ASKAP PAF system wins Engineering Excellence award
September 23, 2013
ASKAP’s innovative new receiver technology – the phased array feed (PAF) – has picked up the ‘Innovations and Inventions’ award at the Sydney branch Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony for Engineers […]
ASKAP gains Early Adopter access to supercomputer
September 20, 2013
Recently, the iVEC Pawsey Centre in Perth saw successful installation of its supercomputing facilities – which include partitions for multi-purpose research and real-time processing of radio astronomy data from major […]
Plans underway for CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive
September 6, 2013
While commissioning continues with the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, planning is now also underway for a core computing component – […]
Further phase closure success with ASKAP hardware correlator
July 15, 2013
Just days after the ASKAP team achieved phase closure with three ASKAP antenna systems and the ASKAP hardware correlator in the Sydney workshop, the same commissioning tests were successfully repeated […]
Hardware correlator phase closure clears way to BETA
July 9, 2013
The ASKAP team has made a great step forward in commissioning activities by achieving phase closure with three ASKAP antenna systems and the ASKAP FPGA-based hardware correlator at the CSIRO […]
CSIRO opens Observatory office
July 4, 2013
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science will today open a new support hub in Geraldton, Western Australia, for the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO). This local community event marks the official opening […]
Job Opportunity – Electrical Technician – Power-Control-HVAC
March 29, 2011
An outstanding opportunity has arisen within CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) for a highly motivated and experienced electrical technician. To be considered, you will have an eye for detail […]
Federal Budget: Funds for the Stars of Radio Astronomy
May 13, 2009
Australia’s position as a world leader in radio astronomy has been strengthened with the announcement in the Federal Budget of $80million of funds for the Australian National Centre for SKA […]
Latest auska newsletter now available
April 22, 2009
The latest auSka newsletter is now available at http://www.atnf.csiro.au/news/auska-newsletter in both hi-res and low-res format. Highlights of this issue include: * reports from the recent Intl SKA Forum in Cape […]
Professor Brian Boyle becomes CSIRO SKA Director
February 4, 2009
Professor Brian Boyle, ATNF Director, will take up the new position of CSIRO SKA Director from 9 February 2009. More information.
auSka newsletter 21 now available
December 7, 2008
The latest auSka newsletter is now avialable at www.atnf.csiro.au/news/auska-newsletter (click on More Information below). It can be downloaded as either a hi-resolution or low-resolution pdf, or read online. More information.
Latest International SKA Newsletter available
August 4, 2008
The July issue of the Interntional SKA Newsletter is now available. The International SKA publishes a newsletter in January and July each year, with submissions from member countries as well […]