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Australian SKA Pathfinder Images

CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010.
Credit: WA Department of Commerce.
High resolution (552kB), Low resolution (82kB) CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010.
Credit: WA Department of Commerce.
High resolution (573kB), Low resolution (73kB)

CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010.
Credit: WA Department of Commerce.
High resolution (660kB), Low resolution (81kB) Three of CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010.
Credit: WA Department of Commerce.
High resolution (603kB), Low resolution (81kB)

CSIRO staff member and an ASKAP antenna silhouetted against sunset at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010.
Credit: WA Department of Commerce.
High resolution (156kB), Low resolution (26kB) Two of CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010.
Credit: WA Department of Commerce.
High resolution (512kB), Low resolution (87kB)

Three of CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010.
Credit: WA Department of Commerce.
High resolution (632kB), Low resolution (82kB) Workers at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010.
Credit: WA Department of Commerce.
High resolution (564kB), Low resolution (103kB)

Workers at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010.
Credit: WA Department of Commerce.
High resolution (501kB), Low resolution (79kB) An elevated view of four of CSIRO’s new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, October 2010.
Credit: Ant Schinckel, CSIRO.
High resolution (1.69mb), Low resolution (228kb)

One of CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) silhouetted against sunset in Western Australia, 2010.
Credit: WA Department of Commerce.
High resolution (712kB), Low resolution (109kB) One of CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) silhouetted against sunset in Western Australia, 2010.
Credit: WA Department of Commerce.
High resolution (591kB), Low resolution (85kB)

One of CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010.
Credit: WA Department of Commerce.
High resolution (605kB), Low resolution (87kB) A construction vehicle drives near two Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope dishes at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010.
Credit: WA Department of Commerce.
High resolution (632kB), Low resolution (82kB)

The candidate core site for the Australia - New Zealand SKA bid, the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO), in Western Australia.
Credit: Ant Schinckel, CSIRO.
High resolution (605kb), Low resolution (388kb) CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010.
Credit: Simon Johnston, CSIRO.
High resolution (1.94mb), Low resolution (237kb)

CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010.
Credit: Credit: WA Department of Commerce..
High resolution (1.79mb), Low resolution (184kb) Installing the phased array feed housing on the first CSIRO ASKAP antenna at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in January 2010.
Credit: Carole Jackson, CSIRO.
High resolution (1.4mb), Low resolution (470kb)

A closer look at CSIRO’s ASKAP prototype phased array feed which was installed on the Parkes Testbed Facility in July 2008. Phased array feeds will be used by ASKAP's 36 antennas to detect and amplify faint radio waves, a development being pioneered by CSIRO in conjunction with colleagues in the Netherlands, Canada, United Kingdom and Germany.
Credit: David McClenaghan, CSIRO.
High resolution (1.05mb), Low resolution (226kb) CSIRO’s Ben Lauter, 17 metres in the air in the basket of the telehandler, tightening the last bolts of the L-band feed on the first ASKAP antenna in March 2010.
Credit: Ross Forsyth, CSIRO.
High resolution (1.1mb), Low resolution (493kb)

The first CSIRO ASKAP antenna, now erected in Western Australia.
Credit: Dave DeBoer, CSIRO.
High resolution (2.3mb), Low resolution (663kb) Four of CSIRO’s new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, October 2010.
Credit: Ant Schinckel, CSIRO.
High resolution (1.48mb), Low resolution (209kb)

Looking out from the reflector dish of one of CSIRO’s new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, October 2010.
Credit: Ross Forsyth, CSIRO.
High resolution (1.3mb), Low resolution (194kb) Four of CSIRO’s new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, October 2010.
Credit: Graham Allen, CSIRO.
High resolution (1.3mb), Low resolution (165kb)

Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory Site Images

Images of the Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory (MRO), the core site for Australia and New Zealand's SKA proposal can be found in the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) Galleries or the Boolardy Photographic Archive. These images are made available by Paul Bourke and Jonathan Knispel and supported by WASP (UWA), iVEC, ICRAR, and CSIRO.

anzSKA Science

The AUT's 12m radio telescope at Warkworth, NZ. The Warkworth antenna is an important part of the first science achieved with ASKAP in May 2010.
Credit: Alex Wallace.
High resolution (1.05MB), Low resolution (125kB) AUT Radio Astronomical Observatory at Warkworth, NZ.
Credit: Sergei Gulyaev.
High resolution (1.4MB), Low resolution (360kB)

