ATCA reflection

July 13, 2022

When the Australia Telescope Compact Array is is one of its more compact array configurations, it is possible to capture the reflection of antennas in one of the windows of […]

ATCA joey

July 12, 2022

A baby wallaby or kangaroo is called a joey. Newborn joeys are highly underdeveloped — hairless and blind. They are able to make their way from the birth canal to […]

ATCA antennas framed

July 11, 2022

A previous ADAP has described the the data transmission system of the old Culgoora Radioheliograph, which consisted of 96 13-m diameter dishes spaced around a circle of 3km diameter. A […]

NAIDOC week

July 7, 2022

NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and […]

ATNF Colloquium – USQ’s Mount Kent Observatory:Australia’s Newest Exoplanet Machine

July 6, 2022

Rob Wittenmyer (USQ) Abstract: In the past five years, the University of Southern Queensland’s Mount Kent Observatory has undergone a dramatic expansion to become Australia’s leading exoplanet observatory. The MINERVA-Australia […]

Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky

July 5, 2022

The IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference (CPS) coordinates collaborative multidisciplinary international efforts with institutions and individuals and works across multiple […]

ASA’s Peter McGregor Prize awarded to ASKAP Team

July 4, 2022

The Peter McGregor Prize is awarded by the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) in recognition of the design, invention or improvement of astronomical instrumentation and associated software techniques that have […]

…and MAVERIC – by Tudor et al.

July 1, 2022

Globular clusters are stable, tightly bound clusters of tens of thousands to millions of stars. They are associated with all types of galaxies and within our Galaxy they are found […]