What's not to love? A beautiful long-exposure shot taken of the ATCA antennas by Alex Cherney (terrastro.com)

A beautiful long-exposure shot taken of the ATCA antennas by Alex Cherney (terrastro.com)

In the lead up to the 25th anniversary of our Australia Telescope Compact Array in Narrabri, I spoke to people at CSIRO – astronomers, engineers and support staff – who have been involved with ATCA throughout their career, to find out some personal thoughts about the telescope.

Here are just a few of the reasons we love the ATCA (click on the images to see):

From the earliest memory to little-known facts about the telescope, the underlying theme to the responses related most to fond memories of the people that work on, with, or around the telescope.

Here’s to everyone who’s been involved with ATCA, and here’s to another 25 years!

See you on Sunday!

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