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
George, Martin
Wielebinski, Richard
Slee, Bruce
Ishiguro, Masato
Wendt, Harry
Concepts
Radio astronomy
Astronomy
Solar astronomy
Antennas
Instruments, astronomical
Research institutes; research stations
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
Places
Australia
Tasmania (Australia)
Japan
France
Sydney (Australia)
Tokyo (Japan)
Institutions
University of Tasmania
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) (Australia)
Osaka City University
Institute of Astronomy at Millimeter Wavelengths (IRAM)
Science Council of Japan
International Geophysical Year (IGY)
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