Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, our Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory is one of the best locations in the world to operate telescopes that collect radio signals from space. 

The observatory is currently home to:

Five large white dish-shaped antennas pointing straight up amongst red dirt and green bushes under a clear blue sky..

ASKAP

Our ASKAP radio telescope

Metal spider-shaped antennas on red dirt attached to metal mesh against a blue and fluffy white cloud sky. Credit: Curtin University.

MWA

The Curtin University-led Murchison Widefield Array

a table-shaped radio antenna in the middle of red dirt covered with metal mesh. Under a blue sky with fluffy white clouds.

EDGES

The Arizona State University-led EDGES instrument.

Red Murhcison dirst covered with bright silver mesh and hundreds of tree-shaped person-heigh SKA-Low antennas. See from the air in circular configurations.

CSIRO and the SKA project

We’ve also prepared the site for one of the SKA telescopes. The SKA telescopes are under construction by the global SKA Observatory and will be the largest and most capable radio telescopes in the world, with SKA-Low hosted in Australia and SKA-Mid in South Africa. 

Four A4-paper sized booklets are fanned out on a pale wooden surface. The cover of the booklet has the CSIRO and SKA Obsrvatory logos with heading

Observatory booklet

Learn more about our outback observatory, its impact and the instruments hosted on site in our 24-page publication.

Accessible text format also available.

Read online

Observatory documents

Useful documents for those who work on the observatory

Online REMP form

Submit a Radio Emissions Management Plan form online

Blue map schematic showing locations of the ASKAP core, MRO Control Building, Overview, MWA, AAVS, EDA, Solar Hybrid Power Station and The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre.

Virtual tour

Explore our online virtual tour. The next best thing to visiting!

We acknowledge the Wajarri Yamaji as the Traditional Owners and Native Title Holders of the observatory site.