Zooming in to the heart of galaxy Centaurus A, 14 million light-years away. This composite image shows the entire galaxy, as imaged by CSIRO radio telescopes; radio emission from a central part of the galaxy, imaged by a US radio telescope; and the innermost part of the galaxy, imaged by the new network of Australian and New Zealand radio telescopes.
Credit: Whole galaxy: I. Feain, T. Cornwell & R. Ekers (CSIRO/ATNF); ATCA northern middle lobe pointing courtesy R. Morganti (ASTRON); Parkes data courtesy N. Junkes (MPIfR). Inner radio lobes: NRAO/ AUI/NSF. Core: S. Tingay (ICRAR)/ICRAR, CSIRO and AUT.
High resolution (650kB), Low resolution (230kB)

anzSKA People

ASKAP team members at CSIRO's Marsfield site in May 2008.
Credit: Tim Morison, Patrick Jones Photographic Studio.
High resolution (1.6MB), Low resolution (161kB) Representatives of the Wajarri Yamatji People, Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation and the Government of Western Australia at a special event at Parliament House in Perth, Western Australia on 26 November 2009 to celebrate registration of the Indigenous Land Use Agreement.
Credit: WA Department of Commerce.
High resolution (1.9MB), Low resolution (115kB)

Representatives of the Wajarri Yamatji People, Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation and CSIRO at a special event at Parliament House in Perth, Western Australia on 26 November 2009 to celebrate registration of the Indigenous Land Use Agreement.
Credit: WA Department of Commerce.
High resolution (1.45MB), Low resolution (134kB) The AUT's 12m radio telescope at Warkworth, NZ. Left to right: Mark Godwin (UK), Sergei Gulyaev (AUT), Bob Cato (USA), Lewis Woodburn (AUT), Tim Natusch (AUT), Martin Steinbach (Germany).
Credit: Greg Bowker. Courtesy of NZ Herald.
High resolution (446kB), Low resolution (126kB)

Children from Cue Primary participating in CSIRO's 'Wildflowers in the Sky' education event.
Credit: Rob Hollow, CSIRO.
High resolution (483kB), Low resolution (94kB)
CSIRO Digital Systems Engineer John O'Sullivan and a prototype phased array feed being developed for ASKAP.
Credit: Chris Walsh, Patrick Jones Photographic Studio.
High resolution (1.6MB), Low resolution (634kB)

CSIRO’s Tim Cornwell, ASKAP Computing Integrated Project Team Leader.
Credit: Chris Walsh, Patrick Jones Photographic Studio.
High resolution (1.45MB), Low resolution (610kB) Dr Chris Phillips of CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science (CASS) setting up a Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) experiment.
Credit: Chris Walsh, Patrick Jones Photographic Studio.
High resolution (6.4MB), Low resolution (141kB)

CSIRO’s Suzy Jackson, working with Sapphicon Semiconductor on the development of a next generation ‘system on a chip’ radio receiver.
Credit: Chris Walsh, Patrick Jones Photographic Studio.
High resolution (991kb), Low resolution (423kB)

anzSKA Artist Impressions

Artist's impression of ASKAP at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory.
Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions, design data provided by CSIRO.
High resolution (2.9MB), Low resolution (292kB) Artist's impression of ASKAP at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory.
Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions, design data provided by CSIRO.
High resolution (1.5MB), Low resolution (327kB)

An artist’s impression of the Pawsey High Performance Computing Centre for SKA Science at Perth’s Technology Park.
Credit: Woodhead/CSIRO.
High resolution (1.6MB), Low resolution (685kB)

SKA Artist Impressions

Artist's impression of dishes that will make up the SKA radio telescope.
Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions/SKA Program Development Office.
High resolution (2.66MB), Low resolution (1.04MB) Artist's impression of dishes that will make up the SKA radio telescope.
Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions/SKA Program Development Office.
High resolution (1.93MB), Low resolution (725kB)

Artist's impression of the SKA's dense aperture array antennas.
Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions/SKA Program Development Office.
High resolution (2.10MB), Low resolution (857kB) Artist's impression of the SKA's dense aperture array antennas.
Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions/SKA Program Development Office.
High resolution (1.72MB), Low resolution (650kB)

Artist's impression of the SKA's sparse aperture array antennas.
Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions/SKA Program Development Office.
High resolution (2.61MB), Low resolution (970kB) Artist's impression of the SKA's sparse aperture array antennas.
Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions/SKA Program Development Office.
High resolution (2.73MB), Low resolution (985kB)

anzSKA Maps

Potential SKA array station placement in Australia and New Zealand indicating the potential 5,500km 'baseline' or maximum distance between the array stations.
Credit: CSIRO
High resolution (2.6MB), Low resolution (212kB) Potential SKA array station placement in Australia and New Zealand overlaid on a population density map.
Credit: CSIRO
High resolution (2.8MB), Low resolution (235kB)

Potential SKA array station placement in Australia and New Zealand overlaid on a population density map. Major broadband network links (existing and planned) are also shown.
Credit: CSIRO
High resolution (2.2MB), Low resolution (270kB)

