Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder     

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• Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) is a new type of radio telescope developed by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). 

Key Points:

• The first light of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder was in October 2012. The first light in Astronomy means the first use of a telescope.

•  The array consists of 36 identical parabolic Antennas. The antennas work together as a single astronomical Inferometer. Each antenna is 12 metre in diameter. The Antennas are spread over a collecting area of 4000 square metres.

About the Astronomical Inferometer:

• It is an array of separate telescopes that work together as a single telescope to provide higher resolution images of astronomical objects such as nebulous, stars and galaxies.

• Survey science projects of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder.