ATNF Newsletter
Guidelines for Contributors
This page provides advice for contributors to the
ATNF News,
the official newsletter of the Australia Telescope National
Facility.
Contribution Deadlines
The newsletter is produced twice a year with issues in
April and October. The deadlines for contributions are:
March 31 (April issue);
September 30 (October issue).
Please aim to provide contributions on time so that we can avoid
delays in the production of the newsletter.
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
The newsletter is prepared using a layout program called PageMaker. We prefer
to receive text files as either Microsoft Word files, or as 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 dpi (dots 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:
Tony.Crawshaw@csiro.au.
ATNF Newsletter team
Tony Crawshaw
Joanne Houldsworth
