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Understanding properties of the first sources in the Universe using theredshifted \HI ~21-cm signal is one of the major aims of present and upcominglow-frequency experiments. We investigate the possibility of imaging theredshifted 21-cm pattern around the first sources during the cosmic dawn usingthe SKA1-low. We model the \HI ~21-cm image maps, appropriate for the SKA1-low,around the first sources consisting of stars and X-ray sources within galaxies.In addition to the system noise, we account also for the astrophysicalforegrounds by adding them to the signal maps. We find that after subtractingthe foregrounds using a polynomial fit and suppressing the noise by smoothingthe maps over $10^{'} - 30^{'}$ angular scale, the isolated sources at $z \sim15$ are detectable with $\sim 4 - 9 \, \sigma$ confidence level in 2000 h ofobservation with the SKA1-low. Although the 21-cm profiles around the sourcesget altered because of the Gaussian smoothing, the images can still be used toextract some of the source properties. We account for overlaps in the patternsof the individual sources by generating realistic \HI ~21-cm maps of the cosmicdawn that are based on $N$-body simulations and a one-dimensional radiativetransfer code. We find that these sources should be detectable in the SKA1-lowimages at $z = 15$ with an SNR of $\sim 14 (4)$ in 2000 (200) h ofobservations. One possible observational strategy thus could be to observemultiple fields for shorter observation times, identify fields with SNR$\gtrsim 3$ and observe these fields for much longer duration. Suchobservations are expected to be useful in constraining the parameters relatedto the first sources.

Imaging the redshifted 21-cm pattern around the first sources during the cosmic dawn using the SKA