ASKAP News: Mk II PAF pre-production underway
September 5, 2014
While testing and installation of the Mk II PAF is underway at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, back at the CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science lab in Sydney, pre-production of the […]
Steerable beams create flexible ‘footprints’
September 5, 2014
The flexibility of the ASKAP phased array feed has been demonstrated by a variety of BETA observations using different shaped ‘beam footprints’. BETA has been used to image a galaxy […]
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 […]
Tests on new ASKAP PAF indicate impressive system temperature
August 19, 2014
The first results from ground-based system tests on the full-size second generation (Mk II) phased array feed receiver have indicated impressive system temperature across the ASKAP band. These preliminary results […]
ATNF telescope availability – update on the impact of funding reductions
August 11, 2014
The direction CSIRO will take in response to the recent funding reduction for radio astronomy is becoming clearer. There will be impacts to the availability of ATNF facilities both immediately […]
System tests underway on Mk II ASKAP PAF at the MRO
August 8, 2014
Initial ground-based system tests have been run on the first full-size, second generation (Mk II) ASKAP phased array feed receiver at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Western Australia. More information.
First VLBI observations with ASKAP PAF
July 24, 2014
Promising results have been achieved from the first VLBI observations between an ASKAP phased array feed (PAF) receiver and the Australian LBA. More information.
CASDA prepares for ASKAP data
July 18, 2014
Over the coming year, a special team made up of staff from CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, CSIRO’s IM&T and the iVEC Pawsey Centre, will work to develop and build […]
BETA commissioning probes hydrogen across the distant universe
July 17, 2014
As part of ongoing commissioning tests with the 6-antenna ASKAP commissioning array known as ‘BETA’, a new spectrum has been produced that demonstrates the wide bandwidth of ASKAP and the […]
MRO prepares for the second generation ASKAP receiver
July 4, 2014
While commissioning activities continue apace with the 6-antenna Boolardy Engineering Test Array at the MRO in Western Australia, the ASKAP team is also busily preparing the site for ground aperture […]
Final verification tests lead to Mk II PAF deployment
July 4, 2014
The ASKAP team is now on the verge of deploying the Mk II prototype phased array feed (PAF) to the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO). Upon completion of the verification tests […]
A telescope is born
June 11, 2014
It may look like just dots on a page, but an image of distant galaxies taken last week represents a huge step forward for CSIRO’s Australia SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio […]