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7th of July 2015
 
The 21-cm Parkes multibeam receiver
Photo by the CASS receiver group
The 21-cm multibeam receiver at the Parkes 64-m telescope was used to carry out the HI Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS), the HI survey of the Zone of Avoidance (HIZOA) as well as 21-cm pulsar surveys of the Galactic Plane, The picture above shows cryogenics engineer Pat Sykes with the 13 horns of the 21-cm multibeam receiver frontend.


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