The first image released from South Africa's 'super telescope' is unreal

In case you weren't already aware, there is a series of radio telescopes in South Africa called "Meerkat."

The project is currently under construction, but once it's completed, it will boast 64 satellite dishes spread out over less than half a mile. These satellites will allow people to see things in detail that were never previously visible.

Currently, there are 16 dishes up and working. Though this is just 25 percent of the final product's full strength, researchers couldn't wait any longer. They fired the telescopes up and were able to take a few stunning photos.

Even at such a small percentage, the images show a corner of the universe where there were thought to be only 70 galaxies. Now with the visibility of Meerkat, it is apparent there are at least 1,300 galaxies in that exact spot.

The telescopes work together by pooling information and converting what they read in radio waves to a single digital image.

In addition to the grouping of satellites in Africa, an additional group will be built in Australia.

Eventually, researches would like to up the amount of dishes to around 3,000 by the 2020s.

With that amount of dishes, the project will have the discovery potential of 10,000 times more than any other currently existing technology.

It seems like these scientists are about to play a very important game of radio telescope shotgun.

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