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## E-Learning
### Question Screen
quizQuestion_8CCE6FF7_FB13_5375_41CD_D22CB6FBC362.ok = OK
### Report Screen
quizScore_8F362FF8_FB13_537B_41E0_3F34C45BC4CD.title = - SCORE -
quizScore_8F362FF8_FB13_537B_41E0_3F34C45BC4CD.completion = Completed
quizScore_8F362FF8_FB13_537B_41E0_3F34C45BC4CD.questionsCorrect = Correct
quizScore_8F362FF8_FB13_537B_41E0_3F34C45BC4CD.downloadCSV = Download .csv
quizScore_8F362FF8_FB13_537B_41E0_3F34C45BC4CD.questionsIncorrect = Incorrect
quizScore_8F362FF8_FB13_537B_41E0_3F34C45BC4CD.items = Items Found
quizScore_8F362FF8_FB13_537B_41E0_3F34C45BC4CD.questions = Questions
quizScore_8F362FF8_FB13_537B_41E0_3F34C45BC4CD.repeat = Repeat
quizScore_8F362FF8_FB13_537B_41E0_3F34C45BC4CD.submitToLMS = Submit
quizScore_8F362FF8_FB13_537B_41E0_3F34C45BC4CD.elapsedTime = Time
### Score Name
score1.label = Score 1
### Timeout Screen
quizTimeout_8CC96FF7_FB13_5375_41E7_3DEE4775DD23.title = - TIMEOUT -
quizTimeout_8CC96FF7_FB13_5375_41E7_3DEE4775DD23.repeat = Repeat
quizTimeout_8CC96FF7_FB13_5375_41E7_3DEE4775DD23.score = View Score
## Hotspot
### Text
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### Tooltip
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_360F0471_7727_4C78_41D7_60C8B2F80497.toolTip = AAVS and EDA aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4DA1C46C_7723_4C68_41D1_033B1E4889AF.toolTip = AAVS and EDA aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_3615FBD3_7722_C4B8_41D2_07E2FD037699.toolTip = AAVS and EDA aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_7E97D04D_3427_8198_41C0_5C5B20CADD0F.toolTip = AAVS2
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_097ABEEB_42AB_6CC7_41B5_61C062F13DCC.toolTip = AAVS2 and EDA aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_358D02A0_7721_4498_41DD_D2A1FE56BEC8.toolTip = ASKAP
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_33D5BA20_77E7_4798_41D3_4FF64C0EFC2A.toolTip = ASKAP
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4F6D186C_7761_4468_41AD_2300CA6E1FBC.toolTip = ASKAP
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_34BCCD86_7721_7C98_41A6_95B2DBE89377.toolTip = ASKAP
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4F224CB4_771E_DCF8_41CE_01558812AC5A.toolTip = ASKAP
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_66E5A9FE_525E_C56B_41A3_EFAD02E49EBB.toolTip = ASKAP aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_07E03455_3D7B_53C3_41BF_04FDDEF4ECE7.toolTip = ASKAP core aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_19016981_3349_2E59_41A3_339028A5781C.toolTip = ASKAP core aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_DC2FA006_A09C_88F4_41C3_4A997D2CFC40.toolTip = ASKAP correlator
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_AAD0AE2C_9FE4_9934_4192_4682BF92E7A3.toolTip = ASKAP data node at Pawsey
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_A8E50960_9F9C_9B2C_41E2_84DE296375A0.toolTip = ASKAP data node at Pawsey
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_6314439E_2534_9A86_41BE_8486B88EF612.toolTip = ASKAP engineering
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_AAB688F6_9F9D_9914_41B8_0988CAA50960.toolTip = ASKAP ingest node
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_06081359_3D7A_F5C3_41BC_BDE2D0D3534D.toolTip = ASKAP overview
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_60ADC551_2534_9F9A_418C_0E55A118A671.toolTip = ASKAP overview aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_630EB398_2534_9A8A_4184_9674712078B0.toolTip = ASKAP radio telescope
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_631413A0_2534_9ABA_4190_70D6BA991850.toolTip = ASKAP science
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_619FA36E_254B_7B86_41C4_31DF2709D6BA.toolTip = ASKAP telescope core
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_D017E727_A1A5_9734_41CB_5DF09D3C9713.toolTip = ASKAP's casings
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_D4C6908D_A1AC_89F4_41DD_36805939F1F8.toolTip = ASKAP’s circuits
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_A8A91714_9FE7_9715_41DE_4C15AB469D33.toolTip = Acacia data storage
HotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_1403918B_FC3C_417C_4193_2B62BD1E6CFE.toolTip = Acacia data storage
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_6314F3A3_2534_9ABE_41B0_FBDD592BEB1B.toolTip = Accommodation
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5AFA82BB_522A_47E9_41CB_189729F0C65A.toolTip = Aerial between ASKAP and MWA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_184A9D79_3357_E6A9_41A3_9E79B126CDF3.toolTip = Aerial view between ASKAP and MWA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5719B4AF_7721_4CE8_41BC_34688E1BCA74.toolTip = Aerial view between ASKAP and MWA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_57089D14_3CD9_8388_41C1_00957F24613D.toolTip = Aerial view between ASKAP and MWA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_34FA21AC_771F_C4E8_41DA_BB411B061168.toolTip = Aerial view between ASKAP and MWA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_33859E83_77E7_FC98_41C2_C9AB3D784F43.toolTip = Aerial view between ASKAP and MWA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_44546446_7761_C398_41D2_4AA18043F3D7.toolTip = Aerial view between ASKAP and MWA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4C10274B_7726_CDA8_41A5_D2A5D77A6CB9.toolTip = Aerial view between ASKAP and MWA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4C9BAF7D_7721_DC68_41D1_20FF541A193F.toolTip = Aerial view between ASKAP and MWA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_12B9BC78_42E9_73C1_41A4_0A1EE41F6764.toolTip = Aerial view between ASKAP and MWA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_35C7983F_7722_C3E8_41C4_44DF516E1783.toolTip = Aerial view between ASKAP and MWA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_631763A4_2534_9ABA_41BF_C3CCDFA9761A.toolTip = Airstrip
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_0091288B_522E_C3A9_41C1_E8E3B680F3A8.toolTip = Antenna dipoles
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_3D23E720_F404_C1AC_41E2_019A315A3690.toolTip = Antenna storage
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_A8CD2089_9FE5_89FC_41CE_C79C9DBCBF85.toolTip = Banksia data storage
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5673AA81_523A_4799_41D2_8FCA41216F8F.toolTip = Boolardy accommodation facility
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_788C7939_255C_F78A_4197_736137B35E97.toolTip = Building 130,000 antennas
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_C3F86E91_A09F_B9EC_41E5_67D9F1EBFD0C.toolTip = CRACO: signal hunter
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_760CEEA0_33F9_2257_41BF_E9A42C7B81F8.toolTip = Cable reels
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_45F7A240_7761_4798_41D1_77D52761DA35.toolTip = Control building
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_44D9DDEF_7767_5C68_41B1_1245F9D15B05.toolTip = Control building
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4F3EEA72_7761_4478_41CE_01379A9EC639.toolTip = Control building
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_56A6F36A_7723_C468_41B1_0ABA5EFB11DA.toolTip = Control building
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4F71066F_7767_4C68_41A9_2A7308A53B5D.toolTip = Control building
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_ED279CBA_A1A7_B91C_41E2_8D892CD29340.toolTip = Control building RFI-sealing door
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_ED7D9F62_A1A7_772C_41E6_190C83B43E4D.toolTip = Control building aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_D2FDDBA8_A1A5_9F3C_41B3_AA032BC6BBF3.toolTip = Control building entry
HotspotMapOverlayArea_EE990EEB_A1A5_993C_41DE_5A023F2B3085.toolTip = Control building entry
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_D272F3E0_A1A4_8F2C_41BE_D59EF208C01A.toolTip = Control building entry
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_ED94C29F_A1A3_8914_41E2_7DB829F7C8D0.toolTip = Control building entry door
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_DB4A792B_A1AC_9B3C_41E0_BA935C2C4FFA.toolTip = Control building hallway
HotspotMapOverlayArea_EDC630A5_A1BC_8934_41DB_1DAD1A5EB924.toolTip = Control building hallway
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_ED2204BB_A1A4_891C_41E1_8198915CEB39.toolTip = Control building hallway
HotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_FAAEB265_91E1_B668_41B8_6A02A9F0BCD6.toolTip = Control building plant room
HotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_FAABF1D9_91E7_B258_41E1_679F812EB17E.toolTip = Correlator room ASKAP correlator and network core
HotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_FAB74A91_91E6_96A8_41CD_DF6294F0C753.toolTip = Correlator room ASKAP correlator and network core
HotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_FAA94F76_91E6_8E68_41C4_DBE36A4E8400.toolTip = Correlator room ASKAP correlator and network core
HotspotMapOverlayArea_C05D057E_A0A3_8B14_41B2_4CEADFE979AF.toolTip = Correlator room ASKAP correlator and network core
HotspotMapOverlayArea_DE3358B7_A163_7914_41E5_E648E1BC05BB.toolTip = Correlator room ASKAP digitisers
HotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_FDBA6FB1_91E7_8EE8_41DD_2D8F7797C40C.toolTip = Correlator room ASKAP digitisers
HotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_FA8ED103_91E6_93A8_41C6_3BDFA1F67BC4.toolTip = Correlator room ASKAP digitisers
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FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_C763DE2E_A0A5_9934_41D0_9EBE4644B7C7.toolTip = Correlator room double door
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_C2E462AF_A17C_8934_41CF_13EA98D0088E.toolTip = Correlator room double door
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_D0C133F0_A1AF_8F2C_41C8_B62C27408DFE.toolTip = Correlator room double door
HotspotMapOverlayArea_D5A1F1A6_A163_8B34_41C4_366FA6103C75.toolTip = Correlator room entrance
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_DEA238E7_A17D_9934_41E3_56AC99251892.toolTip = Correlator room entrance
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_7D3BF027_2555_9586_41B5_2A15EDDE5135.toolTip = Data flow
