An array of six 22-meter radio dishes near Narrabri, New South Wales, operated as part of Australia's national radio telescope facility and capable of being reconfigured along a rail track to change its effective resolution. It works in tandem with the Parkes and other Australian radio telescopes as a synthesis imaging array.
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Observatory Type LocationPaul Wild Observatory, near Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia 2 MeasuresRadio waves, producing radio images of celestial objects 2 Operating PrincipleArray of six 22-metre dishes operating in aperture synthesis mode 2 Classification
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Lead section, opening sentence
a radio telescope
Lead section, location sentence
at the Paul Wild Observatory, 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia
Lead section, opening ceremony date
Its opening ceremony took place on 2 September 1988
Overview section, purpose sentence
to produce radio images
Overview section, array description
an array of six identical 22-metre (72 ft) diameter dishes, which commonly operate in aperture synthesis mode
Australia Telescope Compact Array, Wikipedia - lead section, observing band (radio)
The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) is a radio telescope operated by the CSIRO at the Paul Wild Observatory, 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia.
In Group: Radio and Millimetre Interferometer Arrays, Lead sentence
The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) is a radio telescope operated by the CSIRO at the Paul Wild Observatory, 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia.
Operated By: CSIRO, Article text: operator
The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) is a radio telescope operated by the CSIRO at the Paul Wild Observatory, 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia.
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