SKA-Low Telescope Captures First Image, Revealing 85 Supermassive Black Hole Galaxies

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory's SKA-Low telescope in Australia has captured its first image, marking a milestone in radio astronomy. The image, taken with just 1,024 of the planned 131,072 antennas, covers 25 square degrees of the sky and reveals approximately 85 of the brightest known galaxies containing supermassive black holes. The data was obtained at Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory. Scientists anticipate the completed telescope will detect over 600,000 galaxies in the same area. SKA-Low, being built in collaboration with Australia's CSIRO, is expected to become the world's largest low-frequency radio telescope within two years.