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_DE20C6CB_A16C_897C_41DF_5AD34818434F.toolTip = Digitisers and beamformers
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_45209023_7763_4398_41B7_2E86166C88F4.toolTip = EDGES
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_51B2EFC7_3CE9_9E88_41BD_35A28E9372EA.toolTip = EDGES
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_1D3F0F75_42F9_6DC3_41C6_BFF996226554.toolTip = EDGES aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_1D26036C_42FA_D5C1_41BA_FA59C3AB433F.toolTip = EDGES aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_1A287DDF_42FF_ACFF_41B4_F014B5123E71.toolTip = EDGES ground 1
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_10FA81A6_33DF_8288_41C6_5EB989E0FF1D.toolTip = EDGES ground 1
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_1BDD7A5D_42FE_D7C3_4182_89C0BB5389DE.toolTip = EDGES ground 2
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_1D4DFD3B_42FE_ED47_41AD_30764CEDBDF0.toolTip = EDGES ground 2
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FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_D3AB449B_A1AD_891C_41B1_0C9E716CB8F8.toolTip = Electronics workshop
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FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_DE7EA50F_A17D_88F4_41DB_53936965EAAF.toolTip = Electronics workshop
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_ED59C4FA_A1A4_891C_41D0_D2ADD4C39C06.toolTip = Electronics workshop
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_60CC4C79_2535_6D8A_4195_31338BF955BE.toolTip = Emergency airstrip
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_049272A0_436B_7741_41AE_B7D29B74710A.toolTip = Emu in the sky
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B11427F6_9FEC_F714_41E3_44D9D48B1617.toolTip = Engagement space
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_DEA9080D_A17C_F8F4_41D1_47559B5608EE.toolTip = Entering the correlator room
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4E8AEAA5_7766_C498_4181_1849B9FDC539.toolTip = Entrance
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_AA491E33_9162_B1E8_41DE_6498B2472DBA.toolTip = Entrance
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B075712C_9FFC_8B34_41C6_19D2301A1521.toolTip = Entrance
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_343D098C_771E_C4A8_41D6_9A14FBBD018A.toolTip = Entrance
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_9D882A1C_3C69_81B8_41B0_918302A3B116.toolTip = Entrance
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_60A13553_2534_9F9E_4199_8F594CE97B72.toolTip = Entrance
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_A4A33722_522A_CE9B_41A4_6EE3C28966CC.toolTip = Exit to aerial view
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_A2BE024F_5236_C6A9_41D5_649CB85587E8.toolTip = Exit to aerial view
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_7840C11A_255F_978E_41C5_AA2EC780F1F4.toolTip = Field technicians
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_3AD68D7E_F40C_4194_41D2_96342112E573.toolTip = First image
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_352D728A_77E3_44A8_41D7_07E707ACF348.toolTip = Fly to Perth and visit Pawsey
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_AACA6412_9F9D_88EC_41E3_CEA7D2D4DC03.toolTip = From dirt to data, a lot of data!
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_7C880544_254C_9FFA_41C2_669820681B16.toolTip = Global collaboration
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_60A7A175_254F_B79A_41BE_FD60CF443C75.toolTip = Global collaboration
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_576E6169_3DDB_8398_41C1_0C1E0378A53D.toolTip = Guided tour
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_60CF6C75_2535_6D9A_40F7_6F84543AFC60.toolTip = Gurlgamarnu, ear that listens to the sky
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_AAE585D8_9FE5_8B1C_41D9_9C8C7820B11A.toolTip = High-speed data storage
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_A45093B2_3C67_8688_41B5_8CFAB49F220B.toolTip = Home of the zebra finch
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_191AF781_33EF_8E88_41BB_933E2BD9C51E.toolTip = Hosting SKA-Low
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_6317239B_2534_9A8E_41B2_32CF46BFD57B.toolTip = How it works
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_56DB423D_526A_C6E9_41B5_AB651589A192.toolTip = Inside SKA-Low remote processing facility
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_56DAE8BA_526B_C3EB_41C0_550AF06A88D8.toolTip = Inside SKA-Low temporary central processing facility
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_7BCE29E9_2555_B68A_41C2_345CC8D66AE0.toolTip = Inside the central processing facility
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_1C241C25_42E6_D343_41C6_6C50A5E1C7AF.toolTip = Life on site
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_AB613B1F_9FE4_9F14_41DB_E72B318F9275.toolTip = Long-term data storage
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_7962ADA8_254F_AE8A_41C2_6324F28FC40A.toolTip = Low noise amiplifiers
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4BB9DDA3_7726_DC98_41D1_47E08E42BB4A.toolTip = MWA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_403E0C8F_7763_7CA8_41DC_C5215E4EE6E1.toolTip = MWA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4D2502F1_7721_4478_41A9_46B1A200A4D4.toolTip = MWA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4CA02B76_7723_4478_41DD_D7BEFB960B54.toolTip = MWA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_124FCC9D_42E9_D343_41C4_F52E4FBC5F23.toolTip = MWA EDA
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_10C3937A_42EE_D5C1_41C3_7FE0DCF59311.toolTip = MWA Engineering Development Array
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4871A0F3_7721_4478_41D4_2C7802BF1975.toolTip = MWA aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_0443E871_4299_F3C3_41CE_1860A6E6C719.toolTip = MWA antenna
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_063EBD10_429A_AD41_41C0_78B64700272D.toolTip = MWA beamformer
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4CE6E75F_773F_4DA8_41BF_5C93F1AC6571.toolTip = MWA core
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_07823C66_42AE_D3C1_41B8_033E95E2210F.toolTip = MWA core - ground
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_693EF975_7721_4478_41C1_DF3FB8AA7E3E.toolTip = MWA core aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_C0EF11B8_A0AC_8B1C_41DF_77B1627C8E4A.toolTip = MWA correlator
HotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_FA9CA277_91E6_9668_41D6_37489DCBE285.toolTip = MWA correlator
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_308AD62D_77E1_CFE8_41AE_FD21BB178857.toolTip = MWA correlator
HotspotMapOverlayArea_C28E9A87_A0A4_99F4_41C3_62558F34765A.toolTip = MWA correlator
HotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_FA87197D_91E6_9258_41E1_D61E1A2AA2BF.toolTip = MWA correlator
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B0513C65_9FE3_9934_41E1_83BFF93D0F0C.toolTip = MWA display antenna
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4B6AC601_7727_4F98_41D9_A93FF69738F1.toolTip = MWA overview aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4B0088DE_7721_44A8_41C3_247C47365823.toolTip = MWA processing hub
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4B66643D_7727_43E8_41D0_2E72975B0685.toolTip = MWA processing hub
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4C88E146_7721_4598_41B0_54CC0D067A1B.toolTip = MWA processing hub
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4D4A7204_7722_C798_41D8_48BB72FBC41A.toolTip = MWA processing hub
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_9322C37E_3C5F_8678_41C8_3649C289019F.toolTip = MWA processing hub
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4D5243B4_772E_C4F8_41C6_B9AC13EF2F48.toolTip = MWA processing hub
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4DFFC36A_7721_4469_41C8_ACBB013FC623.toolTip = MWA processing hub
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4FB95A0B_7722_C7A8_41D9_6889AA58B526.toolTip = MWA receivers
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_10A02619_4299_BF43_41C0_9F162FA9069F.toolTip = MWA receivers
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_13916209_42E7_5743_41AB_43A41685D6BA.toolTip = MWA science
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_1205A7CA_42EA_BCC1_41CB_40E804034086.toolTip = MWA sign
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4B56F401_7723_C398_41BB_6A4A44C1A467.toolTip = MWA sign
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_1837DA5C_33F8_81B8_41A9_CEB5764BE38C.toolTip = MWA signpost
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4CE7ACA4_7723_BC98_41DC_A1B9D4353634.toolTip = MWA signpost
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4D10B819_772F_C3A8_41DD_275C4B71F2F6.toolTip = MWA signpost
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4FCC8233_7761_47F8_41DD_299304EDEDA8.toolTip = MWA signpost
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4DF1A95C_7723_45A8_41A2_6444C7AC4C34.toolTip = MWA southern hex
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4DF67DFF_7721_5C68_41AD_B1A336B940ED.toolTip = MWA southern hex
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4A7E668A_7721_CCA8_41D4_9CA4609A9B1F.toolTip = MWA southern hex
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_150809F4_42E7_54C1_41BF_1FC9075BFB54.toolTip = MWA southern hex
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4CFB8C0A_7727_43A8_41DD_C1349EA6C75C.toolTip = MWA southern hex
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4CE6690F_7722_C5A8_41D6_EB0018EB2A7F.toolTip = MWA southern hex
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_60CE1C74_2535_6D9A_41C5_2C48340E9ED3.toolTip = MWA telescope details
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_0632DA6A_42A9_77C1_41C9_676B75FCA9E0.toolTip = MWA tile 107
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4C05A237_7727_47F8_41D7_1F0DA9E827B3.toolTip = MWA tile 107
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_094168C9_42A6_B4C3_41A3_971ADA3B7454.toolTip = MWA tile 107
HotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_FD3CA93E_91E1_F3D8_41D6_14CC548BCC64.toolTip = Mechanical workshop
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_D37CE131_A1AD_8B2C_41C3_1E6A58A4ECD2.toolTip = Mechanical workshop
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_D3508264_A1AC_8934_4198_9F2823A1F7A4.toolTip = Mechanical workshop
HotspotMapOverlayArea_D2181876_A1A5_9914_41B9_904937495A94.toolTip = Mechanical workshops
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_15F7F810_4299_7341_41C7_1F03F485652A.toolTip = Mega-tile (CRAM)
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_71C82CAC_33F8_E7AF_41C7_11F613D09AD1.toolTip = Mesh storage
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_60C86C6C_2535_6D8A_41C4_F445AD35799A.toolTip = Murchison Widefield Array (MWA)
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_80563BE1_EC1C_40AC_41E0_B53EE13C7903.toolTip = Nyingari Ngurra and SKA-Low laydown yard aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_80274023_526E_4299_41AE_A5F82B1D06E8.toolTip = Nyingari Ngurra and laydown yard
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_9D87CA79_55D6_C769_417D_301D3AE9D8A3.toolTip = Nyingari Ngurra and laydown yard
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_8CE4E024_527A_C29F_41AF_35766DA95464.toolTip = Nyingari Ngurra and laydown yard
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5B17547B_53FA_C369_41B7_7071F57D41C2.toolTip = Nyingari Ngurra and laydown yard
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_7278A76C_33FF_22AF_41BC_158E7C297CBF.toolTip = Nyingari Ngurra and laydown yard
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5B136757_53FA_CEB9_41C4_BFFD0873CE23.toolTip = Nyingari Ngurra and laydown yard
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_726DA5CF_33F9_21E9_41B1_54155A0EF6A7.toolTip = Nyingari Ngurra and laydown yard
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_3D15FD1C_F41F_C194_41E8_9548751F54E9.toolTip = Nyingari Ngurra ground view
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_569916C1_52F6_4F99_41AD_C502FA622DBD.toolTip = Nyingari Ngurra ground view
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B1D85B34_9FFF_7F14_41D5_759EA88974FC.toolTip = Observatory connections
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_96EF5630_3C68_8188_41CB_0389A2E42A63.toolTip = Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_DF293F7C_9FA3_9714_41E0_66D1DF7B7FB5.toolTip = Pawsey aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B22C0BF6_9FE5_9F14_41C9_49A763EA19DE.toolTip = Pawsey engagement space
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_DE898176_9FA7_8B14_41D3_5F4D0EC51332.toolTip = Pawsey engagement space
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_32E26405_77E7_4398_41DD_6D39F1653768.toolTip = Pawsey foyer
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B363D40F_9FE4_88F4_41C9_8E0CA2A0DC7B.toolTip = Pawsey foyer
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_DF356060_9FA4_892C_41CE_E47527B20CE9.toolTip = Pawsey visualisation lab
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B37CE4D0_9FE3_896C_41E0_F1136E7EA1A4.toolTip = Pawsey visualisation lab
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B463DB8A_9FE7_BFFC_4191_8D0FD4EE3310.toolTip = Pawsey visualisation lab
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_A945A2FA_9FA3_891C_41D1_C39A683D1053.toolTip = Pawsey's Setonix
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_D303BA79_A19F_991C_41E2_656B7959F111.toolTip = Plant room
HotspotMapOverlayArea_D4D92BF2_A165_9F2C_41DB_13578784B3DC.toolTip = Plant room
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_450F9AEC_7763_4468_41AE_A82C45EB61F4.toolTip = Power station
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4E7EEDBA_7763_5CE8_41C5_7293E72DEC97.toolTip = Power station
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_3553D20E_77E2_C7A8_41DB_2AD7DF079E31.toolTip = Power station
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_02D83196_33B9_3E7B_41C8_804433873B90.toolTip = Pre-start safety meeting
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_67F3513E_3427_83F8_41C0_1DD7C7F8CACE.toolTip = Precursors control building
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_60CFDC77_2535_6D86_41C0_C709AD82C64A.toolTip = Probing the cosmic dawn
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_70010D63_33F7_26D9_41BF_AC55C784ACAA.toolTip = Processing the Universe
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_EDD31E55_A1BD_9914_41D3_DFB6BA802CDC.toolTip = RFI-sealing door
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_ED1C08A5_A1A5_7934_41E0_776BB72C348B.toolTip = RFI-sealing door
HotspotMapOverlayArea_ECC5B089_A1BD_89FC_41DD_92FB3004FF78.toolTip = RFI-sealing door
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5AF4101C_3CE9_81B9_41CA_64357E145A27.toolTip = Radio astronomy
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5E3E07F4_3CE8_8E88_41C2_61B898B6F258.toolTip = Radio quiet zone
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_60CCEC7B_2535_6D8E_41AD_BB8A6C327A60.toolTip = Radio quiet zone
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_826F9325_EC07_C1B4_41E7_E4FC5C1AD7D5.toolTip = Radio quiet zone inner boundary
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_1F4D57FE_335B_E1AB_41C5_2D9665624E5A.toolTip = Remote processing
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_A6417341_3C68_8788_416A_EBB81FBA52B6.toolTip = Respecting Wajarri culture
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_AA3EB002_9FA5_88EC_41DC_CCB0D3418AE3.toolTip = Room-temperature quantum computer
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_A8253FAB_9163_8EF8_41E1_B9A605C74AE6.toolTip = SKA-Low
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_51ACA629_3CE7_8198_41B4_7A040C24C41B.toolTip = SKA-Low
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_1858638F_335B_2269_41AB_770E90A5AA12.toolTip = SKA-Low
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B72C6A64_527A_469F_41D5_6292A52A25BA.toolTip = SKA-Low Cluster ground view 1
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_19A5D296_33F9_8688_41A5_5127659ED260.toolTip = SKA-Low Cluster ground view 2
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_1FEA66F9_33FB_8E78_41A5_E7F36469EEC6.toolTip = SKA-Low Cluster ground view 2
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_198AD188_33E8_8298_4198_4262F583ED5B.toolTip = SKA-Low aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_A945526B_9FA4_893C_41DA_3AF30039D863.toolTip = SKA-Low area at Pawsey
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_A9FF4F5C_9F9F_7714_41D4_95A6D0AC3AF0.toolTip = SKA-Low area at Pawsey
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_93526F99_55D9_BDA9_4191_EFB5EB14DAE3.toolTip = SKA-Low central processing facility
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_9371624A_5237_C6AB_41D5_37DA32BE71AB.toolTip = SKA-Low cluster aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5B12AF9C_53FA_5DAF_4186_022D2B056D3E.toolTip = SKA-Low cluster aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_8235F039_526E_42E9_41D4_643F2D254887.toolTip = SKA-Low cluster aerial view
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B3D68DF6_527A_5D7B_41C1_D055ECA7467F.toolTip = SKA-Low cluster aerial view
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5B0AFAFB_53EB_C769_4170_1523A5D583A0.toolTip = SKA-Low cluster aerial view
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_198477CA_33FF_8E98_41C1_153336CED923.toolTip = SKA-Low cluster aerial view
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5B0DA969_53EE_4569_41D4_481C45DBE912.toolTip = SKA-Low cluster ground view 1
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_BEF6F3BC_525A_C5EF_41CE_1F8770945A14.toolTip = SKA-Low cluster ground view 2
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B587EAF8_525E_4777_41C0_C84362C42C80.toolTip = SKA-Low cluster ground view 2
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5B0B74AB_53EA_C3E9_41B5_5660325A8FE8.toolTip = SKA-Low cluster tent
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_BFD85D1E_525E_C2AB_41D4_8893CF15CFE3.toolTip = SKA-Low cluster tent
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_0E4BC938_33D8_83F8_41B4_A62E39CDB068.toolTip = SKA-Low core
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5B13FFFA_53F9_BD6B_41B3_884A18A767E8.toolTip = SKA-Low core aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5B01F4CB_53D9_C3A9_418B_CE184BF62D2C.toolTip = SKA-Low core aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_8A650A13_5276_46B9_41C0_020AE657A4DD.toolTip = SKA-Low core aerial
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_94711168_3C28_8398_41B0_B3BF4AA28B36.toolTip = SKA-Low core ground
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B308D9F0_9FED_9B2C_41E2_D16B7BD3F743.toolTip = SKA-Low display antenna
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_56987EAD_52F6_BFE9_41B8_DA26B75E0D2E.toolTip = SKA-Low laydown yard view 1
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_2EA8D85B_F41C_4F9C_41E0_32F28C65E3C8.toolTip = SKA-Low laydown yard view 1
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_AF1707B3_5239_CDF9_41C7_667C68806B97.toolTip = SKA-Low laydown yard view 2
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_A88358B3_5236_43F9_41D2_86FFE6CEA0CA.toolTip = SKA-Low laydown yard view 2
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_8ED937BC_526E_CDEF_41D5_6C5E10B75418.toolTip = SKA-Low processing facility
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_13A9DA02_42E9_5741_41B2_0BA8E3D4205B.toolTip = SKA-Low prototype AAVS2.0
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5B0238A7_53DA_4399_41C5_08FE45B47BD6.toolTip = SKA-Low remote processing facility
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_8852EFB5_3C27_BE88_41C9_6F6E6B8FFCAD.toolTip = SKA-Low telescope
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_63566D90_253C_AE9A_41C1_ABDD0BDA7A8C.toolTip = SKA-Low telescope details
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_617CE3B4_253B_FA9A_41C0_EC2EE6B25662.toolTip = SKA-Low telescope details
