Parkes telescope finds new kind of cosmic object
February 16, 2006
A team of astronomers from the UK, USA, Australia, Italy and Canada using the CSIRO Parkes radio telescope in eastern Australia has found a new kind of cosmic object: small, […]
Teacher Workshop in Geraldton, WA.
February 15, 2006
ATNF in conjunction with the Office of Science and Innovation of the Government of Western Australia, Scitech and Astronomy WA will be running a workshop for school teachers in astronomy. […]
Employment Opportunity: Applications Developer/Web Master
February 3, 2006
Job Ref: 2006/140 The Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) is seeking a highly motivated professional to develop and maintain web-based software applications and databases that are used by astronomers who […]
Career opportunity: Mopra scientist
January 20, 2006
An opportunity exists for a scientist to assist in the development of the Mopra Observatory. For suitably qualified individuals, a proportion of time will be available for personal research. More […]
Australian SKA Planning Office Newsletter – Issue 4 available
January 19, 2006
The fourth issue of the Australian SKA Planning Office Newsletter is now available More information.
Employment Opportunity – Officer in Charge, Narrabri Observatory
December 22, 2005
The ATNF has an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified candidate for the position of Officer in Charge of the Narrabri Observatory which has world standing in radio astronomy. The […]
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 […]