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ATNF Colloquium – Radio continuum emission from very massive galaxies

November 20, 2024

Michael Brown (Monash) Abstract: Some of the first radio continuum radio sources to be identified were powerful radio-loud active galactic nuclei in very massive elliptical galaxies such as M87. As […]

ASKAP Update for November

November 19, 2024

The ASKAP Update for November reports on survey progress, mid-band observing priority, the next call for ATNF observing proposals, and ASKAP’s presence at the Perth Astrofest. The figure above is […]

The Curated ATCA Census of High-Mass Clumps (CACHMC) Legacy Survey – by Allingham et al.

November 18, 2024

Allingham et al. have used the ATCA to study the structure and temperature distribution within high-mass star-forming clumps in our Galaxy as part of the Curated ATCA Census of High-Mass […]

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Perth Astrofest 2024

November 15, 2024

The Perth Astrofest was held last weekend, with a crowd estimated at over 6,000 in attendance. As usual, there were stalls, talks, demonstrations and telescope viewing throughout the evening. The […]

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75th anniversary of CSIRAC

November 14, 2024

A celebration is being held today to mark the 75th anniversary of Australia’s first stored-program computer, the CSIR Mk1 (later CSIRAC), which ran its first program in November 1949. Also […]

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ATNF Colloquium – SHORES: Serendipitous H-ATLAS-fields Observations of Radio Extragalactic Sources with the ATCA

November 13, 2024

Meriem Behiri (SISSA) Abstract: In this presentation, we explore the advantages of integrating data from the radio to the far-infrared (FIR) spectrum for characterizing dusty star-forming galaxies (DS-FGs). These galaxies […]

X-ray and Radio Campaign of the Z-source GX 340+0 – by Bhargava et al.

November 12, 2024

Bhargava et al. present results from simultaneous observations of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary and Z-source, GX 340+0, with X-ray satellites IXPE, NICER, AstroSat, and Insight-HXMT, and radio telescopes […]

The Early Radio Afterglow of Short GRB 230217A – by Anderson et al.

November 11, 2024

Anderson et al. present the radio afterglow of short gamma-ray burst (GRB) 230217A, which was detected less than 1 day after the gamma-ray prompt emission with the ATCA and the […]

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“There was no up, there was no down”

November 8, 2024

The @CanberraDSN X (formerly twitter) feed recently posted the image above, which shows a horizon to horizon view of the 70m Deep Space Station 43 antenna (at top) communicating with […]

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The 1982 Southern Hemisphere VLBI Experiment

November 7, 2024

A Science Workshop on southern hemisphere VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) was held on 30 October 2024 in Perth and on-line, to focus on southern hemisphere VLBI science and its […]

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SKAO 2023 Annual Report

November 6, 2024

The SKA Observatory’s 2023 Annual Report is now available, chronicling a year that saw substantial progress across the Observatory, including the deployment of the first infrastructure for the two SKA […]

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Germany becomes the SKAO’s newest member

November 5, 2024

The SKA Observatory has welcomed Germany as its newest member state. Germany now joins Australia, Canada, China, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and United Kingdom as full […]

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