Supporting early science from the Murchison Widefield Array - a Square Kilometre Array (SKA) pathfinder telescope

Murchison Widefield Array（MWA）很可能是两个候选SKA站点之一的25亿平方公里阵列（SKA）的第一个运营探路者-西澳大利亚州的Murchison射电天文台（MRO）。 因此，MWA将在2012年之前产生大量的科学数据，预计2012年国际决定将决定澳大利亚或南非是否主办SKA。 MWA的早期科学成果将展示澳大利亚射电天文学网站的卓越性，并在澳大利亚吸引SKA作为澳大利亚的国际大型科学项目中发挥重要的战略作用，为澳大利亚的科学，工业和社会带来好处。

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is likely to be the first operational pathfinder for the $2.5 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA) on one of the two candidate SKA sites - the Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia. The MWA will therefore generate large volumes of scientific data before 2012, the expected date of the international decision that will determine whether Australia or South Africa is to host the SKA. The early science results from the MWA will showcase the excellence of the Australian site for radio astronomy and play a significant strategic role in Australia's bid to attract the SKA, as an international mega-science project to Australia, with its benefits to Australian science, industry and society.