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Current and Future Radio Observatories in Antarctica?

-- | April 1, 2016

Question: I would like to know or find out if you have any information on Antarctic radio telescope/observatories programs or sites? And I would like to know about future projects on radio telescopes or observatories that will be built in the future around the world and in Antarctica. — Charlie

Answer: I know of two existing radio telescopes that actually operate at very short “radio” frequencies. The South Pole Telescope (SPT) and the High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz (HEAT) telescope. I am not aware of any new radio telescopes to be stationed in Antarctica.

Jeff Mangum

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