Parkes Telescope’s 42nd Birthday

November 12, 2021

Recent ADAPs have celebrated the 60th birthday of the Parkes 64m radio telescope, which a year ago this week was given the Wiradjuri name Murriyang . The image above however […]

HI absorption detection in front of a lobe of the bright radio galaxy PKS0409-75 at z~0.7 – by Elizabeth Mahony

November 11, 2021

In preparation for the First Large Absorption line survey in HI absorption (FLASH) to be carried out with ASKAP, Mahony et al. recently published a pilot study searching for 21-cm […]

ATNF Colloquium – An Interview with an Intermediate-Mass Black Hole: Gravitational-Wave Signal GW190521

November 10, 2021

Isobel Romero-Shaw (Monash University/OzGrav) Abstract: On the 21st of May, 2019, gravitational-wave observatories LIGO and Virgo detected something we had never seen before. The short signal they captured — more […]

Parkes Pulsar Data Published in CSIRO’s Data Access Portal for 2021APRS – by Lawrence Toomey

November 9, 2021

CSIRO’s Data Access Portal contains the most comprehensive archive of pulsar data globally, with over 1.9 Petabytes from the Parkes radio telescope available for download. The DAP is VO compatible […]

Welcome Marcus Lower

November 8, 2021

We welcome Marcus Lower, who has joined CSIRO Space and Astronomy as a Research Plus Postdoc in Marsfield. Marcus recently submitted his PhD on “Exploring the magnetospheric and rotational properties […]

Parkes 60th Anniversary

November 5, 2021

The Parkes telescope’s 60th birthday was celebrated on Monday with the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the telescope’s National Heritage listing. The event included the cutting of a 60th birthday […]

2021 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year

November 4, 2021

Keith Bannister was last night awarded the 2021 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year. Keith was recognised for his pioneering research into fast radio bursts (FRBs) using […]

ATNF Colloquium – Commensal searches for variable radio sources with MeerKAT

November 3, 2021

Laura Driessen (S&A, CSIRO) Abstract: New wide-field, sensitive radio instruments are enabling us to search and investigate the dynamic radio sky like never before. Previous untargeted radio searches in the […]

Parkes 60th Anniversary

November 2, 2021

The Parkes telescope’s 60th birthday was celebrated yesterday with the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the telescope’s National Heritage listing. The image above shows Program Director for ATNF Operations (and […]

Parkes 60th Anniversary

November 1, 2021

Although the Parkes telescope’s 60th birthday was yesterday, the party is today! The Parkes 60th webpage , collecting contributions from current and former staff and observers, is continuing to grow […]