The SKA-Low telescope has produced its first image from Wajarri Yamaji Country in outback Western Australia! ✨ Using just 1000 of its working antennas, it shows 85 of the brightest galaxies in a small patch of sky. It’s a significant milestone for the SKA Observatory in its quest to reveal our Universe. When complete, the full telescope of more than 130,000 antennas will pick up around 600,000 galaxies!
NEWS: 📸🌌 An early working version of the SKA-Low telescope has produced its first image, capturing 85 of the brightest known radio galaxies! With four stations – around 1,024 antennas – now working together, the image marks a key milestone for #TeamSKA. These stations represent less than 1% of the full telescope, giving a glimpse of what will be possible as the array grows in size and capability. “This is just the ‘tip of iceberg’. With the full telescope we will reveal the faintest and most distant galaxies," says SKA-Low Lead Commissioning Scientist Dr George Heald. ✨As more and more stations join the telescope, SKA-Low's sensitivity and resolution will increase. With deep surveys of this same patch of sky, it will be able to detect 600,000 radio galaxies! Read more about this milestone: 🔗 https://loom.ly/WUXWGOY The SKAO recognises and acknowledges the Indigenous peoples and cultures that have traditionally lived on the lands on which our facilities are located. The data was obtained at Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory. The SKAO and CSIRO acknowledge the Wajarri Yamaji as the Traditional Owners and Native Title Holders of the observatory site. CSIRO, SIRIO Antenne, Wajarri Yamaji Group, Ventia, INAF - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, SIRIO Antenne, Department of Industry, Science and Resources
