Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 12 minutes ago
This is the first image and video from observations using one complete SKA-Low station, known as S-8, produced only 18 months after the start of construction activities on site, and five months after the first antenna was installed.
The completion of a station means not only assembling and installing the 256 antennas, but also integrating them with all the computing systems behind them.
The video shows a 24-hour observation, with the Milky Way rising and passing overhead during the night time hours. Some other bright radio sources are marked, including the galaxies Centaurus A and M87, and the Sun is also visible during the day. It demonstrates the high sensitivity of a single station, the stability of the current system, and the ease of producing an image, which required relatively little processing.
This data was obtained at Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory. We acknowledge the Wajarri Yamaji as the Traditional Owners and Native Title Holders of the observatory site.
This is the first image and video from observations using one complete SKA-Low station, known as S-8, produced only 18 months after the start of construction activities on site, and five months after the first antenna was installed.
The completion of a station means not only assembling and installing the 256 antennas, but also integrating them with all the computing systems behind them.
The video shows a 24-hour observation, with the Milky Way rising and passing overhead during the night time hours. Some other bright radio sources are marked, including the galaxies Centaurus A and M87, and the Sun is also visible during the day. It demonstrates the high sensitivity of a single station, the stability of the current system, and the ease of producing an image, which required relatively little processing.
This data was obtained at Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory. We acknowledge the Wajarri Yamaji as the Traditional Owners and Native Title Holders of the observatory site.
