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First signal received by future telescope
Author: John
Image credit – Dave DeBoer, CSIRO
An historic milestone was reached recently in Australia’s bid to host the Square Kilometre Array telescope – a future international radio telescope that will be the world’s largest and most sensitive.
The first antenna to be assembled as part of the Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope, an important precursor to the Square Kilometre Array, has received its first radio signals.
“ASKAP’s progress to date shows that our goals, although ambitious, are achievable,” said CSIRO’s SKA Director, Professor Brian Boyle.
”The journey to a thousand SKA dishes begins with a single photon.”
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International SKA Forum 2010 – Netherlands
Author: John
The International SKA Forum 2010 will take place on 15 June 2010 at the TT Hall in Assen, the Netherlands.
ISKAF2010 is one of the series of international meetings and events which will take place in the Netherlands over the period 10-16 June 2010. See www.astron.nl/iskaf2010 for more details. Registration for the International SKA Forum (ISKAF2010) will be open soon.
It is envisaged that a strong ASKAIC contingent will be attending the International SKA Forum in June 2010, to follow up on their commitment to prior annual events in Australia (Perth) and South Africa (CapeTown)