... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Allen Telescope Array begins . Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen, UC Berkeley, and the SETI Institute launch the Allen Telescope Array, an innovative instrument for radio astronomy. ... T oday, the University of California, Berkeley and the SETI Institute announced that the first 42 radio dishes of the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) are activated and collecting scientific data from the far reaches of the universe. ...