Article ID: CBB823918616

The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia. 8: Grote Reber and the 'Square Kilometre Array' near Bothwell, Tasmania, in the 1960s and 1970s (2017)

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In the 1960s, Grote Reber (1911−2002) established and used an antenna array near Bothwell in Tasmania. Working independently, he produced a radio map of the southern sky at a frequency of 2.085 MHz (a wavelength of 144 metres). Encouraged by this success, he modified the array in the 1970s to work at 1.155 MHz, but this second endeavour failed to produce any usable results.

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Authors & Contributors
Orchiston, Wayne
Wielebinski, Richard
George, Martin
Slee, Bruce
Ishiguro, Masato
Wendt, Harry
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
科学史研究 Kagakusi Kenkyu (History of Science)
History of Physics Newsletter
European Physical Journal H
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Concepts
Radio astronomy
Instruments, astronomical
Solar astronomy
Antennas
Research institutes; research stations
Astronomy
People
Reber, Grote
Ellis, Graeme Reade Anthony
Minoru Oda
Christiansen, Wilbur Norman
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
Places
Australia
Japan
Tasmania (Australia)
Sydney (Australia)
Tokyo (Japan)
United States
Institutions
University of Tasmania
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) (Australia)
Osaka City University
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
Science Council of Japan
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) (Study group: U.S.)
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