The CDSCC 70m antenna, DSS-43
June 20, 2023
The Deep Space Station 43 (DSS-43) antenna at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) was constructed in 1969 to 1973 as a 64-metre diameter antenna. DSS-43, which has the […]
Kerastari conference photo
June 19, 2023
The 2023 Kerastari workshop, Timing and Imaging of compact sources with SKA pathfinders and precursors , is the fifth is a series of meetings held every ~5 years in the […]
ASKAP at sunset
June 16, 2023
Tim Peake is a former ESA astronaut who spent 185 days on the International Space Station (ISS) between December 2015 and June 2016. Peake ran the 2016 London Marathon from […]
Animals and antennas, again
June 15, 2023
Previous ADAPs have noted the attraction that impressive radio-telescope structures have for kangaroos , cows , camels , and wild pigs , amongst other animals. Today’s ADAP continues this theme, […]
Timing and Imaging with SKA pathfinders and precursors
June 14, 2023
The international workshop on Timing and Imaging of compact sources with SKA pathfinders and precursors started yesterday in the village of Kerastari in the ancient region of Arcadia in Greece, […]
Timing and Imaging of compact sources with SKA pathfinders and precursors
June 13, 2023
A series of meetings have been held every ~5 years from 2002 in the village of Kerastari in the ancient region of Arcadia in Greece. This week the June 2023 […]
Filming at Parkes
June 9, 2023
ABC TV’s Catalyst team visited the Parkes Observatory recently to film and interview George Hobbs and Laura Driessen for a documentary investigating the science of sound. Following a tour of […]
ATNF Colloquium – Rotation measure structure functions with higher-order stencils as a probe of small-scale magnetic fluctuations and its application to Magellanic Clouds
June 8, 2023
Amit Seta (ANU) Abstract: Magnetic fields and turbulence are important components of the interstellar medium (ISM) of star-forming galaxies. It is challenging to measure the properties of the small-scale ISM […]
The 2023 PHISCC meeting – by Ivy Wong
June 7, 2023
The 2023 SKA Pathfinder HI Survey Coordination Committee (PHISCC) workshop was held from the March 27-31 in Cape Town, South Africa. Above is the conference photo. The meeting was hosted […]
Tidbinbilla rainbow no. 2
June 6, 2023
The misty rain around the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) last month, which produced the rainbow over DSS-43 in yesterday’s ADAP, lasted long enough to also create this rainbow […]
Tidbinbilla rainbow no. 1
June 5, 2023
Persistent light misty rain around the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) last month resulted in a rainbow nicely framing the 70-metre Deep Space Station (DSS) 43 antenna, “Ballima” . […]
Radio waves from a solar flare
June 2, 2023
A solar flare is an intense localized eruption of electromagnetic radiation in the Sun’s atmosphere. In just a few minutes, solar flares heat material to many millions of degrees and […]
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