| Sunset over the Australian SKA Pathfinder
(ASKAP) at the Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory (MRO). ASKAP is a radio
interferometer, consisting of 36 dishes, each 12-m in size and operating in
the frequency range from 700 to 1800 MHz. 30 ASKAP telescopes are located
within a circle of 2-km diameter, perfect for mapping the 21-cm spectral line
of neutral hydrogen in the Local Universe. The remaining 6 ASKAP telescopes
are further out, creating baselines up to 6-km long, essential for high
resolution radio continuum mapping of millions of galaxies. Engineering and
science commissioning is under way with six of the inner-most ASKAP dishes,
which are equipped with wide-field Phased-Array Feeds. - (Picture taken in Aug 2013).
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