ASKAP SPICE-RACS – by Thomson et al.

October 31, 2023

Thomson et al. have introduced the Spectral and Polarisation in Cutouts of Extragalactic sources from the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (SPICE-RACS). In their first data release, they image 30 RACS-low […]

ASKAP SPICE-RACS – by Thomson et al.

October 30, 2023

The wide area, high angular resolution, and broad bandwidth provided by the low-band Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS-low) has allowed the production of a next-generation rotation measure (RM) grid across […]

CARTA visualisation tool now available in CASDA – by Minh Huynh

October 27, 2023

Cube Analysis and Rendering Tool for Astronomy (CARTA) , is a next generation image visualization and analysis tool designed for large images and cubes. The CASDA (CSIRO ASKAP Science Data […]

Characterizing Pulsars Detected in the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey – by Anumarlapudi et al.

October 26, 2023

Anumarlapudi et al. present the detection of 661 known pulsars observed with the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope at 888 MHz as a part of the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey […]

ATNF Colloquium – Radio observations of the giant planets: from the ground and up-close

October 25, 2023

Chris M. Moeckel (Berkeley) Abstract: The vertical distribution and evolution of trace gases in planetary atmospheres are key observables for understanding the dynamics of the atmosphere. Radio observations, such as […]

WALLABY observations of Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies – by For et al.

October 24, 2023

Low-surface-brightness (LSB) galaxies have been known for decades, and with the advancement of optical imaging instruments and search techniques, a large population of extreme LSB galaxies has recently been uncovered. […]

CSIRO’s Marine National Facility

October 23, 2023

The Australia Telescope National Facility is not CSIRO’s only National Facility! The RV Investigator is Australia’s flagship ocean research vessel and supports a wide range of marine research, from the […]

ATNF Science Retreat

October 20, 2023

The ATNF Science program with CSIRO Space and Astronomy held a retreat this week in Hobart. Representatives from other research programs within Space and Astronomy were also invited, and the […]

Parkes Pulsar Data Published in CSIRO’s Data Access Portal for 2023APRS – by Lawrence Toomey

October 19, 2023

CSIRO’s Data Access Portal (https://data.csiro.au/) contains the most comprehensive archive of pulsar data globally, with over 4 Petabytes from the Parkes radio telescope, Murriyang, available for download. The DAP is […]

ASKAP Update for October

October 18, 2023

The ASKAP update for October reports on survey progress, ingest cluster maintenance and several new science data processing software features. ASKAP’s feature is its wide field-of-view enabled by its Phased […]

Welcome Jane Kaczmarek

October 17, 2023

Jane Kaczmarek is returning to the Parkes Observatory as the Senior Systems Scientist and bringing her love of everything “radio telescopes” with her. Jane was first at Parkes Observatory as […]

Celebration of the Molonglo radio-telescope

October 16, 2023

No celebration is complete without cake, and last week’s celebration of Molonglo’s history and achievments was no exception! Since opening in 1965, the University of Sydney’s Molonglo radio telescope has […]