First 15-baseline BETA observation achieved, March 2014
March 28, 2014
The ASKAP team has this week achieved the first 15-baseline observation using six ASKAP antennas and the newly reconfigured hardware correlator at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia. […]
UK announcement great news for the SKA
March 12, 2014
From the international SKA Office, comes news of an announcement by the UK Science Minister, David Willetts, of £100 million funding for the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. “After […]
ASKAP welcomes ministerial visit to MRO
March 3, 2014
On Saturday 1 March, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and UK Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts visited CSIRO’s Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory to learn more about Australia’s role in […]
ASKAP correlator reconfiguration creates testing platform for BETA
February 24, 2014
Following recent successful commissioning activity that produced the first continuum image achieved with ASKAP, the hardware correlator is now being reconfigured at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia. […]
Rocks around the clock: asteroids pound tiny star
February 20, 2014
Scientists using CSIRO’s Parkes telescope and another telescope in South Africa have found evidence that a tiny star called PSR J0738-4042 is being pounded by asteroids — large lumps of […]
ASKAP simulations show idealised images of the sky
February 17, 2014
In preparation for early science observations with CSIRO’s ASKAP telescope, the Central Processor which recently went ‘live’ at the iVEC Pawsey Centre in Perth is now being put through its […]
MALT90 – final data release
February 14, 2014
We are pleased to release the final instalment of data for the Millimetre Astronomy Legacy Team 90GHz (MALT90) survey. MALT90 is a large survey aimed at characterizing high-mass dense clumps. […]
First continuum image achieved with six ASKAP antennas
February 10, 2014
The ASKAP commissioning team has successfully produced the first continuum image using six ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia. The six antennas were operated simultaneously […]
‘Galaxy’ goes live at the iVEC Pawsey Centre
February 7, 2014
The ASKAP Central Processor – also known as ‘Galaxy’, the RTC (real time computer) housed within the iVEC Pawsey Centre – has officially gone ‘live’, allowing the ASKAP team access […]
CSIRO scientist scores Grote Reber Medal
January 21, 2014
The 2014 Grote Reber Medal for innovative and significant contributions to radio astronomy will be awarded to Professor Ron Ekers, first director of both the US Very Large Array telescope […]
A highlight reel for ASKAP: 2013 in review
December 20, 2013
As another year comes to a close, there are a number of key achievements to highlight for the ASKAP team, including: – Various commissioning successes and a number of “firsts” […]
Find black holes while you’re on the bus
December 19, 2013
‘Radio Galaxy Zoo’ is a citizen-science project that lets anyone become a cosmic explorer. It uses data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array. More information.