Collaboration and development of radio-astronomy in Australasia and the South-Pacific region: New Zealand perspectives

As a result of collective efforts of an Australian–New Zealand VLBI team, the first New Zealand VLBI system was developed, and a series of test observations between New Zealand and Australia conducted. The equipment and techniques used to conduct New Zealand's first VLBI observations are discus...

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Published in:Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2006-08, Vol.2 (SPS5), p.137-140
Main Authors: Gulyaev, Sergei A., Natusch, Tim J.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Collaboration
Contributed Papers
Observatories
Radio astronomy
Research centers
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Summary:As a result of collective efforts of an Australian–New Zealand VLBI team, the first New Zealand VLBI system was developed, and a series of test observations between New Zealand and Australia conducted. The equipment and techniques used to conduct New Zealand's first VLBI observations are discussed and results of work in Australia and New Zealand to obtain fringes and the image of the source (PKS1921-231) are presented. The road map for New Zealand radio-astronomy as well as New Zealand involvement in the SKA is discussed.
ISSN:1743-9213
1743-9221
DOI:10.1017/S1743921307006886