{"id":2243,"date":"2025-03-17T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ska-spain.es\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:36:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:36:36","slug":"ska-low-capta-su-primera-imagen-del-universo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ska-spain.es\/en\/ska-low-capta-su-primera-imagen-del-universo\/","title":{"rendered":"SKA-Low captures its first image of the universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>March 17, 2025 \u2013 The first image from the SKA-Low radio telescope was released today. SKA-Low is part of the SKA Observatory (SKAO) and is located in Australia. This marks a significant milestone in SKAO's mission to provide an unprecedented view of our universe.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2249\" style=\"width: 2761px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2249\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2249\" src=\"https:\/\/ska-spain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SKA_Low_first_image_with_moon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2751\" height=\"2443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ska-spain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SKA_Low_first_image_with_moon.png 2751w, https:\/\/ska-spain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SKA_Low_first_image_with_moon-1280x1137.png 1280w, https:\/\/ska-spain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SKA_Low_first_image_with_moon-980x870.png 980w, https:\/\/ska-spain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SKA_Low_first_image_with_moon-480x426.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2751px, 100vw\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The first image using four stations of SKA-Low. The full moon in the upper right corner is shown for image size reference. Credit: SKAO<br \/><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The image covers an area of \u200b\u200bthe sky approximately 25 square degrees in size, equivalent to about 100 full moons. It displays 85 of the brightest known galaxies in that region, all of which contain supermassive black holes. The image was obtained with an early version of the SKA-Low telescope, one of two telescopes being built by SKAO. This early version of SKA-Low consists of just 1,000 of the planned 131,000 antennas. Once completed, the telescope will be able to reveal many more objects; scientists estimate it will be able to detect more than 600,000 galaxies in the same region of the sky.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SKAO is currently building two radio telescopes: SKA-Low in Western Australia and SKA-Mid in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The telescopes are arrays of 15-meter parabolic antennas (SKA-Mid) and dipole antennas (SKA-Low), spread over large distances. Two Spanish companies,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.safran-group.com\/es\/implantacion\/espana\/safran-electronics-defense-spain-sl-2149837\"> Safran Electronics &amp; Defense Spain<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/emite-ing.com\">EMITE<\/a>, are playing a key role in the construction of SKA-Low, providing high-precision synchronization systems between the antennas and equipment for testing and validating electronic components. \"Synchronizing the signals from the different antennas is crucial for combining them correctly. Furthermore, to avoid interference, it is necessary to test that all electronic components do not generate noise in radio waves that could affect the signal from the astronomical objects being observed,\" explains Dr. Juli\u00e1n Garrido, deputy technology coordinator at SKA-Spain, adding: \"For this same reason, the telescopes are being built in remote, sparsely populated locations, minimising human-caused interference.\"<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SKA-Low is being built at Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio Astronomy Observatory, which is located on the lands of the Wajarri Yamaji Aboriginal people, the traditional owners and native land title holders. The location's Aboriginal name, Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, means \"sharing the sky and stars\", and reflects the commitment and collaboration between SKAO and the Indigenous peoples and cultures who inhabit the lands where its telescopes are being built.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2245\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2245\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2245\" src=\"https:\/\/ska-spain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SKA_Low_station_S8_aerial-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ska-spain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SKA_Low_station_S8_aerial-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/ska-spain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SKA_Low_station_S8_aerial-1280x959.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/ska-spain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SKA_Low_station_S8_aerial-980x734.jpg 980w, https:\/\/ska-spain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SKA_Low_station_S8_aerial-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drone image of SKA-Low's S8 cluster with two stations completed from June 2024. Credit: SKAO<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The acquisition of this image has verified the telescope's operation and capabilities. Professor Philip Diamond, Director General of the SKAO, said the image marks the observatory's debut as a scientific facility. \"With this image we see the promise of the SKA Observatory as it opens its eyes to the Universe,\" said Professor Diamond. \"This first image is a critical step for the Observatory, and for the astronomy community; we are demonstrating that the system as a whole is working. As the telescopes grow, and more stations and dishes come online, we\u2019ll see the images improve in leaps and bounds and start to realise the full power of the SKAO.\"<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The SKAO telescopes are being built in phases, with components sourced from SKAO member countries around the world. Dr. Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro, coordinator of Spain's participation in the SKAO, highlighted the international nature of the observatory: \"This milestone has been possible thanks to an international collaboration between scientists and engineers from academia and industry. Sixteen countries from five continents are participating in the SKA project, and the impact it is already having and will have will be global thanks to SKAO's commitment to the scientific community and international society as a whole.\"<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Spanish participation in the SKAO is funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, with the Andalusian Institute of Astrophysics (IAA-CSIC) responsible for the national scientific and technical coordination of the project.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1080px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2243-1\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/ska-spain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SKA_LOW_ANIMATION_low_resolution.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ska-spain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SKA_LOW_ANIMATION_low_resolution.mp4\">https:\/\/ska-spain.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SKA_LOW_ANIMATION_low_resolution.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This animation shows the various stages of deployment of the SKA-Low telescope over the coming years, and the images it is expected to produce of the same area of \u200b\u200bthe sky. Credit: SKAO<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Links of interest<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Associated multimedia materials <a href=\"https:\/\/skao.canto.global\/b\/LTFMH\">https:\/\/skao.canto.global\/b\/LTFMH<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SKAO press release: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skao.int\/en\/news\/621\/ska-low-first-glimpse-universe\">https:\/\/www.skao.int\/en\/news\/621\/ska-low-first-glimpse-universe<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17\/03\/2025 &#8211; Hoy se ha publicado la primera imagen del radiotelescopio SKA-Low, ubicado en Australia y perteneciente al Observatorio del SKA (SKAO, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s). Este hecho es un hito significativo en la misi\u00f3n del SKAO de ofrecer una visi\u00f3n sin precedentes de nuestro universo. 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