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This book presents a study of potential calibrators (radio galaxies, quasars and Blazars) observed by the Karro Array Telescope (KAT-7). The KAT-7 is an engineering prototype for the coming sensitive array, the MeerKAT, one of the pathfinders for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). This book plays a supporting role in the ongoing commissioning activities of the KAT-7, whose construction started in early 2008, and which has been undergoing engineering and science verifications since late 2010. The accuracy of the KAT-7 in measuring the positions of the sources were studied in detail. Moreover, the flux density variability of each target source was analysed using different statistical methods, including Monte Carlo simulations.
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I was born in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. I studied physics for my undergrad degree at Dilla University and postgrad research on laser physics at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. I served Arbaminch University, Ethiopia, for 3 years as a lecturer. I completed a radio astronomy research at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, under the SKA project.
