2004 Transit of Venus
June 1, 2004
The 2004 Transit of Venus provided a rare and historic opportunity for people to view the passgae of the Planet Venus across the face of the Sun. Follow the link […]
Australia Telescope Outreach and Education Website Launched!
May 14, 2004
The Australia Telescope National Facility is pleased to present our new outreach and education website. The site aims to provide the media and the general public with information about the […]
Employment opportunity: Web Master / Applications Developer
November 27, 2003
The Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) is seeking a highly motivated professional to manage the ATNF Marsfield website on a day-to-day basis and to develop web-based database applications. The successful […]
ANU/ATNF student is ACT’s 2003 Young Australian of the Year
November 27, 2003
The ATNF would like to extend its congratulations to Brad Warren who has been named as the ACT’s Young Australian of the Year for 2003. Brad’s PhD research into galactic […]
Casual VLBI Correlator Operator
March 27, 2003
ATNF has a casual vacancy for VLBI correlator operator(s) to assist with the operation of the LBA correlator. The demand for such operators varies and it is available only on […]
Fires at Mount Stromlo Observatory
January 21, 2003
The Australian astronomical community is deeply saddened by the tragic damage to Canberra and, in particular, to the Mount Stromlo Observatory that occured from sweeping bush fires on Saturday 18 […]
Summer Vacation Program
November 27, 2002
On 2 December 2002 we will welcome 20 university students to the joint ATNF and CTIP summer vacation program for 2002/2003. The students will be working for CSIRO for 10 […]
ATNF Annual Report available
November 18, 2002
The ATNF Annual Report 2001 is now available on the web. The printed version of the report will be distributed by 21 November 2002. More information.
Employment opportunity: Operations engineer/scientist
October 24, 2002
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated person to help us with the operation of the Mopra Telescope. This position is available at the Narrabri observatory. More information.
Employment Opportunity: Director – ATNF
October 15, 2002
The position of Director of the Australia Telescope National Facility is now open for applications. The closing date is 15 November 2002. More information.
First North Spur Fringes and Image!
August 13, 2002
Yesterday, Tuesday August 13, the ATCA reconfigured to the H75 array. This array uses two antennas on the north spur, as well as the new station at the intersection of […]
SKA Post Doctoral Fellowship
August 13, 2002
Australia Telescope National Facility – Narrabri, NSW We are seeking a motivated Post-Doctoral Fellow to work with us on investigations to determine the optimum layout of the collecting area for […]