Call for Proposals for 2015APR semester
November 12, 2014
Proposals for observing time are now invited for the 2015APR semester for the: * Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) * Parkes 64-m telescope * Mopra 22-m telescope * Tidbinbilla 70-m […]
PULSE@Parkes Sessions Oct 214 – Feb 2015 Now Open
September 10, 2014
There are four new sessions available for schools to take part in our PULSE@Parkes program. These free sessions are open for classes from years 10-12 and provide your students the […]
CASS 2014 Undergraduate Vacation Scholarship Applications Now Open
August 25, 2014
The 2014/15 Vacation Scholarship Program is designed to provide students with the opportunity to work on real-world problems in a leading R&D organisation. Participation in the Vacation Scholarship Program has […]
CSIRO and AAL announce PAF funding
June 6, 2014
– A joint announcement from Lewis Ball (Chief, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science) and Mark McAuley (CEO, Astronomy Australia Ltd). CSIRO and Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL) are pleased to announce […]
Parkes will not operate “unmanned”
June 3, 2014
At a Senate Estimates hearing yesterday (2 June), CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Megan Clark said that CSIRO “had signalled our intent to move towards remote operation of Parkes to reduce […]
Document Release: CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive: Overview, Requirements and Use Cases
May 22, 2014
We advise that the document: CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive: Overview, Requirements and Use Cases (Version 1.0) is now available on the ATNF website. Comments on this document are welcome […]
Impact of 2014 Australian budget
May 19, 2014
CSIRO has been impacted by a significant reduction in funding through the latest Federal budget, announced on 14 May 2014, as have many other agencies and activities funded by the […]
New BETA image points to ASKAP imaging potential
May 16, 2014
A new image produced by the ASKAP commissioning team using the 6-antenna ‘BETA’ test array at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory when compared to data from a previous all-sky survey, indicates […]
CSIRO Square Kilometre Array Chief Scientist
May 2, 2014
We are currently advertising for a Square Kilometre Array Chief Scientist. The successful appointee will be located in Perth, Western Australia and will: Provide strategic advice to CSIRO on SKA […]
Full end-to-end tests underway with Mk II PAF
April 24, 2014
The development of a second generation (Mk II) receiver and data processing chain for ASKAP has been underway since August 2011 through a work package known as ASKAP Design Enhancement […]
Visualisation tool assists remote commissioning
April 14, 2014
A visualisation tool developed by the ASKAP Computing team has provided essential support to the recent commissioning successes with ASKAP’s Boolardy Engineering Test Array (BETA). More information.
ASKAP produces first spectral line data cube
April 10, 2014
The ASKAP team has this week produced the first BETA spectral line image using six ASKAP antennas installed with innovative phased array feed (PAF) receiver systems, as part of ongoing […]