IAU: Voting for new Commissions – Deadline 31 December 2014
December 4, 2014
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is carrying out a process to reform the Commissions. All current Commissions will cease and, following a selection process, new Commissions will begin at the […]
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.