ATCA array reconfiguration

December 10, 2024

“It takes a village to raise a child” and it takes a dedicated team of technical and engineering staff to move the ATCA antennas from one array configuration to the […]

ATCA array reconfiguration

December 9, 2024

Observing with the ATCA can be undertaken from almost anywhere with a reliable internet connection, but it is still possible to observe on-site at the telescope. Recently, a group of […]

The CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive

December 6, 2024

The CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive (CRAIA) contains over 20,000 digital assets including images, documents, audio and film ranging in date from the early 1940’s to the present day, preserving […]

ATNF website refresh

December 5, 2024

A refreshed ATNF website was launched yesterday! The new site provides not just a new look and feel, but improved structure, updated content and much better accessibility. And it re-establishes […]

ATNF Colloquium – Prospects for Fundamental Physics from Line Intensity Mapping

December 4, 2024

Bryan Scott (CIERA, Northwestern University) Abstract: Line Intensity Mapping (LIM) is a technique for quickly performing surveys of large volumes at many frequencies but at low spatial resolution. These large survey […]

ATNF Colloquium – Gas-Rich Galaxies as Cosmological Probes

December 3, 2024

Kristine Spekkens (Queen’s University in Canada) Abstract: The atomic gas (HI) content of nearby galaxies provides important insight into how they form and evolve within the standard cosmology. In this talk, […]

A trial of commercial HPC for the LMC – by Kemp et al.

December 2, 2024

Kemp et al. describe a trial the use of commercial high performance computing (HPC) for a large scale processing task in astronomy — processing data from the GASKAP-HI pilot surveys. […]

The annotated LMC – by Livingston et al.

November 29, 2024

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a low-mass irregular galaxy, interacting with the Milky Way (MW) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The figure above, from a recent paper by […]

COALAS at cosmic noon – by Pérez-Martínez et al.

November 28, 2024

“Cosmic noon” refers to the epoch in the history of the Universe when star formation and black hole growth peaked. It occurred roughly 2 to 3 billion years after the […]

ATNF Colloquium – A 17m ASKAP antenna?

November 27, 2024

John Bunton (CSIRO) Abstract: ASKAP currently has a survey speed that is similar to MeerKAT. In the SKA era, it will become uncompetitive. Currently, research on a better-performing PAF is […]

Local HI Absorption towards the Magellanic Cloud foreground using ASKAP – by Nguyen et al.

November 26, 2024

Neutral atomic hydrogen (HI), the most abundant gas in the interstellar medium (ISM), plays a crucial role in the evolution and dynamics of the ISM in galaxies. It provides the […]

Nesting kestrels

November 25, 2024

One of the antenna dishes at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) is hosting a family of Nankeen Kestrels, with two young juveniles. The Nankeen Kestrel is a slender […]