In S.Africa, a unique telescope link-up scans deep space

In S.Africa, a unique telescope link-up scans deep space

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https://phys.org/news/2018-05-safrica-unique-telescope-link-up-scans.html

The latest move combines the new optical telescope MeerLITCH—Dutch for 'more light'—with the recently-completed 64-dish MeerKAT radio telescope, located 200 kilometres (125 miles) away.

"We are listening and looking at the sky at the same time—that is a completely novel concept in astronomy worldwide," Paul Groot, from Radboud university in the Netherlands, told AFP.