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_6315D39C_2534_9A8A_41AD_99E41F6FE7F2.toolTip = SKAO’s SKA-Low telescope
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_74D992F4_33D8_8688_41C3_2BBE98C89875.toolTip = SMART box
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5B3726D6_523A_4FBB_41BF_D6DBAE3CD241.toolTip = SMART boxes
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_63C6FB8A_2534_EA8E_41C5_44A6DCD840DC.toolTip = Science with the SKA-Low telescope
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B3F8C9FE_9FE5_9B14_41D0_0FC5C94ED0D6.toolTip = Setonix
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_0288DCD1_33B9_27F9_419F_FBFD21069E96.toolTip = Setonix supercomputer
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_7FB7B210_2554_959A_41C3_A094815CE3DA.toolTip = Shielding
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_02B2AB21_9127_77E8_41D9_1D0F9D4380D2.toolTip = Solar-hybrid power station
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_60CD5C7A_2535_6D8E_41A6_452D4C42CCB6.toolTip = Solar-hybrid power station
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_63C4A316_2534_9B86_41C2_213823A8B103.toolTip = Solar-hybrid power station
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_34DB060B_77E1_4FA8_41D2_1EFABA7A9B46.toolTip = Solar-hybrid power station (ground)
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_16A1ED04_5239_C29F_41AF_F6B81DF5713B.toolTip = Southern Cross and pointers
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_72C09BE7_254C_AA86_416E_8DC370016E57.toolTip = Station mesh
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_7A1615D2_255C_9E9E_41C2_1B18DE078CF9.toolTip = Station power
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B62F21B4_9FA4_8B14_41DA_6BCCCF92D8A9.toolTip = Supercomputer artwork
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B38B53F8_9FE4_8F1C_41D3_0E72EC9F82EE.toolTip = Supercomputing viewing window
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_B2FC6B80_9FE5_BFEC_41CA_2AC2288565B9.toolTip = Supercomputing viewing window
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_93EA6984_3C68_8288_41CA_CF1E228DFD17.toolTip = Sustainability at Pawsey
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_72F7CC7F_2574_AD86_41A7_750B1EAD4378.toolTip = Switch to day mode
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_07BD56C6_3D79_5CC1_41AB_86C5B4EF23E5.toolTip = Switch to day mode
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_07508882_42AB_7341_41B6_C37AF60B6A95.toolTip = Switch to day mode
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_1B6FEB9C_522B_C5AF_41D1_FA116D809594.toolTip = Switch to night mode
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_05DC7A54_3D69_77C1_41B8_54CDA8697239.toolTip = Switch to night mode
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_049AD920_4299_D541_419D_EDD6FD61EF02.toolTip = Switch to night mode
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_1F7B781A_3358_EE6B_41A0_BD70266DE317.toolTip = Temporary processing facility
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_DEF1FACD_A17F_9974_41CF_80EFE2660636.toolTip = The correlator room
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_09218F34_3D6B_ED41_4187_66F4938C6762.toolTip = The rapid survey
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_3FBBEDAD_77EF_BCE8_41D7_7CD4EBEDC5ED.toolTip = Travel to Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_326A6AEF_77E2_C468_41C1_437CB162D0F2.toolTip = Travel to the ASKAP radio telescope
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_32ECEA02_77E3_4798_41CB_538E460D3D19.toolTip = Travel to the SKA-Low telescope
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_32937B1D_77E1_45A8_41CF_0CE4D115E140.toolTip = Travel to the observatory control building
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_018E598C_4366_D541_41BC_E1FBEDC52877.toolTip = Wajarri Yamaji Country
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_55909CFD_3CD8_8278_41BA_EB5D27FB4DE2.toolTip = Wajarri Yamaji heritage
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_4FD0F061_7761_C398_41D6_38F496A8B68C.toolTip = Wajarri Yamaji statue
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_44551265_3C38_8188_41BE_87B1FEF39878.toolTip = Wajarri Yamaji statue
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5672C0E0_523B_C397_41D4_E98791995AC6.toolTip = Wajarri joint venture
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_60F45025_2535_F5BA_41B8_E24803E6E114.toolTip = Wajarri names
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_5982D68C_3CF8_8E98_41A9_C090DC81DEF8.toolTip = Welcome
FlatHotspotPanoramaOverlayArea_6314B39F_2534_9A86_41C1_A8FA74D1DB95.toolTip = Working on ASKAP
## Media
### Audio
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### Audio Subtitles
### Floorplan
### Image
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htmlText_121BA6D1_33BE_951D_41C9_9802D30C10DC.html = Credits
Virtual tour content produced by CSIRO and the SKAO, design by Red Empire Media.
Day imagery at the observatory site captured with in-kind support from the SKAO and Aurecon.
Night imagery credit CSIRO/DISR/Alex Cherney and Tom Fowler.
We acknowledge the Wajarri Yamaji as Traditional Owners and Native Title Holders of the observatory site.
Credits
Virtual tour content produced by CSIRO and the SKAO, design by Red Empire Media.
Day imagery at the observatory site captured with in-kind support from the SKAO and Aurecon.
Night imagery credit CSIRO/DISR/Alex Cherney and Tom Fowler.
We acknowledge the Wajarri Yamaji as Traditional Owners and Native Title Holders of the observatory site.
The Wajarri People have gifted each of ASKAP’s 36 dishes with a name in their language:
Aperture Array Verification System 2.0 (AAVS2)
CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope
Entering the correlator room
From dirt to data, a lot of data!
Historic Wajarri industry joint venture
Inside the central processing facility
Integrating quantum computing
Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre
Respecting Wajarri culture and Country
Science with the SKA-Low telescope
Setonix, Pawsey’s flagship supercomputer
The Curtin University-led Murchison Widefield Array (MWA)
The Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey
The SKA Observatory’s SKA-Low telescope
Working together across the globe
The control building is specially constructed to shield the telescopes from the radio frequency interference generated by electrical equipment, so you have to pass through a special air-lock style double door to enter.
This system ensures that no radio signals escape to be detected by our sensitive telescopes, and allows onsite workers to use computers and phones as well as a range of electrical equipment.
ASKAP correlator and networking core
ASKAP digitisers and beamformers
ASKAP’s casings: boat base to telescope case
Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara,
the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory
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Wajarri Yamaji Country
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Whadjuk Noongar Country
Australia as a host country
Building more than 130,000 antennas
Engineering Development Array (EDA)
Hybrid solar-diesel power station
MWA collaboration signpost
MWA ‘containerised’ processing hub
Precursors control building
SKA-Low construction begins
Shielded from radio interference
The ‘beating heart’ of the telescope
Yalibirri (Emu) in the Sky
A dedicated space designed to bring research data to life, the Pawsey visualisation lab features a state-of-the-art crystal LED display system. The ultra-high resolution imaging allows researchers to collaborate and view their data in unprecedented ways.
Here the screen shows ASKAP’s view of an exploded star, supernova remnant G261.9+5.5, the first image produced by Pawsey’s flagship supercomputer Setonix.
A team of operational staff made up of electricians, welders, engineers, plus computer and data scientists and more ensure that ASKAP keeps its eyes on the skies.
Here, one of our engineers is maintaining the gear drives so ASKAP can continue to spin in its unique way.
ASKAP’s capabilities represent a big leap forward, so there are new discoveries all the time: from new supernova remnants (pictured), fast radio bursts, to long period transients - stars with regular flashing patterns that can’t be explained by our current scientific theories.
Uncovering these cosmic objects are ASKAP’s nine survey science teams, made up of researchers from all over the world. Each team is hunting something different, like galaxies with large, active black holes in order to trace the evolution of galaxies throughout the history of the Universe. Or, using ASKAP’s ability to detect polarised radio waves to study the cosmos’ magnetic fields. Magnetic fields thread galaxies and connect them across space in a cosmic web, yet it is unclear how they are generated and sustained.
Image by CSIRO researcher Matt Whiting with EMU survey data
Aboriginal Australians are Australia’s first astronomers and share a long-standing knowledge of the sky. Wajarri Yamaji have been taking care of this Country for tens of thousands of years and are now partnering with us as the observatory land transitions from a pastoral station to radio astronomy observatory.
The Australian Government, CSIRO, the SKAO and other observatory partners all agree that the preservation of Wajarri heritage on site is the highest priority. Wajarri Yamaji heritage monitors are on site for any ground-disturbing construction activity and the SKAO worked closely with Wajarri Yamaji and CSIRO to design a layout for the SKA-Low telescope that wouldn’t impact Wajarri heritage sites.
Art plays a key role in sharing cultural heritage and stories for the Wajarri Yamaji. Many Wajarri Yamaji artists have created artworks that represent the telescopes and science from the observatory, including for 'Cosmic Echoes: A Shared Sky Indigenous Art Exhibition', a collaboration between SKAO, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, CSIRO and the Wajarri Yamaji Aboriginal Corporation.
Acacia is Pawsey’s high-speed data storage system named after Australia’s national floral emblem, the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha).
