Welcome Barnali Das

July 24, 2023

Barnali Das recently joined CSIRO Space & Astronomy, Kensington as a Bolton Research Scientist. She earned her PhD from the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, […]

Stargazing at the Dish – by Franco Di Dio

July 21, 2023

Earlier this month the Parkes Observatory hosted a “Stargazing at The Dish” event with the Central West Astronomical Society (CWAS), which was a success, despite the clouds that started to […]

ASKAP Update for July – by Aidan Hotan

July 20, 2023

The ASKAP update for July includes reports on ongoing survey operations, maintenance activities, data processing and quality (and solar interference in particular) and the SMART (Survey and routine Monitoring of […]

ATNF Colloquium – How to model the Universe in N easy steps (N>>1)

July 19, 2023

Darren Croton (Swinburne) Abstract: Much progress has been made in recent years in our understanding of the co-evolution of galaxies and supermassive black holes, and their connection to the underlying […]

A space boomerang at Parkes

July 18, 2023

A hand-crafted boomerang that travelled into space on the Inspriation4 mission was unveiled at the Parkes Observatory last week. The Space Boomerang was created by Indigenous artist Lewis Burns and […]

Silver Pleiades Award

July 17, 2023

At the recent Annual Science Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Australia, CSIRO Space and Astronomy received a Silver Pleiades award from the ASA’s Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Astronomy […]

The mid-band Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey – by Duchesne et al.

July 14, 2023

Duchesne et al. have recently published the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) at 1367.5 MHz, “RACS-mid”, which covers the whole sky south of a declination of +49 degrees. The images […]

The mid-band Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey – by Duchesne et al.

July 13, 2023

Duchesne et al. have recently published the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) at 1367.5 MHz, “RACS-mid”, which covers the whole sky south of a declination of +49 degrees. The image […]

ATNF Colloquium – Designing and Programming Astronomy Computing Systems for Optimal Power Efficiency and Performance

July 12, 2023

Ophelie Renaud (IETR-INSA, France) Abstract: In this presentation, we address the challenging problem of deploying complex astronomical applications on efficient target architectures. The allocation of resources in such scenarios significantly […]

The mid-band Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey – by Duchesne et al.

July 11, 2023

ASKAP is surveying the sky in three frequency bands across its operational frequency range. The first pass of the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) at 887.5 MHz, “RACS-low”, was completed […]

The mid-band Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey – by Duchesne et al.

July 10, 2023

ASKAP is surveying the sky in three frequency bands across its operational frequency range. The first pass of the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) at 887.5 MHz, “RACS-low”, was completed […]

ATNF Town Hall

July 7, 2023

This week’s Annual Science Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Australia includes plenary and parallel sessions, training workshops, and ASA Chapter and Town Hall meetings. A regular feature of recent […]