Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Station


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 Murchison Radio Observatory.

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 SKA site from unacceptable levels of RF interference.

For more detailed information see:

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

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

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