KAT-7
KAT-7 is a radio telescope situated in the Meerkat National Park, in the Northern Cape of South Africa. Developed as the precursor engineering test bed to the larger MeerKAT telescope, previously known as Karoo Array Telescope, it has become a science instrument in its own right.Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Research institute
- Description: Radio telescope in South Africa
- Also known as: “MeerKAT Precursor Array”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include MeerKAT.
MeerKAT
Research institute
Photo: Morganoshell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
MeerKAT, originally the Karoo Array Telescope, is a radio telescope consisting of 64 antennas in the Meerkat National Park, in the Northern Cape of South Africa. MeerKAT is situated 2½ km northeast of KAT-7.
KAT-7
- Categories: radio interferometer, observatory, and education
- Location: Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality, Namakwa, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-30.7215° or 30° 43′ 17″ southLongitude
21.41068° or 21° 24′ 39″ eastOperator
National Science FoundationOpen location code
4GX37CH6+97OpenStreetMap ID
way 1097307889OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=research_instituteOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatoryWikidata ID
Q6325355
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“KAT-7” goes by many names.
- French: “KAT-7”
- Slovenian: “KAT-7”
- Ukrainian: “КАТ-7”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Square Kilometre Array Africa and Losberg.
Nearby Places
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