A radio telescope array at the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in the Mid West region of Western Australia, built between 2009 and 2019 as a precursor instrument for the international Square Kilometre Array project. It comprises 36 identical 12-meter parabolic dish antennas working as a single interferometer, used for wide-field surveys of galaxy formation and evolution and for the detection of radio transients including fast radio bursts.
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Observatory TypeGround-based radio interferometer array 1 LocationMurchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, Western Australia, Australia 1 MeasuresWide-field radio surveys of galaxy formation and evolution across cosmic time, and detection of radio transients including fast radio bursts. 1 Operating Principle36 identical 12-meter parabolic dish antennas working together as a single astronomical interferometer, with a total collecting area of about 4,000 square meters. 1 Sources
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The ASKAP radio telescope is a radio telescope array located at Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in the Mid West region of Western Australia.
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Construction started in 2009 and was completed in 2019, when the major Survey Science projects started.
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ASKAP consists of 36 identical parabolic antennas, each 12 m (39 ft) in diameter, working together as a single astronomical interferometer with a total collecting area of approximately 4,000 m2 (43,000 sq ft).
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