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History, events and major upgrades at the telescope
CABB upgrade, March, 2009
mm upgrade, 2003
Visitors Centre Redevelopment, 15 December 2005
First light with the Mopra Spectrometer (MOPS) filterbank, 14 October 2005
Mopra 3mm MMIC receiver installation, 30 September 2005
Floods in the Narrabri district, 10 December 2004
All five antennas operational at 3mm, 20 September 2004
Synthesis imaging workshop, 12-16 May 2003
First 12mm fringes on six antennas,16 April 2003
First astronomical use of the north spur, 12 August 2002
First 3mm light, 30 November 2000
(including plots of the
first single dish measurements
and the
first fringes
), also described in the
CSIRO media release
, and the
ATNF newsletter
October 1999 installation activity
October 1998-June 1999 installation activity
The move onto the north spur, 3 September 1998
More work, July 1998
The story so far, 2 July 1998
More work, June 1998
Excavations continue, 2 June 1998
More excavations, 27 May 1998
Major excavations begin, 25 May 1998
The Ministers Visit, 20 May 1998
Preliminary work begins, 21 April 1998
The 'Sodturning' Ceremony, 31 March 1998
, and
another set of pictures of the sod turning
The MNRF commenorative plague, February 1996
The official opening, 2 September 1988
Original: Tim Kennedy (25-Mar-1998)
Modified: Robin Wark (11-Mar-2009)
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