Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array

Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array
Alternative namesHERA Edit this at Wikidata
Location(s)South Africa Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates30°43′17″S 21°25′42″E / 30.72146°S 21.42822°E / -30.72146; 21.42822 Edit this at Wikidata
Telescope styleradio telescope Edit this on Wikidata
Diameter14 m (45 ft 11 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Websitereionization.org Edit this at Wikidata
Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array is located in South Africa
Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array
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The Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) is a radio telescope dedicated to observing large scale structure during and prior to the epoch of reionization. HERA is a Square Kilometre Array (SKA) precursor instrument, intended to observe the early universe and to assist in the design of the full SKA. Along with MeerKAT, also in South Africa, and two radio telescopes in Western Australia, the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) and the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), the HERA is one of four precursors to the final SKA.[1] It is located in the Meerkat National Park.

  1. ^ "Precursors and Pathfinders". Square Kilometre Array. Retrieved 22 November 2020.