UC Berkeley News Web Feature  UC Berkeley Web Feature  Panoramic
image of Allen Telescope Array A panoramic view of the
42-antenna Allen Telescope Array in Hat Creek, California. The
array was dedicated Oct. 11, the start of scientific and SETI
observations. (UC Berkeley photo)  Radio telescope array
dedicated to astronomy, SETI  – A new-concept radio telescope
devoted equally to galactic astronomy and the search for
extraterrestrial intelligence will be dedicated today (Thursday,
Oct. 11) by the University of California, Berkeley, and the SETI
Institute at a ceremony in northern California.  ATA photo of
atomic hydrogen in the Pinwheel Galaxy (M33) One of the first
images taken by the 42-antenna Allen Telescope Array shows the
atomic hydrogen in the Pinwheel Galaxy (M33), situated in the
constellation Triangulum. Unlike M31, the Pinwheel Galaxy shows
no hole at the center and an almost constant distribution of gas
nearly to its outer radius. The Pinwheel's nearest neighbor, the
Andromeda Galaxy, is large eno