The Parkes 21cm Multibeam Project

The Parkes 21cm Multibeam Receiver

Description

The multibeam feed cluster consist of 13 beams spaced on a hexagonal grid, giving a spacing on the sky of 28 arcmin, and a beamwidth of 14.3 arcmin. The feed cluster is designed by Trevor Bird (CSIRO Radiophysics), and was constructed by the ATNF receiver group.

Last updated 18 March 1996