SRT is Growing: Meeting on the Next Steps towards Full Operation

Technicians from all over Italy met in Cagliari from December 13 to 16, 2016, for a workshop on the great antenna: Implementing the transitions to full operations for the SRT.

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The Sardinia Radio Telescope is a complex machine, a real “big toy” that requires specialized personnel with very refined technical skills to operate. Since its inauguration in 2013, many advances have been made, leading to the very recent scientific observations that have been covered by many newspapers (such as the supermassive black hole studied by Matteo Murgia).

Soon, right between 2016 and 2017, the great Sardinian antenna, the pride of INAF, will begin a transition phase that includes a transitional period of several months to open some internal roadworks and simultaneously work on the maintenance and improvement of the reception systems, as well as the much-anticipated Visitor Centre for better public accessibility.

These works will last at least until mid-2018, and to organize everything optimally, a dedicated technical workshop on the future of SRT has been organized: Implementing the transitions to full operations for the SRT.

From December 13 to 16, 2016, at the Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari (in the Selargius location, near the capital), about fifty researchers and technologists, mainly from the INAF offices in Cagliari and Bologna but with connections to various other INAF locations, coordinated by the director of the Observatory Andrea Possenti, attended the event and contributed with proposals and ideas discussed in plenary aimed at improving the operational program for the coming years.

More information is available on the event’s website:

https://www.ict.inaf.it/indico/event/451/

(In the image, the chief technologist of OAC, Ignazio Porceddu, during the workshop)