Infrastructure arrives at the Early Research Area 

To support initial activities within the Early Research Area (ERA) of the Murchison
Radio-astronomy Observatory, CSIRO ATNF staff have deployed initial facilities onto the
site.

The sequence of pictures shows the trailers rolling out from the CSIRO ATNF Marsfield,
NSW site on 23 October, then onto the Early Research Area on 27 October, and finally
the trailers in place. Additional trips will finish the installation of various pieces of
equipment to support the on-site.

Building departs Sydney Building on the move

Infrastructure for the ERA leaves Sydney

These temporary trailers comprise a site office and two equipment huts and allow
phone and internet access into the site office. In addition, trailers for water and diesel
are located on-site.

site office site office

site office arrives at the ERA and is installed at the site                                    

The site office has a roughly 500W solar photovoltaic system and batteries for on-going power, as well as generators for experiments. This support infrastructure is in place just in advance of the upcoming visit by members of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) project to deploy the first 'tiles' of the instrument.

solar panel
500W solar photovoltaic system and batteries power.



                                                    
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