First light of the Parkes ultra-wide-band receiver

August 15, 2017

by George Hobbs (CASS) As part of the ultra-wide-band testing we processed 1 GHz-wide bands using the existing Parkes down-conversion system and the Parkes Digital Filterbank (PDFB4). The photos show […]

Installation of the ultra-wide-band receiver

August 14, 2017

Photo by Alex Dunning (CASS) Inside the focus cabin of the 64-m Parkes telescope installation of the ultra-wide-band receiver is continuing – thanks to our excellent engineers. The receiver is […]

Installation of the ultra-wide-band receiver

August 11, 2017

by George Hobbs (CASS) An ultra-wide-band receiver was installed for testing at the Parkes telescope on 31st July 2017. The receiver is of a novel design providing a band from […]

What’s hiding under the hood ?

August 10, 2017

Photo by John Sarkissian (CASS) CASS engineers at the 64-m Parkes telescope ready to install a new receiver. What does it look like ? What does it do ? Who […]

ATNF Colloquium

August 9, 2017

KM3NeT: The next generation neutrino telescope by Maarten de Jong (Leiden University) Abstract. The main objectives of the KM3NeT are the discovery and subsequent observation of high-energy neutrino sources in […]

Prospects for discovering pulsars in future continuum surveys using variance imaging

August 8, 2017

by Shi Dai (CASS) Variance imaging with future radio continuum surveys allows us to identify radio pulsars and serves as a complement to conventional pulsar searches which are most sensitive […]

A Massive Dusty Star-forming Galaxy at z = 6.9

August 7, 2017

by Strandet et al. Strandet et al. report the discovery and constrain the physical conditions of the interstellar medium of the highest-redshift millimeter-selected dusty star-forming galaxy to date, SPT0311-58, at […]

Cosmic water fountains

August 4, 2017

by Pérez-Sánchez et al. Some giant stars (which, as they have evolved beyond the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) region of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, are referred to as post-asymptotic giant branch […]

ATNF Colloquium

August 3, 2017

Overview of NARIT and Future Prospects for Astronomy Development in Thailand by Saran Poshyachinda (NARIT) Abstract. Since the establishment of the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) directly under […]

ATNF Colloquium

August 2, 2017

Radio Galaxy Zoo: citizen science, machine learning, and serendipity by Julie Banfield (ANU) Abstract. In this presentation I will provide the science results from the first Radio Galaxy Zoo data […]

SPARCS

August 1, 2017

by George Heald (CASS) The 7th SKA Pathfinder Radio Continuum Science meeting (SPARCS VII: The Precursors Awaken) was held earlier this month in Perth, co-hosted by CASS and ICRAR. The […]