{"id":8293,"date":"2014-07-11T12:42:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T16:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8293"},"modified":"2014-07-11T12:42:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T16:42:20","slug":"square-kilometre-array-to-include-100s-of-radio-telescopes-in-two-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8293","title":{"rendered":"Square Kilometre Array to include 100s of radio telescopes in two countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skatelescope.org\/project\/\" target=\"_blank\">Square Kilometer Array \u00a0(SKA)<\/a>\u00a0project<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>is an international effort to build the world\u2019s largest radio telescope, with a square kilometre (one million square metres) of collecting area. The scale of the SKA represents a huge leap forward in both\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skatelescope.org\/technology\/system-engineering\/\">engineering<\/a>\u00a0and research &amp; development towards building and delivering a unique instrument, with the detailed design and preparation now well under way. As one of the largest scientific endeavours in history, the SKA will bring together a wealth of the world\u2019s finest scientists, engineers and policy makers to bring the project to fruition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>\u00a0Unprecedented Scale<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The SKA will use hundreds of thousands of radio telescopes, in three unique configurations, which will enable astronomers to monitor the sky in unprecedented detail and survey the entire sky thousands of times faster than any system currently in existence. The SKA telescopes will be co-located in Africa\u00a0and in\u00a0<a title=\"Australia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skatelescope.org\/the-location\/australia\/\">Australia<\/a>. South Africa\u2019s Karoo desert will cover the core of the high and mid frequencies of the radio spectrum which will have telescopes spread all over the continent, with Australia\u2019s Murchison region covering the low frequency range and hosting the survey instrument.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>Continue&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/49TLZR4FfDM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Square Kilometer Array \u00a0(SKA)\u00a0project is an international effort to build the world\u2019s largest radio telescope, with a square kilometre (one million square metres) of collecting area. The scale of the SKA represents a huge leap forward in both\u00a0engineering\u00a0and research &amp; development towards building and delivering a unique instrument, with the detailed design and preparation now &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8293\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Square Kilometre Array to include 100s of radio telescopes in two countries<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-29L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2349,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2349","url_meta":{"origin":8293,"position":0},"title":"Update on the Square Kilometer Array + Cosmic rays as lightning triggers","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A member of the Susquehanna Astronomical Society points me to a couple of recent\u00a0 news items of interest starting with an update on The Square Kilometre Array: Headquarters opening ceremony for the world\u2019s largest radio telescope\u00a0 - Susquehanna Astronomical Society SKA Organisation Headquarters opening ceremony paves the way forward for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11152,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11152","url_meta":{"origin":8293,"position":1},"title":"ESO: Astronomers measure dying energy output of the universe","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 10, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a new report from\u00a0ESO\u00a0(European Southern Observatory): Charting the Slow Death of the Universe An international team of astronomers studying more than 200 000 galaxies has measured the energy generated within a large portion of space more precisely than ever before. 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