Australia

Altitude: <1500 Meters

Type of observatory: Radio telescope

Established: 1989

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hawK5JwVfY

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