ASKAP’s new CRACO backend
May 9, 2025
Wang et al. present the first results from a new ASKAP backend, the CRAFT (Commensal Realtime ASKAP Fast Transient) COherent (CRACO) upgrade. CRACO records millisecond time resolution visibility data, and […]
ASKAP’s new CRACO backend
May 8, 2025
Wang et al. present the first results from a new ASKAP backend, the CRAFT (Commensal Realtime ASKAP Fast Transient) COherent (CRACO) upgrade. CRACO records millisecond time resolution visibility data, and […]
Mirror image
May 7, 2025
A recent ADAP showed Australia Telescope Compact Array antennas after 120mm of rain had fallen in the area over two days in late March. The event led to widespread flooding […]
OH What a Lovely Molecule!
May 6, 2025
“OH What a Lovely Molecule!” is the the name of a Workshop to be held on-line from 23-27 June 2025. Each day of the workshop will have a theme: Monday, […]
ATNF Colloquium – Anna Scaife
May 5, 2025
Foundation models for astrophysics Anna Scaife (University of Manchester) Abstract: Pre-trained representations from large volumes of unlabelled astronomical survey data are rapidly emerging as a key AI technology in astrophysics. […]
The Extraordinary Maser Flaring Event in NGC6334I
May 2, 2025
Kumar et al. report the first multi-epoch milliarcsecond resolution imaging of 6.7-GHz methanol maser emission associated with the high-mass protocluster system NGC 6334I. The observations, made with the southern hemisphere […]
The Extraordinary Maser Flaring Event in NGC6334I
May 1, 2025
Kumar et al. report the first multi-epoch milliarcsecond resolution imaging of 6.7-GHz methanol maser emission associated with the high-mass protocluster system NGC 6334I. The observations, made with the southern hemisphere […]
ATNF Colloquium – Erik Osinga
April 30, 2025
Galaxy clusters as the Universe’s largest particle accelerators Erik Osinga (Dunlap Institute, University of Toronto) Abstract: Mergers of galaxy clusters represent the most energetic events since the Big Bang, releasing […]
New Chair appointed to Australia Telescope Steering Committee
April 29, 2025
Professor Lister Staveley-Smith has been appointed Chair of the Australia Telescope Steering Committee for the next three years. An Australian astronomer at the University of Western Australia (UWA) node of […]
Ground-breaking for DSS-33
April 28, 2025
A greound-breaking ceremony was held recently at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) for a new 34 m diameter multi-frequency beam-waveguide antenna, DSS-33. When it goes online in 2029, […]
SKAO magazine, Contact
April 24, 2025
The latest issue of the SKAO magazine, Contact is now available. In addition to the regular construction updates for SKA-Low and SKA-Mid, the issue includes an article describing the steps […]
ASKAP Update for April
April 23, 2025
The ASKAP Update for April included repors on survey progress, ASKAP topics presented at the Australia Telescope Users Committee open session, and survey projections. The figure above is a visualisation […]
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The ADAP was created in December 2014 by Baerbel Koribalski and Simon Johnston. Over 2500 ADAPs have now been published. Vince McIntyre, Nathan Pope, and Andrew O’Brien are acknowledged for their dedicated technical support. The ADAP is currently curated by Phil Edwards.