www.ska.edu.au

There’s lots going on to get us ready to start building the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in 2012 and there’s lots of ways you can get involved too. You can check out the sorts of jobs you might want to get once you’re out of school, or visit one of the presentations, or websites listed below that reveal more about the SKA.

Australia/New Zealand

Canberra, ACT

At Questacon you can see the interactive science show “Tuning in on the SKA” and find out heaps more about the project. An interactive exhibit on the SKA is touring Australia and may visit a town near you. More...

Perth, WA

Visit Horizon – The Planetarium at Scitech. They’re screening a special trailer about the SKA running before each of their shows. With cool computer imagery, you’ll feel like you’re actually on-site of the world’s biggest radio telescope. Scitech will also be touring the interactive science show “Tuning in on the SKA” through WA. More...

Astronomy WA has information about other astronomy events in Western Australia. More...

International Year of Astronomy

2009 is the International Year of Astronomy so there’s loads going on, all around the country that you can get involved in. More...

Control a Radio Telescope

The SKA won’t be the only radio telescope in Australia – but it will sure be the biggest! One of our other telescopes, the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope, has a program called PULSE@Parkes. Get your teacher to sign your class up and try your hand controlling the giant dish remotely over the internet. More...

Other Australian Radio Telescopes

CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility has three radio observatories in NSW (and you can visit some of them). It is also building a $100m+ new telescope, ASKAP, in outback WA. More...

They also have an Outreach and Education site with lots of material about astronomy and radio telescopes. More...

Around the World

More information coming soon!