Night Skies

at Nallan

You've never seen the stars shine as brightly as they do in the Gascoyne Murchison. Due to the clear night skies typical of the area, the Murchison region has been chosen as the location for the world's largest telescope - the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).  Australia will share the project with South Africa and the construction of the telescope will help researchers and astronomers answer fundamental unanswered questions about our Universe. The Gascoyne Murchison region was chosen, among other reasons, due to the low levels of radio frequency interference and the long term sustainability of the region as a radio quiet zone.