First multibeam image for ASKAP's newest receivers

Early commissioning trials of four ASKAP antennas installed with the second generation (Mk II) phased array feed receivers have resulted in the first multi-beam image for the ASKAP team.

The multi-beam image has 16 formed (synthetic) beams, more than any other radio image produced with a radio telescope to date - a milestone expected to be short-lived, as commissioning activities with the Mk II PAFs yield images with an increasing number of beams in the near future.

Added by Flornes Yuen on 2015-11-02