Allen Telescope Array
The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) was developed by the SETI Institute and the Radio Astronomy Laboratory (RAL) at the University of California, Berkeley to construct a radio interferometer that is dedicated to radio astronomy observations. At the same time, it is also used for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.[1][2]
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The ATA is at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory, 290 miles (470 km) northeast of San Francisco, California. The goal is to have 350 antennas.[3] To start, 42 antennas (ATA-42) were put to work on 11 October 2007.[4][5] However, a lack of money stopped operations in April 2011.[6][7] In August 2011, ATA got short-term funding.[8] In 2012 UC Berkeley quit the project.
It is named after Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft. Its old name was the One Hectare Telescope (1hT).
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References
- ↑ Daniel Terdiman (12 December 2008). "SETI's large-scale telescope scans the skies". CNET News. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10121889-52.html. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
- ↑ John Johnson, Jr. (1 June 2008). "Aliens get a new switchboard: a SETI radio telescope in Northern California". The Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-sci-seti1-2008jun01,0,1621324.story. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
- ↑ "When Will We Find the Extraterrestrials?" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
- ↑ Dennis Overbye (11 October 2007). "Stretching the Search for Signs of Life". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/science/11seti.html. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- ↑ Staff writers (12 October 2007). "Skies to be swept for alien life". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7041183.stm. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
- ↑ Hardy, Michael. "SETI stops listening for alien signals -". FCW. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ↑ "Status of the Allen Telescope Array" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
- ↑ Cook, John (7 August 2011). "Search for ET continues as Paul Allen-backed telescope hits short-term funding goal". Geekwire. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
Other websites
- Official site at seti.org Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Radio Astronomy Laboratory's ATA site Archived 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
- The Search Continues with the Allen Telescope Array. Mountain View, CA: SETI Institute. March 25, 2004.
- Radio Astronomy Laboratory, Univ of Cal, Berkeley: NSF proposal, June 15, 2005.