Employment Opportunity – Assistant Director: Astrophysics

April 13, 2006

The ATNF is seeking to appoint a leader of its Astrophysics research theme. Activities within this theme comprise world-class astrophysics research of relevance to the FacilityÂ’s radio astronomy role. The […]

Astronomical Masers and Their Environments: First Announcement

April 5, 2006

We are planning to hold a symposium on “Astrophysical masers and their environments”. The meeting will be held from 12 to 16 March 2007 at the Alice Springs Convention Centre […]

Employment Opportunity – Electronics Technical Officer Marsfield NSW

March 30, 2006

An electronics technical officer is required to assemble, maintain, test and install radioastronomy instrumentation within the Australia Telescope Electronics Group. Applications close 23 April 2006. More information.

Mopra schedule for 2006APRS now available

February 27, 2006

The Mopra schedule for 2006APRS (1 April to 1 November) is now available. More information.

ATCA schedule for 2006APRS now available

February 22, 2006

The ATCA schedule for 2006APRS (1 April to 30 September 2006) is now available. More information.

Career opportunity: Mopra scientist

January 20, 2006

An opportunity exists for a scientist to assist in the development of the Mopra Observatory. For suitably qualified individuals, a proportion of time will be available for personal research. More […]

ASAP 1.2 Released

December 12, 2005

Version 1.2 of the ATNF Spectral Analysis Package, ASAP, was released last week. This software is currently under active development and is intended to be used for processing and analysing […]

Career opportunity: Millimeter-wave system scientist

December 9, 2005

An opportunity exists at Narrabri for a millimetre-wave system scientist. More information.

OPAL: A New Proposal Application System for the ATNF

November 1, 2005

We are pleased to announce the release of OPAL. OPAL is a web-based application that include a set of proposal tools that are used to prepare and submit telescope applications […]

ATNF Telescope Applications for 2006APRS

November 1, 2005

Applications for observing time are now invited for the 2006 APRS semester for the following telescopes: Australia Telescope Compact Array Parkes radio telescope Mopra radio telescope Tidbinbilla 70-m antenna VLBI […]

First Light with the new Mopra Spectrometer (MOPS)

October 20, 2005

As part of a major upgrade program, a new millimetre receiver system and backend system have just been installed at Mopra. The backend produces two 8-GHz bandwidth IFs from each […]

ATCA calibrator list update

October 13, 2005

The positions of 86 of the ATCA calibrators have been updated on 12 October with improved determinations. Observers with multi-epoch observations that span 12 October may need to do some […]