Acacia provides over 75 petabytes (75 million gigabytes) of storage for research data that needs to stay online and accessible, and forms a key part of the data archives for ASKAP and the MWA. Fully integrated with Pawsey’s Setonix supercomputer, it gives researchers a seamless way to store, transfer, and share data across projects in astronomy, health, climate, and beyond.
Access to air travel is important in remote areas when driving can take nearly a day, particularly during emergency situations or if roads are cut off due to weather.
The airstrip by the accommodation is meticulously maintained to support operations at the site. During SKA-low construction, staff are flown in multiple times a week from Geraldton or Perth in small charter planes like this one.
This airstrip has also been used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which was the first and is the largest air ambulance service in the world.
After its work was complete on Wajarri Country, this antenna from the MWA was put on display at Pawsey to demonstrate the technology that captures the data processed by Pawsey’s supercomputers.
An exhibition honouring the artists whose work has adorned our current and past supercomputers welcomes you to Pawsey, celebrating Pawsey’s connection to Wajarri Country. Two works by Wajarri and Noongar artist Jesse Pickett, Rainbow Serpent and Moon, feature at the entrance. Both works were created for Galaxy – the first real-time processing computer designed for a telescope, and decommissioned in 2023.
Antenna components arrive on site from Italy. With more than 130,000 antennas making up the telescope, that’s a lot of components! This is where they wait before they are assembled and installed.
As the SKA-Low telescope continues to grow, data collected from antennas in the nearby core will flow here to the on-site supercomputer at the central processing facility. Distant stations along the telescope’s spiral arms connect to remote facilities that will send data to this central supercomputer.
This supercomputer will process the signals before sending them on the 800km trip to Perth, where images of the sky and other data will be produced and distributed to the broader science community via the Australian SKA Regional Centre. Australia is a world leader in using radio waves to understand the Universe.
Radio waves are a form of light completely invisible to the human eye. We use radio waves for communication like radio and television broadcasts, but radio waves are also emitted from stars, galaxies, black holes and other objects in the Universe.
Astronomers use radio telescopes with highly sensitive receivers to collect, focus and amplify radio waves before analysing them using supercomputers, revealing a hidden Universe that is otherwise invisible.
Radio waves are extremely weak by the time they reach us from space, so radio telescopes are often very large to collect these faint signals. To simulate an even bigger telescope, two (or more) signals can be combined from separate antennas, a technique that was pioneered in Australia more than 70 years ago.
Image: Hidden detail in galaxies, including the aptly-named Corkscrew Galaxy, is revealed in this radio telescope image from ASKAP. Credit: CSIRO/S. Duchesne
Australia is a world leader in using radio waves to understand the Universe.
Radio waves are a form of light completely invisible to the human eye. We use radio waves for communication like radio and television broadcasts, but radio waves are also emitted from stars, galaxies, black holes and other objects in the Universe.
Astronomers use radio telescopes with highly sensitive receivers to collect, focus and amplify radio waves before analysing them using supercomputers, revealing a hidden Universe that is otherwise invisible.
Radio waves are extremely weak by the time they reach us from space, so radio telescopes are often very large to collect these faint signals. To simulate an even bigger telescope, two (or more) signals can be combined from separate antennas, a technique that was pioneered in Australia more than 70 years ago.
Image: Hidden detail in galaxies, including the aptly-named Corkscrew Galaxy, is revealed in this radio telescope image from ASKAP. Credit: CSIRO/S. Duchesne
Australia is a world leader in using radio waves to understand the Universe.
Radio waves are a form of light completely invisible to the human eye. We use radio waves for communication like radio and television broadcasts, but radio waves are also emitted from stars, galaxies, black holes and other objects in the Universe.
Astronomers use radio telescopes with highly sensitive receivers to collect, focus and amplify radio waves before analysing them using supercomputers, revealing a hidden Universe that is otherwise invisible.
Radio waves are extremely weak by the time they reach us from space, so radio telescopes are often very large to collect these faint signals. To simulate an even bigger telescope, two (or more) signals can be combined from separate antennas, a technique that was pioneered in Australia more than 70 years ago.
Image: Hidden detail in galaxies, including the aptly-named Corkscrew Galaxy, is revealed in this radio telescope image from ASKAP. Credit: CSIRO/S. Duchesne
Australia is one of the founding members of the SKAO and is hosting the SKA-Low telescope here on Wajarri Country. As an SKAO host country Australia sees a range of benefits, including industry participation, employment and facilitating innovation.
Australia’s participation in the SKAO is led by the Australian Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources and the SKAO is partnering with CSIRO to build and operate the SKA-Low telescope.
Before being sent to the central processing facility, the far-flung stations of the SKA-Low telescope send their signals to a nearby remote processing facility. There are 18 of these spread out along the telescope’s spiral arms.
These systems pre-process data, helping to manage the immense amount of data the telescope will generate.
Before being sent to the central processing facility, the far-flung stations of the SKA-Low telescope send their signals to a nearby remote processing facility. There are 18 of these spread out along the telescope’s spiral arms.
These systems pre-process data, helping to manage the immense amount of data the telescope will generate.
Being so remote means that having somewhere to stay with all the necessary facilities is very important.
The original homestead from the site’s previous role as a pastoral station has been updated and extended to accommodate our engineers, scientists and observatory managers and staff all year round. The facility is still known by the original station name, Boolardy.
A skilled team looks after the accommodation, keeping the rooms and buildings clean and comfortable, plus providing hearty meals for up to 40 people.
There are gardens, recreation space, a small gym, and a first aid building to ensure everyone stays fit and well.
Both SKA-Low and SKA-Mid combine data captured by individual antennas spread over large distances. This technique, known as interferometry, allows each instrument to act like a single, giant telescope.
This central compact core will be home to around half of the telescope’s planned 131,072 antennas, and will be key to exploring the early Universe. The circles of steel mesh you can see below are called stations, and each one will contain 256 antennas. From here more stations are distributed along three spiral arms, with 512 in total. The maximum distance between the furthest stations will be a whopping 74km!
The special design and number of the antennas, the spiral arm shape and the large distances between the stations all help to make SKA-Low the most capable low frequency telescope ever created.
Both SKA-Low and SKA-Mid combine data captured by individual antennas spread over large distances. This technique, known as interferometry, allows each instrument to act like a single, giant telescope.
This central compact core will be home to around half of the telescope’s planned 131,072 antennas. The circles of steel mesh you can see below are called stations, and each one will contain 256 antennas. From here more stations are distributed along three spiral arms, with 512 in total. The maximum distance between the furthest stations will be a whopping 74km!
The special design and number of the antennas, the spiral arm shape and the large distances between the stations all help to make SKA-Low the most capable low frequency telescope ever created.
CSIRO has engineered innovative phased array feed receivers that have a wide field-of-view so ASKAP is able to receive signals from a large part of the sky at once.
Each phased array feed is made up of 188 individual receivers, positioned in a chequerboard-like arrangement. These components are housed in a water-tight case mounted at the focal point above each of ASKAP's antennas.
Phased array feed technology has enormous potential outside astronomy. Much like CSIRO’s fast wireless LAN technology (developed from expertise in radio astronomy and led to fast WiFi), phased array feeds could make a positive impact in a variety of applications.
Each station has one field node distribution hub which distributes power to the station and monitors the antennas and telescope components.
Data flows down the optical fibre from each station, and will eventually add together to a whopping 7.2 Terabits per second from the entire telescope. In total the optical and power cabling from all the SKA-Low stations will be almost 1,000km long.
Electrical signals from the dipoles are sent to the top of the antenna. Here a pair of low noise amplifiers boost the weak signals collected from space without adding any interference.
Every morning all SKA-Low staff, contractors and visitors attend a pre-start meeting, where each group outlines their planned activities for the day and major works happening around the site.
Safety procedures and reminders are shared at these meetings and help to make sure that everyone working understands the on-site risks and is kept safe.
Everyone on site completes a day of training with Wajarri Yamaji to better understand Wajarri culture and connection to Country before coming to work daily out on site.
Thousands of workers and international visitors have completed the training since on-site construction for the SKA-Low telescope began.
For the Wajarri Yamaji, travelling across Country was always at night using the stars to guide their path and the Moon to light their way. The Southern Cross, visible here above the SKA-Low telescope, was one of the main features used for directions.
“This painting represents our ancestors’ travel method, including the Milky Way which was also important to them. It guided the way and they also followed the movement of the emu that can be seen in the Milky Way to know when it was egg laying season.
The Nyarluwarri (Seven Sisters, Pleiades) can be seen on the right. The Morning Star can be seen at the bottom, to the left is the Southern Cross and the large circle at the top is the full Moon with the Evening Star next to the Moon. The pink dots represent the wildflower seasons and also the aurora in the sky. The Southern Cross, Morning and Evening stars are the main features used as a compass.”
Gurlgamarnu is the Wajarri name for the MWA telescope, meaning ‘the ear that listens to the sky.’
Here in the central processing facility (CPF) signals from the antennas will be ‘cleaned' and digitised. The CPF will also electronically manage the telescope’s hardware and software systems, giving important data to the telescope’s maintenance teams.
At least half of the required power for the CPF will be provided by a solar array and battery energy storage system.
In remote Australia emergency medical help sometimes comes via air, not road.
This is one of three airstrips that allow small planes to land at the observatory, along with the main airstrip at the Boolardy accommodation facility and the other emergency strip near the SKA-Low core. Both emergency airstrips are kept in top condition with regular maintenance so they’re ready in case of emergency, even though rarely used.
Inspired by the iconic Australian wildflower, Banksia is Pawsey’s dedicated long-term, offline storage system. With large, long-term data storage systems for research data sets, Banksia keeps important scientific information safe and available for the future.
