Telescope wallpapers for your computer
December 15, 2005
You can now personalise your computer with stunning wallpaper images of the Parkes and Narrabri radio telescopes. A variety of images in a range of standard desktop resolutions can be […]
ASAP 1.2 Released
December 12, 2005
Version 1.2 of the ATNF Spectral Analysis Package, ASAP, was released last week. This software is currently under active development and is intended to be used for processing and analysing […]
Career opportunity: Millimeter-wave system scientist
December 9, 2005
An opportunity exists at Narrabri for a millimetre-wave system scientist. More information.
Australian SKA Planning Office newsletter – Issue 3 available
November 14, 2005
The third issue of the Australian SKA Planning Office newsletter is now available. More information.
OPAL: A New Proposal Application System for the ATNF
November 1, 2005
We are pleased to announce the release of OPAL. OPAL is a web-based application that include a set of proposal tools that are used to prepare and submit telescope applications […]
ATNF Telescope Applications for 2006APRS
November 1, 2005
Applications for observing time are now invited for the 2006 APRS semester for the following telescopes: Australia Telescope Compact Array Parkes radio telescope Mopra radio telescope Tidbinbilla 70-m antenna VLBI […]
Position Vacant – Finance officer
October 21, 2005
The ATNF is seeking a Finance Officer to provide management accounting and general finance responsibilities during a 12 month replacement for maternity leave. More information.
First Light with the new Mopra Spectrometer (MOPS)
October 20, 2005
As part of a major upgrade program, a new millimetre receiver system and backend system have just been installed at Mopra. The backend produces two 8-GHz bandwidth IFs from each […]
Telescope bigger than Earth nets international award
October 13, 2005
On 16 October a team including ATNF scientist Dr David Jauncey will receive a prestigious international award for creating a telescope bigger than the Earth. More information.
ATCA calibrator list update
October 13, 2005
The positions of 86 of the ATCA calibrators have been updated on 12 October with improved determinations. Observers with multi-epoch observations that span 12 October may need to do some […]
2006 ATNF Teacher Workshops
October 13, 2005
Bookings are now open for two 2006 ATNF teacher workshops in astronomy. Our popular three-day “Astronomy from the Ground Up!” workshop is at the Parkes radio telescope Friday 19 May […]
Cheap Aussie telescope captures world’s biggest solar flare
October 3, 2005
Using a “simple” 20 MHz interferometer, ATNF staff have made unique measurements of the 5 November 2003 solar flare. More information.