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31st of May 2015
 
One ATCA dish backlit by the Sun
The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), located at the Paul Wild Observatory and operated by CSIRO, is an array of six 22-m antennas used for radio astronomy. It is located about 25 km west of the town of Narrabri in rural NSW (about 500 km north-west of Sydney).

Image Credit: Graeme Sutherland.



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