A spectacular photo of space was created by a supercomputer — what exactly does it show?
Australian scientists have begun commissioning the latest Setonix supercomputer. In the first phase, they sent data collected by the ASKAP radio telescope to it, and after processing it, they got a spectacular photo. It shows the remnant of a supernova 10,000–15,000 light years away from Earth.
Setonix is the latest Australian supercomputer located at the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centr in Perth. The Pawsey Center was established by the Australian space agency CSIRO and several universities there. For their work, these institutions need very fast and very powerful supercomputers that are capable of processing the gigantic amounts of data provided by state-of-the-art research facilities.
The Perth facility recently added a new supercomputer. It was named Setonix — after the Latin name for the short-tailed kuoki (Setonix brachyurus). This mammal belonging to the kangaroo family, the size of a domestic cat, is one of the favorite animals of Australians.
Photo from the supercomputer
To test the capabilities of the new computer, the scientists decided to send data collected by the ASKAP radio telescope to it. It consists of 36 antennas that together observe a selected part of the sky.
