ASKAP a finalist in national awards
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27 October 2014
ASKAP has been named a finalist in this year’s The Australian Innovation Challenge awards, for the Manufacturing, Construction and Infrastructure category.
Thanks to its innovative wide-field radio cameras and digital systems, ASKAP is unique among radio telescopes. The advantage of using phased array feed receivers for radio astronomy has been demonstrated in commissioning and early science activities underway with the Boolardy Engineering Test Array (BETA), with results already vindicating the novel features of ASKAP design.
BETA represents the first six ASKAP antennas installed with Mk I phased array feed (PAF) receivers and associated digital systems being used for commissioning and early science activities; BETA is already functioning as an aperture-synthesis telescope.
The recent results from the commissioning team have demonstrated the value of ASKAP’s novel features, including a wide field of view, configurable beam patterns, and the third ‘roll’ axis.
Along with ASKAP, there are also other CSIRO projects already in the running in other categories, and this year the public is able to vote. Visit the Innovation Challenge website, or tweet your support using #voteCSIRO.
For more information on our other finalists in the awards, visit the CSIRO News blog.
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