Australian SKA Pathfinder Images
	CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010. Credit: WA Department of Commerce. High resolution (552kB), Low resolution (82kB)	CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010. Credit: WA Department of Commerce. High resolution (573kB), Low resolution (73kB)
	CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010. Credit: WA Department of Commerce. High resolution (660kB), Low resolution (81kB)	Three of CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010. Credit: WA Department of Commerce. High resolution (603kB), Low resolution (81kB)
	CSIRO staff member and an ASKAP antenna silhouetted against sunset at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010. Credit: WA Department of Commerce. High resolution (156kB), Low resolution (26kB)	Two of CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010. Credit: WA Department of Commerce. High resolution (512kB), Low resolution (87kB)
	Three of CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010. Credit: WA Department of Commerce. High resolution (632kB), Low resolution (82kB)	Workers at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010. Credit: WA Department of Commerce. High resolution (564kB), Low resolution (103kB)
	Workers at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010. Credit: WA Department of Commerce. High resolution (501kB), Low resolution (79kB)	An elevated view of four of CSIRO’s new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, October 2010. Credit: Ant Schinckel, CSIRO. High resolution (1.69mb), Low resolution (228kb)
	One of CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) silhouetted against sunset in Western Australia, 2010. Credit: WA Department of Commerce. High resolution (712kB), Low resolution (109kB)	One of CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) silhouetted against sunset in Western Australia, 2010. Credit: WA Department of Commerce. High resolution (591kB), Low resolution (85kB)
	One of CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010. Credit: WA Department of Commerce. High resolution (605kB), Low resolution (87kB)	A construction vehicle drives near two Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope dishes at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010. Credit: WA Department of Commerce. High resolution (632kB), Low resolution (82kB)
	The candidate core site for the Australia - New Zealand SKA bid, the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO), in Western Australia. Credit: Ant Schinckel, CSIRO. High resolution (605kb), Low resolution (388kb)	CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010. Credit: Simon Johnston, CSIRO. High resolution (1.94mb), Low resolution (237kb)
	CSIRO's new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, 2010. Credit: Credit: WA Department of Commerce.. High resolution (1.79mb), Low resolution (184kb)	Installing the phased array feed housing on the first CSIRO ASKAP antenna at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in January 2010. Credit: Carole Jackson, CSIRO. High resolution (1.4mb), Low resolution (470kb)
	A closer look at CSIRO’s ASKAP prototype phased array feed which was installed on the Parkes Testbed Facility in July 2008. Phased array feeds will be used by ASKAP's 36 antennas to detect and amplify faint radio waves, a development being pioneered by CSIRO in conjunction with colleagues in the Netherlands, Canada, United Kingdom and Germany. Credit: David McClenaghan, CSIRO. High resolution (1.05mb), Low resolution (226kb)	CSIRO’s Ben Lauter, 17 metres in the air in the basket of the telehandler, tightening the last bolts of the L-band feed on the first ASKAP antenna in March 2010. Credit: Ross Forsyth, CSIRO. High resolution (1.1mb), Low resolution (493kb)
	The first CSIRO ASKAP antenna, now erected in Western Australia. Credit: Dave DeBoer, CSIRO. High resolution (2.3mb), Low resolution (663kb)	Four of CSIRO’s new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, October 2010. Credit: Ant Schinckel, CSIRO. High resolution (1.48mb), Low resolution (209kb)
	Looking out from the reflector dish of one of CSIRO’s new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, October 2010. Credit: Ross Forsyth, CSIRO. High resolution (1.3mb), Low resolution (194kb)	Four of CSIRO’s new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, October 2010. Credit: Graham Allen, CSIRO. High resolution (1.3mb), Low resolution (165kb)

Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory Site Images
	Images of the Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory (MRO), the core site for Australia and New Zealand's SKA proposal can be found in the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) Galleries or the Boolardy Photographic Archive. These images are made available by Paul Bourke and Jonathan Knispel and supported by WASP (UWA), iVEC, ICRAR, and CSIRO.

