Standing and watching like the animal the site is named for, the MeerKAT array is a precursor to the Square Kilometer Array, one of the largest radio telescope projects ever conceived. The current site has 64 coordinated dishes, each one 19.5 M high and weighing in the neighborhood of 40 tons.
But, of course, nothing I say could possibly describe the site better than the cartoon series that was designed by SARAO, the organization that runs the project. You can read all 5 issues here: https://www.sarao.ac.za/outreach/mission-meerkat/
Those who found the site (all before the hint) were:
- Paul Voestermans
- Lighthouse
- Martin de Bock
- Eloy Cano
- hhgygy
- Phil Ower
- Graham Hedley
- Garfield
- Robert
- Bas van Limpt
- Glenmorren
- Andreas Meister