Abstract
A large synthesis radio telescope is under construction in Australia at a cost of $A 30.7 million. In comprises a 6 km-long ‘compact array’ of 22 m antenna at Culgoora and a ‘long baseline array’ of 319 km, achieved by adding another 22 m antenna near Coonabarabran and the existing 64 m antennae at Parkes. On occasion it will be possible to use this array with one of the deep space network antennas at Tidbinbilla to achieve a baseline of 580 km.
The arrays have been designed to provide high-resolution radio images over a wide field with high-dynamic range plus good polarization and spectral line performance. The operating frequency range is from about 327 MHz to over 50 GHz.
Paper presented at the IAU Third Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting, held in Kyoto, Japan, between 30 September–6 October, 1984.
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Robinson, B.J. (1986). The Australian Radio-Telescope. In: Kitamura, M., Budding, E. (eds) Third Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Astronomical Union. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4496-1_12
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