anzSKA Science
	The AUT's 12m radio telescope at Warkworth, NZ. The Warkworth antenna is an important part of the first science achieved with ASKAP in May 2010. Credit: Alex Wallace. High resolution (1.05MB), Low resolution (125kB)	AUT Radio Astronomical Observatory at Warkworth, NZ. Credit: Sergei Gulyaev. High resolution (1.4MB), Low resolution (360kB)
	Zooming in to the heart of galaxy Centaurus A, 14 million light-years away. This composite image shows the entire galaxy, as imaged by CSIRO radio telescopes; radio emission from a central part of the galaxy, imaged by a US radio telescope; and the innermost part of the galaxy, imaged by the new network of Australian and New Zealand radio telescopes. Credit: Whole galaxy: I. Feain, T. Cornwell & R. Ekers (CSIRO/ATNF); ATCA northern middle lobe pointing courtesy R. Morganti (ASTRON); Parkes data courtesy N. Junkes (MPIfR). Inner radio lobes: NRAO/ AUI/NSF. Core: S. Tingay (ICRAR)/ICRAR, CSIRO and AUT. High resolution (650kB), Low resolution (230kB)

anzSKA People
	ASKAP team members at CSIRO's Marsfield site in May 2008. Credit: Tim Morison, Patrick Jones Photographic Studio. High resolution (1.6MB), Low resolution (161kB)	Representatives of the Wajarri Yamatji People, Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation and the Government of Western Australia at a special event at Parliament House in Perth, Western Australia on 26 November 2009 to celebrate registration of the Indigenous Land Use Agreement. Credit: WA Department of Commerce. High resolution (1.9MB), Low resolution (115kB)
	Representatives of the Wajarri Yamatji People, Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation and CSIRO at a special event at Parliament House in Perth, Western Australia on 26 November 2009 to celebrate registration of the Indigenous Land Use Agreement. Credit: WA Department of Commerce. High resolution (1.45MB), Low resolution (134kB)	The AUT's 12m radio telescope at Warkworth, NZ. Left to right: Mark Godwin (UK), Sergei Gulyaev (AUT), Bob Cato (USA), Lewis Woodburn (AUT), Tim Natusch (AUT), Martin Steinbach (Germany). Credit: Greg Bowker. Courtesy of NZ Herald. High resolution (446kB), Low resolution (126kB)
	Children from Cue Primary participating in CSIRO's 'Wildflowers in the Sky' education event. Credit: Rob Hollow, CSIRO. High resolution (483kB), Low resolution (94kB)	CSIRO Digital Systems Engineer John O'Sullivan and a prototype phased array feed being developed for ASKAP. Credit: Chris Walsh, Patrick Jones Photographic Studio. High resolution (1.6MB), Low resolution (634kB)
	CSIRO’s Tim Cornwell, ASKAP Computing Integrated Project Team Leader. Credit: Chris Walsh, Patrick Jones Photographic Studio. High resolution (1.45MB), Low resolution (610kB)	Dr Chris Phillips of CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science (CASS) setting up a Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) experiment. Credit: Chris Walsh, Patrick Jones Photographic Studio. High resolution (6.4MB), Low resolution (141kB)
	CSIRO’s Suzy Jackson, working with Sapphicon Semiconductor on the development of a next generation ‘system on a chip’ radio receiver. Credit: Chris Walsh, Patrick Jones Photographic Studio. High resolution (991kb), Low resolution (423kB)

anzSKA Artist Impressions
	Artist's impression of ASKAP at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory. Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions, design data provided by CSIRO. High resolution (2.9MB), Low resolution (292kB)	Artist's impression of ASKAP at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory. Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions, design data provided by CSIRO. High resolution (1.5MB), Low resolution (327kB)
	An artist’s impression of the Pawsey High Performance Computing Centre for SKA Science at Perth’s Technology Park. Credit: Woodhead/CSIRO. High resolution (1.6MB), Low resolution (685kB)

SKA Artist Impressions
	Artist's impression of dishes that will make up the SKA radio telescope. Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions/SKA Program Development Office. High resolution (2.66MB), Low resolution (1.04MB)	Artist's impression of dishes that will make up the SKA radio telescope. Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions/SKA Program Development Office. High resolution (1.93MB), Low resolution (725kB)
	Artist's impression of the SKA's dense aperture array antennas. Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions/SKA Program Development Office. High resolution (2.10MB), Low resolution (857kB)	Artist's impression of the SKA's dense aperture array antennas. Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions/SKA Program Development Office. High resolution (1.72MB), Low resolution (650kB)
	Artist's impression of the SKA's sparse aperture array antennas. Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions/SKA Program Development Office. High resolution (2.61MB), Low resolution (970kB)	Artist's impression of the SKA's sparse aperture array antennas. Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions/SKA Program Development Office. High resolution (2.73MB), Low resolution (985kB)

anzSKA Maps
	Potential SKA array station placement in Australia and New Zealand indicating the potential 5,500km 'baseline' or maximum distance between the array stations. Credit: CSIRO High resolution (2.6MB), Low resolution (212kB)	Potential SKA array station placement in Australia and New Zealand overlaid on a population density map. Credit: CSIRO High resolution (2.8MB), Low resolution (235kB)
	Potential SKA array station placement in Australia and New Zealand overlaid on a population density map. Major broadband network links (existing and planned) are also shown. Credit: CSIRO High resolution (2.2MB), Low resolution (270kB)