ASKAP Update for March

March 21, 2022

The ASKAP update for March focused on preparation for full scale testing on Setonix Phase I and also reports on RACS (Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey) and Pilot Surveys Phase II […]

The ATCA at sunset

March 18, 2022

The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), at Narrabri in northern NSW, features 22m diameter antennas that can be moved along rail tracks to place them in different array configurations. Currently, […]

The merging galaxy cluster Abell 3266 – by Duchesne et al.

March 17, 2022

Duchesne et al. present new low-frequency (88–216 MHz) Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) observations of the complex merging galaxy cluster Abell 3266 and combine these with ASKAP RACS-low data. They detect […]

ATNF Colloquium – Tracing the first massive black hole seeds and their merger-driven growth with the Zwicky Transient Facility

March 16, 2022

Charlotte Ward (University of Maryland) Abstract: Over the last 3 years, the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) has demonstrated the capability of wide-field time-domain surveys to discover the important black hole […]

The shell-less Supernova Remnant B0532-67.5 – by Li et al.

March 15, 2022

Li et al. have used archival ASKAP data to study the Supernova Remnant SNR B0532-67.5 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). SNR B0532-67.5 was first reported by Mathewson et al. […]

2022 Pawsey Medal awarded to Keith Bannister

March 14, 2022

Outstanding contributions to science were recognised last week by the Australian Academy of Science, with 20 of Australia’s leading scientists being honoured, including the award of the 2022 Pawsey Medal […]

Funding for the Parkes Visitor Centre

March 11, 2022

Last week the Parkes radio-telescope, Murriyang, was used as the backdrop for an announcement of funding from the NSW Regional Tourism Activation Fund. The Deputy Premier, and Minister for Regional […]

ASKAP looking up

March 10, 2022

As noted in a previous ADAP , ASKAP antennas are pretty big when you get up close to them! This photo from below shows the back-up supporting structure to the […]

ATNF Colloquium – A radio-loud magnetar with an identity crisis

March 9, 2022

Marcus Lower (CSIRO Space & Astronomy) Abstract: Magnetars are a rare class of highly magnetised neutron star. They are the primary source of local gamma-ray bursts and are speculated to […]

International Women’s Day 2022

March 8, 2022

International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The theme of this year’s Day is Break The Bias : […]

Power To Shine

March 7, 2022

CSIRO has participated in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras since 2019 . The overall theme of this year’s Mardi Gras was “United We Shine” and, with costumes paying […]

More Solar System adventures with RACS-high – E. Lenc (CSIRO Space and Astronomy)

March 4, 2022

Now that ASKAP has completed the first pass of RACS-high observations we have begun to perform a health-check of the data. As with RACS-low , and RACS-mid , this involved […]