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Allen Telescope Array dedicated at Hat Creek

Name: Allen Telescope Array dedicated at Hat Creek
Start: 2007-10-11
Location: Hat Creek, CA

When: 11 Oct 2007
Where: Hat Creek, CA
Sources: 2 public sources

The Allen Telescope Array at Hat Creek, California, pictured in 2010 brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

UC Berkeley and the SETI Institute dedicated the first 42 dishes of the Allen Telescope Array in northern California, a radio telescope designed to do astronomy and search for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations at the same time. Paul G. Allen's foundation provided seed money.

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OfficialRadio telescope array dedicated to astronomy, SETI (opens in a new tab)UC Berkeley News / 2007-10-11
PressSearch For Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Allen Telescope Array Begins Scientific Observations (opens in a new tab)ScienceDaily / 2007-10-11

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