Parkes, the gift that keeps on giving

November 13, 2015

The above picture is one of several in this lovely article on CSIRO’s Parkes Telescope by Helen Sim from 14 Oct 2013.

HI tidal tails, bridges and clouds

November 12, 2015

by Bärbel Koribalski (CASS) Neutral hydrogen gas (HI) is abundant in most galaxies, but it is also found well outside their stellar envelopes where it contributes to the intergalactic medium. […]

ATNF Colloquium – The importance of the Earth’s atmosphere propagation medium effects on radio astronomical observations

November 11, 2015

by Maria Rioja (UWA/CASS) Abstract. The Earth’s atmosphere leaves its fingerprints on the incoming radiation waves which are observed from ground telescopes. These propagation effects are manifested in very distinct […]

2015 Bolton and Student Symposium

November 10, 2015

CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science invites the astronomical research community to attend and submit presentations for this year’s joint Bolton and Student Symposium , held on the 2nd December 2015. […]

Phased Array Feed Workshop 2015

November 9, 2015

by Aaron Chippendale (CASS) Thank you NRC-DRAO for a fantastic “Phased Array Feed Workshop 2015” . It’s been great to hear from several diverse groups from around the globe working […]

New feedhorn design ?

November 8, 2015

“Sculpture by the Sea” is an annual event in Sydney, where one hundred weird and wonderful scultpures are exhibited along the cliff path from Bondi to Tamarama beach. Among these […]

Luneburg lens array patch

November 7, 2015

Four hundred Luneburg lenses, 5-m in diameter, would provide the same collecting area as a 100-m single dish (as explained by Peter Hall in this 1999 article ). – The […]

Remember Luneburg lenses ?

November 6, 2015

This image shows a 90-cm diameter Luneburg lens and small focal plane array being tested in the CSIRO’s Marsfield near-field test facility many years ago. – For more details see […]

First 16-beam image with ASKAP MkII PAFs

November 5, 2015

by the ASKAP team In the latest ASKAP Update No 8 , Maxim Voronkov, Adan Hotan, John Reynolds, and Dave McConnell report the first radio images from ASKAP using its […]

ATNF Colloquium – Astrochemistry in external galaxies: how to use molecules as probes of dense gas

November 4, 2015

by Serena Viti (University College London) Abstract. It is now well established that chemistry in external galaxies is rich and complex. In this talk I will show how molecular emission […]

Deep Radio and X-Ray observations of Pictor A

November 3, 2015

by Emil Lenc (CAASTRO, SIfA, University of Sydney) A study of deep observations of Pictor A in radio with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and in X-rays with the […]

ASKAP team members proud of their CSIRO medal

November 2, 2015

It takes a large team to carry out a big project like ASKAP. The above photos show just a few of the many engineers and scientists receiving the CSIRO 2015 […]