At the beginning of February, 2022, newspapers and news sites all over the world had a headline with some version of this:
The new object was discovered by a grad student from Curtin University named Tyrone O’Doherty using the Murcheson Widefield Array.
The MWA is a radio telescope that concentrates on low-frequencies. Located in Western Austrailia, it consists of 4,096 cells called “tiles” which are little connected antennas spread over a 40 square KM area.
Those who found the site before the hint were:
- Garfield
- hhgygy
- Lighthouse
- Phil Ower
- Eloy Cano
- Martin de Bock
- Paul Voestermans
And after the hint:
- Gillian B
- Robin
- Bas van Limpt
- Robert
- Alison Emann
- Andreas Meister
- Graham Hedley