Saskatoon experiment

Saskatoon was an experiment to measure the anisotropy (directional dependence) of the cosmic microwave background at angular scales of 60 < l < 360. It was named for Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, where the experiment took place, and occurred in the winters of 1993 to 1995.

Saskatoon experiment
Location(s)Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Wavelength0.65 cm (46 GHz)-1.2 cm (25 GHz)
Telescope stylecosmic microwave background experiment
radio telescope 
Websitewww.physics.princeton.edu/cosmology/sk/

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