Workshops for Victorian Physics Teachers
January 11, 2005
Date: Wednesday 9 February 2005 Location: Monash University, Clayton, VIC Our Education Officer, Rob Hollow will be running two workshops at the STAV & AIP VCE Physics Teachers’ Conference in […]
ATNF Telescopes to Take Part in Huygens Space-Probe Experiment
January 11, 2005
On 14 January 2005, radio telescopes of CSIRO and other Australian institutions will help pinpoint the location of the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe as it plunges through the clouds […]
Double pulsar discovery makes Science’s ‘top ten’ of 2004
December 23, 2004
The discovery of the first-known double pulsar system, made with CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope, has been named by the journal ‘Science’ as one of the top ten breakthroughs of 2004. […]
Australian telescopes to take part in Huygens space-probe experiment
December 9, 2004
On 14 January 2005, radio telescopes of CSIRO and other Australian institutions will help pinpoint the location of the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe as it plunges through the clouds […]
Australia Telescope Online Archive released
December 3, 2004
We are pleased to announce the public release of the Australia Telescope Online Archive. This provides access to the Australia Telescope Compact Array archive data files (uncalibrated) for observations taken […]
Employment Opportunity: Technical Officers (two positions)
November 22, 2004
Two Electronics Technical Officers are required to assemble, maintain, test and install radioastronomy instrumentation. Applicants must be able to demonstrate capabilities that would allow them to work effectively in a […]
“Cosmology in the Classroom” Teacher Workshops
November 4, 2004
Date: 27 November 2004 Location: UTS Sydney, STANSW Annual Conference. Our Education Officer, Robert Hollow, will be presenting two workshop sessions on the effective teaching of Cosmology concepts at the […]
ATNF Telescope Applications for 2005 APRS
November 1, 2004
Applications for observing time are now invited for the 2005 APRIL semester for the following telescopes: Australia Telescope Compact Array Parkes radio telescope Mopra radio telescope Tidbinbilla 70-m antenna VLBI […]
Bug in Miriad mosaicing software for recent data
October 29, 2004
A significant bug related to mosaicing (or primary beam correcting) of specific recent data has been uncovered in Miriad. The bug will affect data when all of the following apply: […]
Employment Opportunity: Postdoctoral Scientist – Astronomical Data Analysis
October 22, 2004
CSIROÂ’s Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) seeks to fill a Postdoctoral position in a team developing software applications for radio astronomy. This position is to develop software that can automatically, […]
Radio Astronomy at Dover Heights
October 18, 2004
Date: 23 October Location: Macquarie University, Building E7B Time: from 6pm (talk starts around 7:30 pm) Rodney Reserve, on the cliff tops at Dover Heights in the eastern suburbs of […]
Sport in Space Winners
October 18, 2004
We are delighted to announce the results of our Sport in Space Competition during National Science Week 2004. Entries were received from across Australia. The winners and runners up in […]