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AKPIK: Arbeitskreis Physik, moderne Informationstechnologie und Künstliche Intelligenz

AKPIK 2: Parallel Talks

AKPIK 2.1: Vortrag

Montag, 16. März 2026, 16:00–16:15, KS 00.003

Metadata Analysis for the Square Kilometre Array Max Planck Institute Telescope — •Felix Wersig and Luca Davide Di Bella — TU Dortmund University

The Square Kilometre Array Max Planck Institute (SKAMPI) telescope has been operating since 2019 at the Karoo Radio Astronomy Reserve, collecting metadata from the receiver, the antenna control unit and the MeerKAT weather sensors for many observations under diverse conditions. Searching for unusual patterns in the metadata could be a key method for assessing data quality and identifying maintenance needs.

The SKAMPI telescope is designed as a 15 m prototype dish for MeerKAT+ and the SKA-Mid component of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory. The SKA-Mid component is going to consist of 197 parabolic dishes incorporating the MeerKAT+ radio telescope. Its layout will consist of a ∼1 m central core and antennas radiating out from it up to a diameter of 150 km.

Ensuring that a large fraction of the antennas remain operational at all times is a key challenge given the large number of antennas and extensive distances present in the planned layout. Leveraging the large dataset collected by the SKAMPI telescope, a preliminary tool for quick analysis of the collected metadata from a dish is presented.

Keywords: SKA-Mid; telescope metadata; data quality; anomaly detection; telescope monitoring