Banksia plays a key role in supporting all Pawsey data portal projects, including for ASKAP and the MWA, as well as helping prepare for the SKA project through the Australian SKA Regional Centre. The MWA alone generates about 40 gigabytes of data every second – a rate of data that would fill a standard 1 terabyte hard drive in less than 30 seconds.
Like the other telescopes on site, SKA-Low is an extremely sensitive instrument, designed to detect the faintest of radio signals from space. To preserve the rare radio quietness of the observatory, the central processing facility is shielded to prevent radio interference generated by the electronics within from leaking out and interfering with observations.
Here the on-site processing facilities are being tested for radio interference leaks.
Nyingari Ngurra, the 176-bed SKA-Low construction village, is managed by a joint venture partnership between Wajarri Enterprises Limited (WEL) and SKA-Low infrastructure contractor Ventia.
Wajarri Enterprises Limited is part of the Wajarri Group and empowers Wajarri People through employment opportunities and sustainable business partnerships. Ventia is providing power and fibre to the telescope and building the data processing facilities on site.
This partnership brings together the strengths and expertise of both entities to create opportunities for Wajarri People. Fifty per cent of employees at the SKA-Low accommodation village are Wajarri Yamaji.
Parts arrive in flat packs from Italy ready for the antennas to be built and installed in their stations. The SKA-Low Field Technicians have this process down to an art, able to assemble an antenna in just minutes.
Here you can see Field Technicians using a special rig, called a STARMASTER, designed in part by the team to help make it easier to build the antennas.
Pawsey’s engagement space is designed to bring people together, hosting a wide variety of events from training sessions and workshops to hackathons, seminars, and networking gatherings.
Pawsey’s quantum integration journey began with the installation of this room-temperature, diamond-based quantum computer from Quantum Brilliance. The first of its kind inside a supercomputing centre, Pawsey’s first quantum computer provided valuable insights on quantum performance beyond the lab and helped prepare Australia’s research community for the quantum era.
Pawsey is also developing hybrid computing workflows, building the foundation for quantum-accelerated discovery.
Providing the electrical power to AAVS2’s antennas and collecting the signals they receive from the sky, all while making sure the technology doesn’t drown out those signals or get too hot in the Murchison sun is a significant challenge.
Engineers from ICRAR’s Curtin University node and Italy’s National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) worked together to design a solution known as a SMART box.
They are an integral part of the station, with one SMART box serving 12 antennas. The design is now being manufactured in large quantities for the SKA-Low telescope.
Image: SMART box internal electronics. Credit: ICRAR
SKA-Low will be like a powerful time machine, mapping the sky at low frequencies faster than ever before, and letting astronomers look back to the Cosmic Dawn of the Universe to understand how the first stars and galaxies formed.
SKA-Low will also help astronomers to study the distribution of dark matter and dark energy, test Einstein’s theory of relativity and search for signs of intelligent life beyond Earth.
Setonix, named after the quokka (Setonix brachyurus), is Australia’s most powerful research supercomputer and the computational backbone for AI applications, built with over 700GPUs.
Originally ranked 4th globally on the Green500 list, it achieves remarkable energy efficiency through its innovative liquid cooling and a solar array to offset the footprint for the cooling system.
Setonix not only processes data from the observatory’s radio telescopes, it also drives discovery across many fields including smarter healthcare through AI-powered patient monitoring, and delivering WA’s most detailed climate projections.
Sustainability is a key consideration across the observatory and as part of CSIRO’s commitment to future energy technology the site has a dedicated power station for ASKAP, the MWA and EDGES.
The solar array has 5,280 solar panels which can deliver 1.85 MW at peak output, enough to power the ASKAP telescope without any input from the site’s diesel generators for many hours each day. It is the world’s first hybrid-renewable facility to power a major remote astronomical observatory.
The SKA-Low telescope will require an additional 3MW of power at the observatory, also intended to be sourced largely from renewable sources.
Telescopes like CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope provide a big picture view of the Universe. Instead of studying a few objects in detail, astronomers can catalogue millions of new galaxies and other astronomical sources.
ASKAP has 36 dish antennas, spread across six kilometres that work together as one telescope. The antennas stand three storeys tall, each with a 12-metre-wide dish. Innovative engineering allows ASKAP to be a great surveyor of the sky through its widefield of view with its phased array feeds and a collector of interesting signals like polarised light with its unique rotating capabilities.
ASKAP collects data at the rate of 100 trillion bits per second, with the data processed at the Precursor Control Building, then heading to the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre.
Telescopes like CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope provide a big picture view of the Universe. Instead of studying a few objects in detail, astronomers can catalogue millions of new galaxies and other astronomical sources.
ASKAP has 36 dish antennas, spread across six kilometres that work together as one telescope. The antennas stand three storeys tall, each with a 12-metre-wide dish. Innovative engineering allows ASKAP to be a great surveyor of the sky through its widefield of view with its phased array feeds and a collector of interesting signals like polarised light with its unique rotating capabilities.
ASKAP collects data at the rate of 100 trillion bits per second, with the data processed at the Precursor Control Building, then heading to the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre.
The Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre uses a unique groundwater cooling system and an array of solar panels to offset its power use, making it one of the most sustainable supercomputing centres on the planet.
CSIRO developed a customised geothermal solution to cool Pawsey’s processors. Cool water is pumped from a shallow aquifer under the centre, through an above-ground heat exchanger to cool the supercomputers, then reinjected back into the same aquifer further downstream so that no water is lost. This saved an estimated 14.5 million litres of water in the first two years alone. That’s as much as a tap running for three and a half years!
The Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) showcases ASKAP’s sky-scanning abilities. The first RACS scan detected over three million galaxies, about a million more than had ever been observed before. Now, multiple iterations of RACS have been produced, building upon each other to give researchers unprecedented vision of the Universe in radio waves.
RACS data is freely available to the national and international astronomy community. This image is a map of light’s polarisation (called SPICE-RACS), made from RACS data by researcher Alec Thomson. Blue sections are pointing towards us, red sections are pointing away.
The SKA-Low construction village, which is a home-away-from-home to the staff, contractors and visitors helping to build the SKA-Low telescope, was gifted a Wajarri name – Nyingari Ngurra. In Wajarri language it translates to ‘zebra finch home’ – a resting place where you can find water.
The zebra finch is native to the area and can regularly be seen across the Observatory.
The SKA-Low field technicians are the team tasked with building the first of the telescope’s 131,072 antennas.
They spend most weeks here on Wajarri Yamaji Country building antennas and connecting them to the components and systems that help astronomers observe the early Universe.
Eventually this team will transfer from building the telescope to maintaining it, making sure it operates in top condition for many years to come.
The SKA-Low telescope will produce a lot of data, and it takes a lot of optical fibre to transmit all that data. To date more than 660km of fibre optical cables have been connected across the site.
If these fibres were separated and laid end-to-end it would reach almost 192,000km. That’s enough to wrap around the Earth’s equator almost five times.
The SKAO is one global observatory with two telescopes, SKA-Mid in South Africa and SKA-Low here in Western Australia, and headquarters in the United Kingdom. The SKAO is a collaboration of 16 countries, working together to design, build and operate the SKA telescopes.
The SKAO’s SKA-Low telescope spreads across the entire extent of the observatory, including near the MWA.
This cluster of SKA-Low stations was the site of the SKA-Low construction commencement ceremony in December 2022, where many members of the Wajarri Yamaji community joined Ministers, dignitaries and astronomers on Wajarri Country to celebrate the beginning of on-site construction for the SKA telescopes.
The Wajarri Yamaji are the Traditional Owners and Native Title Holders of the observatory site. We are grateful to the Wajarri Yamaji for partnering with us in establishing the observatory on Country and for the support they have shown as we work together towards furthering astronomical knowledge from their ancient lands.
This statue at the entrance road represents Wajarri people of the past, present, and future and points to the place where the first radio quiet testing of the site was completed.
Some of the telescopes and infrastructure at the observatory have been given names in the Wajarri language. ASKAP’s 36 antennas each have a Wajarri name, the MWA telescope is named Gurlgamarnu, meaning ‘ear that listens to the sky’, and the SKA-Low village is Nyingari Ngurra, ‘zebra finch home’.
The Wajarri Yamaji have signed an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) with the Australian and Western Australian governments and CSIRO that allows construction of the SKAO's SKA-Low telescope on an expanded observatory, operation of the telescopes and provides benefits for the Wajarri community. The ILUA also ensures the preservation of Wajarri cultural heritage alongside the construction and operation of the telescopes.
The Yalibirri (Emu) in the Sky is an important night-time feature for the Wajarri Yamaji as it shows when it’s time to hunt for emu eggs.
Can you spot the Emu in the dark contours of the Milky Way? It is pointed down with its head and beak right in the middle of this view.
The antennas are made of horizontal branches of different lengths called dipoles. Each of them absorbs radio waves coming from the Universe, generating an electrical signal. The bigger the dipole, the longer wavelength it absorbs.
The ground based steel meshed used for the SKA-Low telescope antennas is housed here.
To date more than 56,000 sheets of this steel mesh have been installed.
This SKA-Low antenna demonstrates the size of the telescope’s components to visitors.
This building houses all the computers and essential electronics that are required to operate the observatory’s SKA precursor telescopes, MWA and ASKAP, and the EDGES instruments.
