The first six antennas of CSIRO’s Australian SKA Pathfinder telescope (ASKAP) in Western Australia have received names in the local Wajarri language.
The names were chosen by the Wajarri people and were bestowed by representatives of seven Aboriginal families at a ceremony at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO), about 315 km northeast of Geraldton... more.
Image: Wajarri dancers performing at the naming ceremony of the first 6 ASKAP dishes, at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory.