From 18th to 22nd August 2025, three MPhil students and one Teaching Assistant from the Department of Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), joined fellow participants at the TART Ghana Workshop held at the Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory (GRAO), Kuntunse, Accra.
The five-day training introduced participants to the Transient Array Radio Telescope (TART), a low-cost, modular radio telescope designed to make astronomy accessible for training and research. Unlike massive observatories that take years to build, TART can be assembled locally using commercial off-the-shelf components.
This approach provides students, engineers, and technicians with hands-on skills in antenna installation, system calibration, and astronomical data analysis.
The event was jointly organised by the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) in collaboration with the Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy (DARA), the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), the University of Otago and the New Zealand Electronic Research Foundation. A total of 19 participants drawn from GSSTI, GRAO, KNUST, the University of Cape Coast, and the DARA programme worked side-by-side with international experts.
