Supercomputing resources secured for ASKAP Early Science
December 16, 2015
CSIRO has teamed up with leading scientists from the ASKAP early science projects to secure 750,000 core hours of processing time on the largest research supercomputer in the Southern Hemisphere. […]
Exotic pulsar theories confirmed with BETA
December 14, 2015
The latest paper to be published from ASKAP has used commissioning data to confirm theoretical predictions of an exotic intermittent pulsar almost 6,000 light years away. The paper, A pilot […]
Australia welcomes the SKA to the ‘ideas boom’
December 9, 2015
On Monday 7 December, the Australian Government took an important step towards hosting the SKA when the Prime Minister announced a provisional funding allocation for the project as part of […]
Progress surges ahead on MRO power solutions
December 1, 2015
The Mid West outback region of Western Australia may be the ideal site to build highly sensitive radio telescopes, but the challenges of building a scientific facility in such a […]
Tackling the SKA engineering challenges of tomorrow, today
November 10, 2015
Representatives from CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science are attending the second annual SKA Engineering Meeting this week in Penticton, Canada, where over 200 engineers have gathered to consider the engineering […]
Now available: 3TB astronomy data for public discovery
November 5, 2015
An initial production release of ASKAP demonstration data has today been made available by the CSIRO ASKAP Data Science Archive (CASDA) team, a vital step in preparation for the start […]
First multibeam image for ASKAP’s newest receivers
November 2, 2015
Early commissioning trials of four ASKAP antennas installed with the second generation (Mk II) phased array feed receivers have resulted in the first multi-beam image for the ASKAP team. The […]
ASKAP team wins CSIRO’s highest honour
October 28, 2015
The team behind CSIROs newest radio telescope, the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), has won the 2015 Chairmans Medal at the CSIRO Awards ceremony held today in Canberra. The […]
Workshop takes a team approach towards the SKA1 in Western Australia
October 23, 2015
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) this week welcomed over 60 attendees to a seminar to discuss the engineering, science planning, and […]
Planning for ASKAP Early Science taken to the next level
October 13, 2015
Over 70 astronomers gathered at Marsfield on Thursday 8 October for a community workshop to focus on ASKAP Early Science. The workshop explored the scope, implementation and expected science outcomes […]
SKA Key Science Projects on the agenda
October 13, 2015
On Friday 9 October, Australian astronomers gathered to discuss and prepare for the Key Science Projects (KSP) of the international Square Kilometre Array telescope project. The informal community meeting was […]
Publication of Mk II phased array feed performance
September 8, 2015
A paper presenting the measured sensitivity of CSIRO’s first Mk II phased array feed (PAF) on an ASKAP antenna has been accepted for publication in the 2015 International Conference on […]