‘Bird-of-paradise’ sings a sweet tune for ASKAP
April 15, 2016
The first ever 36-beam image has been produced during commissioning activities with CSIRO’s ASKAP telescope, covering 30 square degrees with over 1300 sources. The radio image was produced using the […]
Maximising impact with the SKA in Australia
April 8, 2016
The second annual OzSKA meeting was held to discuss developments in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) – with a focus not only on astronomy, but also technological development and the […]
Parkes granted status as SKA pathfinder
April 7, 2016
CSIRO’s iconic Parkes radio telescope has been granted the status of ‘SKA pathfinder’ by the Square Kilometre Array Organisation, on the basis of its role in testing innovation new receiver […]
Quiet up there
April 1, 2016
A recent experiment by the ASKAP team has shown how phased array feed receivers can be used to mitigate the effect of radio frequency interference. This method effectively allows astronomers […]
Getting busy with real data
April 1, 2016
In preparation for the start of the ASKAP Early Science Program, the first ASKAP Community Busy Week was held this week at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA). More information.
LIGO makes waves; Australian telescopes follow up
March 8, 2016
Last month, physicists at LIGO made waves with the announcement that elusive gravitational waves – ripples in space time caused by a violent cosmic event taking place in the distant […]
Bye bye, BETA
March 4, 2016
In what is a bittersweet milestone for the ASKAP project, the Boolardy Engineering Test Array – or BETA, as it is known – has officially been decommissioned at the Murchison […]
Change in CASS Director
February 19, 2016
After three successful years leading CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Dr Lewis Ball’s term as Director of CASS will come to an end on 17 March. As CASS Director, Lewis […]
A bright start to 2016 for ASKAP’s renewables
February 19, 2016
The solar power station for CSIRO’s Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope has been powering ahead at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Western Australia throughout January. At the end of 2015, […]
Bonn-bound PAF pops by Parkes
February 19, 2016
ASKAP receiver technology is about to branch out beyond the MRO, having been recently deployed to the Parkes Observatory for testing. Through an agreement with the Max Planck Institute for […]
CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive (CASDA): Version 1.1 release
February 12, 2016
We advise that version 1.1 of CASDA is now available. This includes several new features for science users. The main changes compared to version 1.0 (released Nov 2015) are: a) […]
A bright start to 2016 for ASKAP renewables
February 1, 2016
Progress on the solar power station for the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope has been powering ahead at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Western Australia throughout January. More information.