First clear image of a distant quasar

[Analog]

Scientists have captured the first high-resolution image of a distant quasar using a new radio telescope that will one day search for life on other planets.

The quasar, a distant galaxy many billions of light years away, is the first major success a pan-European array of telescopes which will help astronomers answer some of the most fundamental questions about our existence.
As part of the project British universities are joining forces with experts from around the country to construct what will be the first major radio telescope to be built in the UK for decades.

Professor Rob Fender, of the University of Southampton and principal investigator of the Lofar-UK project, said: 'Lofar is an amazingly simple concept because the antennae are made from everyday components.
'But it is also immensely complex because of the huge amounts of radio data that these antennae produce.
'At the Chilbolton site, seven petabytes of raw data will be produced each year, which must be transferred in real time to Holland.
'That's like streaming 100 high definition TV channels for every second of every day for the next five years.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...elescope-search-alien-life.html#ixzz0qM0D8NCJ

 

[bignateyk]

For some reason I read the title as: "First clear image of a distant queer"

 

[Bl0cks]

For some reason I read the title as: "First clear image of a distant queer"

Yeah that got me too. And I wouldn't worry about all that date, Moore's law will kick in pretty soon.

 

[Anubis]

clear you say?

 

[DigitalCancer]

clear you say?

What I was thinking ^_^

 

[Possessed Freak]

They also released the first clear image of a pulsar.