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and began survey observations in 2014 when it was deployed in the Karoo. The secondary mirrors on both telescopes were supported by cones of radio-transparent foam to minimize the contamination from ground pick up and to avoid scattering the incoming polarized radiation. The C-BASS North telescope
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of 0.73 degrees. The angular resolution represents the smallest details that can be distinguished in the images. This has been the first survey to map the sky at a frequency of 5 GHz—low enough to be
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King, O.G.; et al. (2010). Holland, Wayne S; Zmuidzinas, Jonas (eds.). "The C-Band All-Sky Survey: Instrument design status and First-look data".
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Holler, Christian M; et al. (28 August 2012). "A Circularly Symmetric Antenna Design With High Polarization Purity and Low Spillover".
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was retired in April 2015 after the initial observing phase was complete. C-BASS South continues to operate as of 2019.
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For an all sky survey two ground-based telescopes are required, one in the southern and one in the northern hemisphere.
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Stevenson, M.A.; et al. (2019). "The C-Band All-Sky Survey (C-BASS): digital backend for the northern survey".
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The survey has mapped not only the intensity but also the orientation of the incoming electromagnetic waves (
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Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V
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The southern C-BASS telescope in the final stages of commissioning in the Karoo.
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The primary scientific goal of the project is to aid in the subtraction of
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dominated but high enough to be relatively unaffected by
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C-BASS
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radio astronomy
C Band
radio telescopes
Karoo
South Africa
Owens Valley Radio Observatory
California
University of Oxford
University of Manchester
California Institute of Technology
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
Owens Valley Radio Observatory
California
Meerkat National Park
Klerefontein
Karoo desert
South Africa
Gregorian telescope
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Cassegrain telescope
Telkom (South Africa)
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory

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