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The Parkes - Tidbinbilla Interferometer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

R. P. Norris
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia
M. J. Batty
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia
M. J. Kesteven
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia
K. J. Wellington
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia

Abstract

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The Parkes - Tidbinbilla Interferometer is a radio-linked interferometer using the 64-m telescope at Parkes together with one of the NASA antennas (34-m or 64-m) at Tidbinbilla. With a baseline of 275km, it is currently the world's longest real-time interferometer, and is usable at frequencies of 1.6, 2.3, and 8.4 GHz to give angular resolutions of 0.13, 0.09, and 0.03 arcsec respectively, with a sensitivity of 1–2 mJy rms in 5 minutes at a bandwidth of up to 10MHz.

Type
Instrumentation and Analysis
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

References

Norris, R.P., Batty, M.J., Kesteven, M.J., & Wellington, K.J., 1985, Proc. Astr. Soc. Austr., 6, 137.Google Scholar