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Australian Ambassador to the Holy See visits the Vatican Observatory

By Robert Trembley  |  27 May 2021

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Her excellency Chiara Porro, Australian Ambassador to the Holy See, visited the Vatican Observatory headquarters in Castel Gandolfo on May 19, 2021; she was accompanied by her husband and members of the Embassy staff.

In her Twitter feed, she wrote that it was “fascinating visit to the Vatican Observatory today – including four telescopes, two on the roof of the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo. Great also to discuss the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (the world’s largest radio telescope) which will be built in Australia.”

Br. Bob Macke shows the Ambassador Porro the meteorite display at the Vatican Observatory

Square Kilometre Array Observatory

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope, with eventually over a square kilometre (one million square metres) of collecting area. The scale of the SKA represents a huge leap forward in both engineering and research & development towards building and delivering a unique instrument, with the detailed design and preparation now well under way. As one of the largest scientific endeavours in history, the SKA will bring together a wealth of the world’s finest scientists, engineers and policy makers to bring the project to fruition.

The sheer amount of raw data produced by all these antennas will be equivalent to five times the internet traffic.

Image: Nighttime composite image of the SKA combining all elements in South Africa and Australia. This image blends photos of real hardware already on the ground at both sites with artist’s impressions of the future SKA antennas. From left: artist’s impression of the future SKA dishes blend into the existing precursor MeerKAT telescope dishes in South Africa. From right: artist’s impression of the future SKA-Low stations blends into the existing AAVS2.0 prototype station in Western Australia. Credit: SKAO, ICRAR, SARAO Acknowledgment: The GLEAM view of the centre of the Milky Way, in radio colour. Credit: Natasha Hurley-Walker (Curtin / ICRAR) and the GLEAM Team.

Cover Image: Ambassador Porro, her husband Mr. Rien Schuurhuis (standing behind her), and other guests from the Australian embassy with Br. Guy Consolmagno in the dome of the historic Carte du Ciel telescope.

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