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Comment by botanical

4 days ago

So there's a Carnarvon in Australia that has to do with radio telescopes and a Carnarvon in South Africa that has to do with radio telescopes? In South Africa, the Square Kilometre Array telescopes (and others) are situated within the Meerkat National Park outside of Carnarvon.

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blutack  4 days ago

It's an anglicized version of a town in Wales:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caernarfon

  • voidUpdate  4 days ago

    I was a little sad it wasn't that one, I'd have liked to go and see a radio telescope

    • dcminter  4 days ago

      Jodrell Bank⁰ is open to visitors; not in Wales, but not a million miles away either.

      I remember reading something in The Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy as a child and not just not knowing where "Jodrell Bank and Woomera" were, but not knowing what manner of thing they were either :)

      ⁰ https://www.jodrellbank.net/

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