Signals from the telescopes are transported here via underground optical fibres. The signals then go through different processing systems, becoming important data for astronomers around the world. The huge amounts of computing power needed for this work requires a lot of electricity and cooling, supplied by sustainable systems throughout.
It’s also the office space for those working on the telescopes, with a first aid room and kitchen, plus electrical and mechanical workshops.
This is the first image from an early working version of the telescope, using data collected from the first four connected stations, 1,024 of these antennas. The image shows around 85 of the brightest known galaxies in that region, all of which contain supermassive black holes.
Scientists calculate the telescope will eventually be able to show more than 600,000 galaxies in the same view.
This is where the data from ASKAP enters Pawsey from the observatory site, before processing on Setonix to create the images and data for astronomers to explore the Universe.
This is where the data from the SKA-Low telescope enters Pawsey from the observatory site.
The first rack of the SKAO computing cluster was installed in late 2023.
This temporary facility allows SKA-Low scientists to use data from the telescope while the central processing facility close to the core of the telescope is being built.
A high precision clock is the ‘beating heart’ of the system that makes sure that all the components of the telescope are synchronised, down to the nano-second. That’s one billionth of a second!
Two artworks by Wajarri Yamaji visual artist Margaret Whitehurst complete the exhibition at Pawsey’s entrance: Meteorites, which features on the casing of current supercomputer Setonix, and SKA Satellites on the Murchison, used to decorate former supercomputer Magnus.
Designed, built and operated by CSIRO, ASKAP is an SKA precursor telescope funded by the Australian Government.
Welcome to the Arizona State University-led Experiment to Detect the Global EoR Signature (EDGES) instruments.
After the Big Bang, the Universe cooled and went dark for millions of years. In the darkness, gravity pulled matter together until stars formed and burst into life, bringing the ‘cosmic dawn’.
The innovatively designed single-purpose instruments of EDGES aim to detect these signals from the very first stars. There are multiple versions of EDGES at the observatory site in Australia, as well as further instruments in the US.
Welcome to the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). You’ve arrived above the core of the telescope where the tiles of antennas are close together.
Welcome to the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre, where all the data from the telescopes at the observatory site ends up. You are hovering over the building that hosts the supercomputers, data storage and technology that allows astronomers to make images of the sky.
Pawsey is a joint venture between CSIRO, Curtin University, Murdoch University, and The University of Western Australia together with Edith Cowan University as a founding associate member. Pawsey is supported by the Australian Government via the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) and the Western Australian Government.
Welcome to the SKA-Low telescope. You’ve arrived overlooking the core of the telescope where more than half of the antennas will be located once construction is complete.
Both the SKA-Low telescope, and the SKA-Mid telescope located in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, are designed, built and operated by the international SKA Observatory on behalf of a collaboration of 16 countries around the world.
Welcome to the temporary central processing facility and the remote processing facility for the S8 cluster of antenna stations.
These are two of the 18 facilities on site that receive the signals from the far-flung stations along the SKA-Low’s spiral arms.
With a capacity of more than 150, the village is regularly full of staff, contractors and visitors who are building the SKA-Low telescope.
Activities take place almost every night of the week, including playing or watching sport, stargazing and trivia.
With no moving parts, the Curtin University-led MWA can still point to different parts of the sky and as its name implies has a very wide field of view, seeing a large portion of the sky at once.
4,096 of these spider-like antennas form the MWA telescope, grouped into 256 tiles of 16 antennas spread over five kilometres of the observatory.
It collects radio waves at a lower frequency than other radio telescopes, such as ASKAP’s dishes in the distance behind you. The MWA allows astronomers to explore the low-frequency Universe in more detail than ever before, paving the way towards the SKA-Low telescope and investigating the early Universe, things that flash in the sky, space weather and even millions of galaxies, including our own.
With no moving parts, the Curtin University-led MWA can still point to different parts of the sky and as its name implies has a very wide field of view, seeing a large portion of the sky at once.
4,096 of these spider-like antennas form the MWA telescope, grouped into 256 tiles of 16 antennas spread over five kilometres of the observatory.
It collects radio waves at a lower frequency than other radio telescopes, such as ASKAP’s dishes in the distance behind you. The MWA allows astronomers to explore the low-frequency Universe in more detail than ever before, paving the way towards the SKA-Low telescope and investigating the early Universe, things that flash in the sky, space weather and even millions of galaxies, including our own.
You’re standing inside one of the prototype stations for the SKA-Low telescope, the Aperture Array Verification System 2.0 (AAVS2).
These antennas are the same design as the SKA-Low antennas, arranged in a single station of 256.
AAVS2 helped finalise the design for the SKA-Low telescope stations, as well as acting as a testbed for the new technology developed by engineers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR)-Curtin University and Italy’s National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) for the SKA-Low telescope.
Australia is a world leader in using radio waves to understand the Universe.
Radio waves are a form of light completely invisible to the human eye. We use radio waves for communication like radio and television broadcasts, but radio waves are also emitted from stars, galaxies, black holes and other objects in the Universe.
Astronomers use radio telescopes with highly sensitive receivers to collect, focus and amplify radio waves before analysing them using supercomputers, revealing a hidden Universe that is otherwise invisible.
Radio waves are extremely weak by the time they reach us from space, so radio telescopes are often very large to collect these faint signals. To simulate an even bigger telescope, two (or more) signals can be combined from separate antennas, a technique that was pioneered in Australia more than 70 years ago.
Image: Hidden detail in galaxies, including the aptly-named Corkscrew Galaxy, is revealed in this radio telescope image from ASKAP. Credit: CSIRO/S. Duchesne
Welcome to one of the best places in the world for radio astronomy: Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory.
Located on Wajarri Yamaji Country in the Mid West region of Western Australia, the observatory hosts world-class radio telescopes exploring the Universe:
• ASKAP radio telescope, owned and operated by CSIRO, Australia’s
national science agency, an SKA precursor telescope
• the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), led by Curtin University, also an SKA
precursor telescope
• the SKA-Low telescope, one of two SKA Observatory (SKAO) telescopes and
currently under construction
• EDGES instrument, led by Arizona State University.
Managed by CSIRO, the observatory was established in 2009 with support from the Australian Government, the Western Australian State Government and the Wajarri Yamaji, the site’s Traditional Owners and Native Title Holders.
In 2022 the observatory expanded to host the SKAO’s SKA-Low telescope and was gifted the Wajarri name ‘Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara’, sharing sky and stars, by the Wajarri Yamaji.
We acknowledge the Wajarri Yamaji as the Traditional Owners and native title holders of Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, our Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory.
A team of operational staff made up of electricians, welders, engineers, plus computer and data scientists and more ensure that ASKAP keeps its eyes on the skies.
Here, one of our engineers is maintaining the gear drives so ASKAP can continue to spin in its unique way.
A team of operational staff made up of electricians, welders, engineers, plus computer and data scientists and more ensure that ASKAP keeps its eyes on the skies.
Here, one of our engineers is maintaining the gear drives so ASKAP can continue to spin in its unique way.
Access to air travel is important in remote areas when driving can take nearly a day, particularly during emergency situations or if roads are cut off due to weather.
The airstrip by the accommodation is meticulously maintained to support operations at the site. During SKA-low construction, staff are flown in multiple times a week from Geraldton or Perth in small charter planes like this one.
This airstrip has also been used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which was the first and is the largest air ambulance service in the world.
Access to air travel is important in remote areas when driving can take nearly a day, particularly during emergency situations or if roads are cut off due to weather.
The airstrip by the accommodation is meticulously maintained to support operations at the site. During SKA-low construction, staff are flown in multiple times a week from Geraldton or Perth in small charter planes like this one.
This airstrip has also been used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which was the first and is the largest air ambulance service in the world.
Access to air travel is important in remote areas when driving can take nearly a day, particularly during emergency situations or if roads are cut off due to weather.
The airstrip by the accommodation is meticulously maintained to support operations at the site. During SKA-low construction, staff are flown in multiple times a week from Geraldton or Perth in small charter planes like this one.
This airstrip has also been used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which was the first and is the largest air ambulance service in the world.
Access to air travel is important in remote areas when driving can take nearly a day, particularly during emergency situations or if roads are cut off due to weather.
The airstrip by the accommodation is meticulously maintained to support operations at the site. During SKA-low construction, staff are flown in multiple times a week from Geraldton or Perth in small charter planes like this one.
This airstrip has also been used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which was the first and is the largest air ambulance service in the world.
Access to air travel is important in remote areas when driving can take nearly a day, particularly during emergency situations or if roads are cut off due to weather.
The airstrip by the accommodation is meticulously maintained to support operations at the site. During SKA-low construction, staff are flown in multiple times a week from Geraldton or Perth in small charter planes like this one.
This airstrip has also been used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which was the first and is the largest air ambulance service in the world.
Different radio telescope configurations are good for different types of science. The compact part of the MWA, including the tiles in the two hexes and those closer together at the core, is the ideal layout for astronomers who are looking for large spread out signals such as those from the early Universe in the Epoch of Reionisation.
This now-retired mega-tile known as ‘CRAM’ (Central Redundant Array Mega-tile) added to that capability. A tile four times larger than normal with 64 antennas, CRAM allowed a clearer view for Epoch of Reionisation science.
24 SMART boxes within each station convert the electrical currents received and amplified by the antennas into signals that can be passed through optical fibre to the on-site processing facilities. They also power the low noise amplifiers at the top of each antenna.
How do you point a radio telescope that can’t move? With something called a beamformer, contained in these white boxes – one for each tile of the MWA.
