2007 ATNF Summer Vacation Scholarships: Applications Now Open
July 31, 2007
Summer vacation scholarships are offered each year at the Australia Telescope National Facility for graduate and undergraduate students who have completed three years or more of undergraduate education in Physics, […]
“Accidental revolutionaries” net US$500,000 cosmology prize
July 18, 2007
Dr Brian Boyle, Director of CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility, is one of a group of scientists who will share the 2007 Gruber Cosmology Prize, worth US$500,000. This year’s Prize […]
ATOA version 2 now available
July 4, 2007
Version 2 of the Australia Telescope Onlone Archive (ATOA) is now available. This provides access to Compact Array data files taken since 1990. The ATOA now uses the OPAL registrations […]
Wildflowers in the Sky Workshop at World Conference of Science & Technology Education
June 26, 2007
Participants in the Wildflowers in the Sky: Astronomy for Mid West Schools ASISTM project will be running a workshop session on 11 July at the World Conference of Science & […]
Astrophysics for Physics Teachers Workshop, 16 June
May 24, 2007
This one-day workshop is at our Marsfield headquarters near Sydney on Saturday 16 June. It covers the theory required for parts of the Cosmic Engine core topic and Astrophysics option […]
ATNF Telescope Applications for 2007OCTS
May 15, 2007
Applications for observing time are now invited for the 2007 OCTS semester for the following telescopes: Australia Telescope Compact Array Parkes radio telescope Mopra radio telescope Tidbinbilla 70-m and 34-m […]
OPAL version 2 now available
May 14, 2007
OPAL version 2.1 is now available. This version includes several upgrades for proposers. For full information please see the OPAL Users Guide at the link below. The OPAL Users Guide […]
SKA Industry Newsletter 10 now available
May 11, 2007
Latest SKA News for Australian Industry now available More information.
Australian Government funding for Australian SKA Pathfinder
May 9, 2007
The press release from the Hon Minister Bishop MP regarding funding for the Australian SKA Pathfinder is now available from Minister Bishop’s website at Further information is available at the […]
Astronomy from the Ground Up! Teacher Workshop at Parkes 18 – 20 May
May 4, 2007
This three-day workshop is a great opportunity for teachers to meet professional astronomers, hear lectures on different aspects of astronomy including some of the latest discoveries and tour the radio […]
Science case for MIRANdA – 125 page document now available
May 2, 2007
This 125-page document has been put together by an impressive team of 8 authors and 28 co-authors; an overview of the instrument and its goals is presented, followed by a […]