UPDATE February 2012: Construction on the MWA has begun!
Follow the progress throughout the year on our Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/Murchison.Widefield.Array.



Overview

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a radically new type of radio telescope, with no moving parts, and dependent on prodigious computer power to create exquisite real-time wide-field images of the radio sky. Observing at frequencies from 80 to 300 MHz and located in the radio-quiet Western Australia Outback, the MWA will observe with unprecedented sensitivity to discover low-frequency radio phenomena that have never been seen before.

The MWA is an international collaboration between institutions from the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, and India.