By delaying signals from some antennas, this device can ‘point’ an MWA tile to collect radio waves from a particular direction. The beamformer is analogue, which means it adds the delays by sending the radio signals down different lengths of physical delay lines (like different lengths of cable) before sending the signals on to the receivers.
Nestled next to two of the breakaway landscape features, tile 107 is one of the more distant MWA tiles from the central section. Distances between antennas in radio telescopes are called baselines, and long baselines are great for detail in radio astronomy images.
The MWA’s long baselines contributed to the detail found in the GLEAM survey, a catalogue of 300,000 galaxies over the full Southern Hemisphere sky.
Radio telescopes need to be extremely sensitive to receive signals from distant objects in space.
Radio signals from human activity such as cars, mobile phones and cameras can be much stronger than the radio waves telescopes collect – these signals are called radio noise or radio interference by astronomers and engineers.
Building radio telescopes in remote and protected locations without this interference (radio quiet places) means they can better detect these signals. Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory is the ideal location for radio astronomy. The site provides excellent visibility of the sky, favourable weather and climate, upper atmosphere stability and, importantly, superb radio quietness, preserved through a radio quiet zone.
The Australian and Western Australian Governments established the radio quiet zone to protect the telescopes from harmful radio interference while allowing for opportunities for coexistence with other activities.
Equipment needed to operate the observatory, like the high-powered data processors and hybrid power station, are shielded to ensure they do not interfere with the telescopes. Radio noise and the need to protect the radio quiet is also why the observatory site is rarely open to visitors.
Radio telescopes need to be extremely sensitive to receive signals from distant objects in space.
Radio signals from human activity such as cars, mobile phones and cameras can be much stronger than the radio waves telescopes collect – these signals are called radio noise or radio interference by astronomers and engineers.
Building radio telescopes in remote and protected locations without this interference (radio quiet places) means they can better detect these signals. Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory is the ideal location for radio astronomy. The site provides excellent visibility of the sky, favourable weather and climate, upper atmosphere stability and, importantly, superb radio quietness, preserved through a radio quiet zone.
The Australian and Western Australian Governments established the radio quiet zone to protect the telescopes from harmful radio interference while allowing for opportunities for coexistence with other activities.
Equipment needed to operate the observatory, like the high-powered data processors and hybrid power station, are shielded to ensure they do not interfere with the telescopes. Radio noise and the need to protect the radio quiet is also why the observatory site is rarely open to visitors.
Steel mesh creates a consistent base for the antennas, ensuring they can best collect the faint signals from the Universe. Clips hold the antennas to the mesh, keeping them sturdy to withstand the wide variety of weather conditions encountered on Wajarri Country.
The MWA watches the sky constantly and is tuned to receive radio frequencies between 70 and 300 MHz, similar frequencies to FM radio – one of the reasons it calls the remote observatory site home.
Each antenna has a low noise amplifier to strengthen the weak signals from the Universe before they travel through the MWA’s systems to be sent to astronomers.
This shipping container has been heavily modified to turn it into an outback computing hub for the MWA telescope and associated instruments.
The container is full of data processors and is airconditioned to protect the electronics from the heat.
It also has radio frequency shielding to prevent any radio waves leaking out to interfere with the radio telescopes. Its multi-door radiolock entry makes sure one door is shielding the outside at all times.
From here, the telescope data heads to the precursors control building and is processed by the MWA correlator.
Located on Wajarri Yamaji Country in the Mid West region of Western Australia, the observatory hosts:
• ASKAP radio telescope, owned and operated by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency
• the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), led by Curtin University
• the SKA-Low telescope, one of two SKA Observatory (SKAO) telescopes
• EDGES instrument, led by Arizona State University.
Managed by CSIRO, the observatory was established in 2009 with support from the Australian Government, the Western Australian State Government and the Wajarri Yamaji, the site’s Traditional Owners and Native Title Holders.
In 2022 the observatory expanded to host the SKAO’s SKA-Low telescope and was gifted the Wajarri name ‘Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara’, sharing sky and stars, by the Wajarri Yamaji.
Although this looks like another MWA tile, the EDA uses those same antennas but in a different configuration.
Like the nearby Aperture Array Verification System, the EDA is a test platform that helped pave the way to the SKA-Low telescope.
Instead of using the SKA-Low tree-shaped antennas, EDA has 256 MWA antennas laid out in a station similar to the design for SKA-Low. Because MWA antennas are now well understood after years of use, the EDA helped astronomers and engineers study how a larger group of randomly spread antennas performs.
The MWA’s wide field of view and ability to see things separated by only nanoseconds makes it invaluable for quickly mapping the sky at low frequencies and studying rare and faint events as they happen.
From the first stars and galaxies to investigating our Sun and its effect on near-Earth space weather, the MWA has been investigating some key questions about the Universe since it began observing in 2013. As well as detecting the largest-known eruption in the Universe since the Big Bang, the MWA was also involved in the world’s first detection of gravitational waves and the discovery of ultra-long-period transients.
Image: The MWA’s view of the centre of our galaxy. Credit S. Mantovanini (ICRAR-Curtin) & the GLEAM-X team.
The tiles seen here in this hexagonal shape are part of the compact portion of the MWA where all the antennas are close together.
These tiles (as well as the eastern hex nearby) were added to the MWA in 2016, doubling the number of tiles from 128 to 256, which increased the telescope’s sensitivity by a factor of 10.
These enclosures take the data from 8 MWA tiles, filtering and digitising it before sending it on to the on-site supercomputers for further processing.
The receiver enclosure is weather tight and shielded against radio emissions to make sure the electronics don’t interfere with the telescope’s ability to collect the faint radio signals from the sky.
This signpost shows the distances (and directions) to the partner institutions involved in the MWA telescope.
Led by Curtin University in Perth, support for the operation of the MWA is provided by the Australian Government via the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), administered by Astronomy Australia Limited. Additional contributions are also provided by MWA partner institutions.
ASKAP’s sensitive receivers need to be encased to protect them in the extreme climate and remote location. CSIRO worked with Innovation Composites, a precision materials and fibreglass manufacturer working in the boating industry to develop specialised casings.
The company worked closely with CSIRO engineers to develop and manufacture a bespoke design that was light and cost-effective. Marine composites technology was used to manage structural loading, provide thermal insulation and environmental protection, as well as shielding the internal electronics of the receivers.
CRACO is a new specialised system that analyses the data from ASKAP to rapidly detect signals of mysterious fast radio bursts and other space phenomena.
It works by sifting through the trillions of pixels received by the telescope to find anomalies, alerting researchers the moment it spots something out of the ordinary.
It’s the equivalent of sifting through a whole beach of sand every minute to look for a single five-cent coin!
CRACO is a new specialised system that analyses the data from ASKAP to rapidly detect signals of mysterious fast radio bursts and other space phenomena.
It works by sifting through the trillions of pixels received by the telescope to find anomalies, alerting researchers the moment it spots something out of the ordinary.
It’s the equivalent of sifting through a whole beach of sand every minute to look for a single five-cent coin!
Most of ASKAP’s complicated electronics, though maintained here, are made elsewhere.
CSIRO worked with Puzzle Precision, an electronic assembly service provider based in Newcastle, NSW, to jointly develop and produce the sophisticated electronic circuit boards (20,000 of them!) and major components required for ASKAP’s digital systems.
Partnerships with local businesses like Puzzle Precision demonstrate how world-class engineering and research can have real-world impact, and enhance domestic capabilities.
On your left side is a bank of digitisers, coloured blue. Each digitiser takes 188 signals from an ASKAP dish antenna, converting the analogue signal from the antenna into digital numbers. The beamformer then combines these digital numbers into a single beam from each dish: 36 beams from 36 antennas.
The constantly running computer equipment and servers in the correlator room generate a lot of heat. The plant room contains chillers that extract waste heat from the correlator room and either transfer it to a large borefield, making use of the cooler temperatures underground, or a dry cooler if the outside temperature is low enough.
The electronics workshop is where staff conduct routine maintenance activities on the electronics across ASKAP. This includes the phased array feed receivers, correlator electronics, and all the networking and computing gear that keeps the observatory running.
It’s remote out here, so ordering parts takes a long time to arrive. If we can fix it onsite, we will!
The mechanical workshop is where staff maintain all the mechanical drives to keep the ASKAP telescope turning and other metal work tasks necessary to keep the observatory running.
Things like a drill press, lathe, milling machine and metal cutters and pressers allow us to maintain the hardware of our telescopes.
This is the MWA correlator, the ‘brain’ of the telescope that takes all the data from the separate MWA tiles and combines it before sending it on to Perth.
We’re now in the airlock section, between the two sealed doors. Ensuring the door we’ve come through is sealed, we can turn the next lever and progress into the building.
Here is another airlock-style double door, as a lot of radio-frequency interference is generated by the computer processors and servers in this room.
Through we go…
The correlator – namesake of the room – combines the beams from all 36 antennas to form one giant telescope. The data is processed in many steps, first combined and then transformed into products that are small enough to send along fast digital fibre links from the networking core to the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre in Perth, 800km away.
The networking core is processing and sending data from the MWA and EDGES instruments too.
Welcome to the correlator room, where all the signals from each antenna come to be electronically combined to simulate a single, much bigger telescope.
Most of the room is occupied by ASKAP digitisers (which digitalise the analogue signals from each dish), beamformers (which combine and organise the digital signals into a single beam from each dish) and the correlator (which brings all the beams together into one view of the sky). At the far end of the room is the MWA correlator.
Discover more as you explore the space.
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