ATNF News Guidelines for Contributors
This page provides advice for contributors to ATNF News, the official newsletter of CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility.
Contribution deadlines
The newsletter is produced twice a year, in April and October. Please contact the ATNF News Editorial Team if you would like to submit an article.
Newsletter style
The newsletter is sent to a large number of astronomers and institutions in Australia and around the world. Please write in a friendly style that can be understood by someone who is not an expert in your field. Examples can be seen in previous issues of the newsletter.
Science articles
For full science articles we usually allocate up to three pages of the newsletter. We recommend a maximum word limit of around 2000 words and a maximum of four figures.
General news items
We welcome shorter contributions and science reports. These are allocated up to one page of the newsletter. We recommend a maximum of 600 words for a report with two figures.
Text formats
We prefer to receive text files as either Microsoft Word or plain text (ascii) files. Files sent in LaTeX are not acceptable.
Figure formats
Please send images and figures as separate files, rather than embedded in the text. We prefer to receive figures as postscript (or .eps) files, or in standard bitmap image formats such as .tif, .jpg, .gif or .psd.
Credits
Please ensure that credits are given for photos and figures contained in articles, independent of whether they have been contributed by an author or other collaborators.
Image resolution and quality
Please provide good quality images and figures that have sufficient resolution for printing and are clearly labelled. Bitmap image files should have a resolution of 300 ppi (pixels per inch). If unsure, an image that prints well at A4 size should be sufficient. If needed we can reduce the image resolution and file sizes for high-resolution images.
Please note that the printed version of the newsletter is in black and white. Colour figures are shown on the web version of the newsletter but are converted to greyscale before printing.
Enquiries and contributions
Please email contributions or enquiries to: newsletter@atnf.csiro.au.