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News Release 05-015
Arecibo Begins Search for Dark Galaxies
New receiver increases the radio telescope's sensitivity by seven times
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Seen here from below, the new ALFA receiver flys above the Arecibo dish towards its new home in the telescope's Gregorian dome, where other receivers are also housed. ALFA was successfully installed on April 21, 2004.
Credit: Steve Torchinsky
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As morning mist blankets the Puerto Rico hills, workers prepare to bring the ALFA unit (hanging from a cable at the left) into the Arecibo telescope's Gregorian dome.
Credit: Acevedo, Arecibo Observatory, Cornell University
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