Abstract
The Parkes-Tidbinbilla took advantage of a real-time radio-link connecting the Parkes and Tidbinbilla antennas to form the world"Ÿs longest real-time interferometer. Built on a minuscule budget, it was an extraordinarily successful instrument, generating some 24 journal papers including 3 Nature papers, as well as facilitating the early development of the Australia Telescope Compact Array. Here we describe its origins, construction, successes, and life cycle, and discuss the future use of single-baseline interferometers in the era of the Square Kilometre Array and its pathfinders.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 55-66 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- radio telescopes
- interferometry
- surveys
- galaxies