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[[Image:ska.jpg|right|thumbnail|250px|Representation of the Square Kilometre Array: Image - Science Network WA]] [[Image:ska.jpg|right|thumbnail|250px|Representation of the Square Kilometre Array: Image - Science Network WA]]
-The proposed SKA site has been relocated westwards to '''Boolardy Station''' from the original choice of Mileura Station to ensure separation from the radio-frequency (RF) interference of planned mining activities in the region. It SKA station will be known as the '''Murchison Radio Observatory'''.<BR><BR>+The proposed SKA site has been relocated westwards to '''Boolardy Station''' from the original choice of Mileura Station to ensure separation from the radio-frequency (RF) interference of planned mining activities in the region. It SKA station will be known as the '''Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP)'''.<BR><BR>
[[Image:ska-spiral.jpg|left|thumbnail|250px|The spiral arrangement:<BR>''Map – Australian Telescope National Facility'']]The antenna configuration proposed will span Australia with ''“… a 5-arm symmetric log-spiral arrangement … out to a distance of 350 km from the core…“''. The eastern spiral arm baseline will being extended even further to New Zealand for a longer baseline. [[Image:ska-spiral.jpg|left|thumbnail|250px|The spiral arrangement:<BR>''Map – Australian Telescope National Facility'']]The antenna configuration proposed will span Australia with ''“… a 5-arm symmetric log-spiral arrangement … out to a distance of 350 km from the core…“''. The eastern spiral arm baseline will being extended even further to New Zealand for a longer baseline.
-The State Government will work with the Commonwealth to develop legislation to protect the SKA site from unacceptable levels of RF interference.+The State Government will work with the Commonwealth to develop legislation to protect the ASKAP site from unacceptable levels of RF interference.
For more detailed information see: For more detailed information see:
http://www.sciencewa.net.au/science_news.asp?pg=21&NID=1025 http://www.sciencewa.net.au/science_news.asp?pg=21&NID=1025
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Australian canditate site: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/projects/ska/mileura.html Australian canditate site: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/projects/ska/mileura.html
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'''!! NEWS FLASH !!'''<BR> '''!! NEWS FLASH !!'''<BR>
-Hopes of Australia hosting the international SKA were raised when the Commonwealth Government announced a $56.6 million investment for the Australian Square Kilometre Array (ASKA) as a test-bed for the international SKA. +Hopes of Australia hosting the international SKA were raised when the Commonwealth Government announced a $56.6 million investment for the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) as a test-bed for the international SKA.
-The ASKA, named the '''Pathfinder Telescope''', will be built by 2012 at Boolardy Station. It will consist of ''“… up to 45 parabolic dishes equipped with phased array receivers and a low-frequency array of 512 antenna tiles. A remote array station in NSW will be linked to the WA core using fibre-optic infrastructure.”'' <SMALL> '''The Australian, Tuesday May 15, 2007'''</SMALL>+ASKAP will be built by 2012 at Boolardy Station. It will consist of ''“… up to 45 parabolic dishes equipped with phased array receivers and a low-frequency array of 512 antenna tiles. A remote array station in NSW will be linked to the WA core using fibre-optic infrastructure.”'' <SMALL> '''The Australian, Tuesday May 15, 2007'''</SMALL>
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Representation of the Square Kilometre Array: Image - Science Network WA
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Representation of the Square Kilometre Array: Image - Science Network WA

The proposed SKA site has been relocated westwards to Boolardy Station from the original choice of Mileura Station to ensure separation from the radio-frequency (RF) interference of planned mining activities in the region. It SKA station will be known as the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP).

The spiral arrangement:Map – Australian Telescope National Facility
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The spiral arrangement:
Map – Australian Telescope National Facility
The antenna configuration proposed will span Australia with “… a 5-arm symmetric log-spiral arrangement … out to a distance of 350 km from the core…“. The eastern spiral arm baseline will being extended even further to New Zealand for a longer baseline.

The State Government will work with the Commonwealth to develop legislation to protect the ASKAP site from unacceptable levels of RF interference.

For more detailed information see:

http://www.sciencewa.net.au/science_news.asp?pg=21&NID=1025

http://www.sciencewa.net.au:80/science_news.asp?pg=21&NID=1107

Australian canditate site: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/projects/ska/mileura.html


!! NEWS FLASH !!
Hopes of Australia hosting the international SKA were raised when the Commonwealth Government announced a $56.6 million investment for the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) as a test-bed for the international SKA.

ASKAP will be built by 2012 at Boolardy Station. It will consist of “… up to 45 parabolic dishes equipped with phased array receivers and a low-frequency array of 512 antenna tiles. A remote array station in NSW will be linked to the WA core using fibre-optic infrastructure.” The Australian, Tuesday May 15, 2007


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