MeerKAT
(Karoo Array Telescope)
(new radio telescope in South Africa)
MeerKAT (aka Karoo Array Telescope)
is a radio telescope
in South Africa, consisting of an array of 64 13.5-meter antennas
offering up to an 8-km baseline.
Construction began in 2009,
initially with a pilot of 7 12-meter dishes
(MPA for MeerKAT Precursor Array, aka KAT-7).
MeerKAT science operations with the 13.5-meter antennas
began in 2016 with 16, reaching 64 in 2018.
MeerLICHT is an automated optical telescope
to follow up on MeerKAT's FRB discoveries.
(telescope,radio,array,ground,South Africa)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeerKAT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAT-7
http://www.ska.ac.za/science-engineering/meerkat/
http://www.ska.ac.za/science-engineering/kat-7/
WaveL | Freq | Photon Energy | | |
3cm | 10GHz | 41μeV | begin | MeerKAT |
30cm | 999MHz | 4.2μeV | end | MeerKAT |
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Prefix | Example | | |
KAT | KAT7HI J103151-345117 | KAT-7 | |
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Referenced by pages:
MeerKAT Pulsar Timing Array (MPTA)
MeerKLASS
MeerLICHT
MIGHTEE
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