Searching for E.T. at the SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array
The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is the first radio telescope designed from the ground up for SETI searches. It consists of 42 dishes that can be used independently or together to search for radio signals from intelligence beyond Earth. The ATA is located at the Hat Creek Observatory, situated in the Cascade Mountains about 300 miles north of San Francisco, and houses an on-site team of three.
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The Allen Telescope Array (Credit: Joe Marfia)
Wolf 424, a binary system consisting of two red dwarf stars.
The Allen Telescope Array located at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory in Hat Creek, CA. Image Credit: Simon Steel.
Before and after images of the signal processing room. Hat Creek Radio Observatory, Hat Creek, CA.
Antonio Feed. Credit: Seth Shostak/SETI Institute.
Physical ATA dish maintenance. Screengrab from A day in the Life of Alien Hunters at the Allen Telescope Array"
Dr. Alexander Pollak examines an Antonio Feed, HCRO. Credit: Rebecca McDonald/SETI Institute.
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