24th of May 2016 |
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Rocket science at The Dish |
by Wasim Raja (CASS) |
The team went to visit the CSIRO's 64-m
Parkes Radio Telescope (or simply "The Dish") for testing and characterising
a prototype Mark III Phased-Array Feed (PAF) or Rocket PAF, designed
by Alex Dunning. These PAFs are expected to have lower system temperatures
than the Mark II PAFs. - The photo to the right shows Alex Dunning and Jega
with the Rocket PAF in front of the Parkes dish, waiting to take it to the
focus cabin.
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