In a paper published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Australian researchers have combined computer simulations with ASKAP specifications to predict the extraordinary capabilities of CSIRO's newest radio telescope.

WALLABY and DINGO, the two ASKAP Survey Science Projects (SSP) addressed in the paper – both extragalactic neutral hydrogen (HI) surveys – are predicted to discover 40 times more galaxies, across 1000s of times more of the Universe, than any previous HI surveys.

Accompanying the release from ICRAR (the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research) is a stunning video of the simulations [external link].

WALLABY and DINGO are just two of the ten ASKAP SSPs selected to be the first to use the new telescope. At least 75% of ASKAP time will be dedicated to these ten projects during the first five years of ASKAP operation.  

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