Bolton Fellowship 2015

September 9, 2015

by Jill Rathborne (CASS) The Bolton Fellowship is Australia’s longest standing prize fellowship and provides an outstanding opportunity for postdoctoral astronomy research in Australia. This Bolton Fellowship is targeted towards […]

ASKAP Phased-Array Feed with moon

September 8, 2015

by Rob Hollow (CASS) Just past Last Quarter, the Moon visible in the daytime sky flanked by one of the new Mark II Phased-Array Feeds on an ASKAP antenna, Murchison […]

My first ASKAP visit

September 7, 2015

by Bärbel Koribalski (CASS) Seeing the 36 antennas of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) for the first time was a great experience. The number of Phased-Array Feeds (PAFs) is noticebaly […]

Murchison Astrofest

September 6, 2015

by Connie Brem Stargazing at the Murchison Astrofest . – After a wonderful day of activities, talks, great food and chatting with many wonderful people, the clouds (mostly) dispersed and […]

Arrival at Boolardy Station

September 5, 2015

by Bärbel Koribalski (CASS) It’s a long way from Sydney to Boolardy station in WA, but worth every minute of travel. This small plane brought us – that’s Rob Hollow, […]

First image with MkII PAFs on ASKAP

September 4, 2015

by Ant Schinckel (CASS) This is the first MkII PAF single-port image on ASKAP, taken by Maxim Voronkov and Aidan Hotan. The target is PKS 1934-638, one of the strongest […]

ATLAS Third Data Release

September 3, 2015

by Thomas Franzen (ICRAR/UCurtin) The Australia Telescope Large Area Survey (ATLAS) is a deep 1.4 GHz radio continuum survey with ATCA. The third ATLAS data release combines observations taken between […]

ATNF Colloquium – Tightening the belt: Constraining the mass and evolution in SDC335

September 2, 2015

by Adam Avison (University of Manchester) ALMA Cycle 0 observations identified one of the most massive star-forming cores observed in the Milky Way. Situated within the IRDC SDC335.579-0.292 this core, […]

Local observers at the ATCA

September 1, 2015

The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) , located at the Paul Wild Observatory and operated by CSIRO, is an array of six 22-m antennas used for radio astronomy. It is […]

Life-cycle of gas in galaxies: A Local Perspective

August 31, 2015

by Tom Oosterloo (ASTRON) This week, about 100 astronomers gather in Dwingeloo, the Netherlands, to discuss the latest results from studies of the atomic hydrogen gas in nearby galaxies. Gas […]

Radio Astronomy at Dover Heights

August 30, 2015

by Jessica Chapman (CASS) Dover Heights in the eastern suburbs of Sydney was the site of remarkable discoveries in radio astronomy in the post-war years. In the mid-1940s very little […]

Launching the new WALLABY logo

August 29, 2015

by Tobias Westmeier (ICRAR/UWA) With the start of ASKAP early-science observations approaching, the WALLABY team today launches its new, official logo that will help to increase the survey’s visibility within […]