by Wasim Raja (CASS)

The team went to visit the CSIRO’s 64-m Parkes Radio Telescope (or simply “The Dish”) for testing and characterising a prototype Mark III Phased-Array Feed (PAF) or Rocket PAF , designed by Alex Dunning. These PAFs are expected to have lower system temperatures than the Mark II PAFs. – The photo to the right shows Alex Dunning and Jega with the Rocket PAF in front of the Parkes dish, waiting to take it to the focus cabin.