ASKAP-12 hydrogen maps of the galaxy IC 5201

September 30, 2016

by the ASKAP team The ASKAP HI spectral-line data processing working group (led by Karen Lee-Waddell, CASS, and Attila Popping, UWA) together with the ASKAP engineers, the ASKAP computing group […]

Pulsars: gamma-ray detected or not ?

September 29, 2016

by Simon Johnston (CASS) Rookyard et al. have explored why some high energy pulsars emit gamma-rays while others do not. The figure shows the spin-down energy of a radio pulsar […]

ATNF Colloquium – Radio detection of high-energy cosmic rays

September 28, 2016

by Justin Bray (University of Manchester) Abstract. High-energy cosmic rays, when they interact in a medium such as the terrestrial atmosphere or the lunar regolith, produce a cascade of particles […]

Visitors at the FAST Opening

September 27, 2016

by Douglas Bock (CASS) Construction of the Chinese Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) has been completed, and the Opening Ceremony was on held on 26 Sep 2016. FAST […]

Farewell to Matthew Kerr !

September 26, 2016

by Simon Johnston (CASS) Today we say farewell to Matthew Kerr who has completed his 3-year postdoctoral fellowship at CASS. Matthew has been a key member of the pulsar group […]

Spring at the Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory

September 23, 2016

by Brett Hiscock (CASS) It’s springtime and the Murchison Shire is covered in beds of colorful flowers. The installation of more Phased-Array Feeds (PAFs) on ASKAP telescopes continues; we are […]

Receiver change at the Parkes Dish

September 22, 2016

by Lucero Uscanga (Universidad de Guanajuato) Here two more pictures of my first time in Parkes , August 2011, witnessing a receiver change first hand. In this case the Ku-band […]

ATNF Colloquium – Fast Radio Bursts, video game cards, and the largest telescope in the Southern Hemishphere

September 21, 2016

by Chris Flynn (Swinburne Uni) Abstract. The UTMOST project is the Swinburne University University of Sydney ANU upgrade of the Molonglo Radio Synthesis Telescope, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. […]

My first visit of the Parkes Dish

September 20, 2016

by Lucero Uscanga (Universidad de Guanajuato) Here a few pictures of my first time in Parkes, August 2011. I was collaborating with Philippe Bendjoya, Jose F. Gomez and Olga Suarez […]

Wet season at the ATCA

September 19, 2016

by Jamie Stevens (CASS) With more than 200 mm of rain over the past 60 days, which is more than double the long-term average for this time of the year, […]

On route to ASKAP: Sturt’s Desert Pea

September 16, 2016

by Brett Hiscock (CASS) It’s springtime and the Murchison Shire is teaming with flowers and wildlife. Here a close up the first Sturt’s Desert Pea spotted on route to the […]

Hovermap of the 64-m Parkes Telescope

September 15, 2016

by Phil Edwards (CASS) The image above is a snapshot from a video made by members of the Autonomous Systems Laboratory of CSIRO’s Data 61. The video is a fly-through […]