Australia Telescope Compact Array - Live!
Current status at 21:52 on 16-Aug-2023
The Compact Array is a radio telescope made up of six 22m antennas operated by the Australia Telescope National Facility, which is part of CSIRO. The telescope is located at Culgoora, about 25km west of the town of Narrabri in New South Wales, Australia. The latest telescope weather station report gives the temperature as a cool 11 degrees Celsius with calm conditions.The following images represent the approximate azimuth and elevations of
antennas 6 through to 1.
What's happening right now?
All antennas are tracking. At this moment astronomers are observing the source DS_Tuc_A which has an azimuth of 156.9 degrees and an elevation of 37.2 degrees. The telescope is setup to observe at 5500 and 9000 MHz simultaneously.We are observing DS Tucanae A, a very active star very similar to the Sun in its infancy. This star produces flares thousands of times more energetic than solar flares. In this project, we are monitoring the star with the ATCA along with a suite of ground and space-based telescopes to develop a complete picture of the flare events and the space weather environment around the star. The results of the proposed study will be disseminated to the public through participation in STEM Innovation Lab (STEMIL) activities by developing high-impact educational materials for K through 12 programs in collaboration with NASA GSFC
The telescope has been configured in the 6.0D array.
The placement of the antennas is indicated below; the
horizontal lines represent the railway tracks, the short
black lines show the positions of the stations, and the
red markers show where the antennas are actually placed.
East is to the right and the antennas are arranged so that
CA01 is the most eastern antenna. Also note that the gap
between left-most antenna and the rest is actually 2939m.
Otherwise the diagram is to scale.
Latest results, news etc
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Generated on 16-Aug-2023 at 21:52