15th of August 2017 |
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First light of the Parkes ultra-wide-band receiver |
by George Hobbs (CASS) |
As part of the ultra-wide-band testing we processed 1 GHz-wide bands using
the existing Parkes down-conversion system and the Parkes Digital Filterbank
(PDFB4). The photos show the receiver installation (top row), the science
commissioning team and the first observations (bottom row). The latter was of
the bright pulsar PSR J1644-4559; the "First Light" result was signed by the
staff involved in the testing on
site at Parkes. Photo credit: John Sarkissian and Alex Dunning |