Simultaneous observations of an RRAT with the MWA and Parkes – by Meyers et al.

September 17, 2019

Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs) are a type of pulsar characterised by their sporadic bursting emission of single pulses on time scales of minutes to hours. In addition to the difficulty […]

Storms at the ATCA

September 16, 2019

The image above is of a thunderstorm near Narrabri. The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) site was initially established as the site for the Culgoora Radio-heliograph , and the top […]

Quasi-periodic X-ray bursts from a nearby galaxy – by Miniutti et al.

September 13, 2019

In a paper published in Nature this week, Miniutti et al. report on quasi-periodic X-ray bursts from a low mass black hole galactic nucleus. XMM-Newton, the most sensitive X-ray observatory, […]

Radio bursts from from a nearby star – by Zic et al.

September 12, 2019

Stars classified as active M-dwarfs are known to produce bursts of radio emission, and multi-wavelength studies have shown that magnetic activity, similar to that observed on the Sun, occurs in […]

ATNF Colloquium – Efficient Computation of Timing Residuals Induced by Eccentric Black Hole Binaries

September 11, 2019

Abhimanyu Susobhanan (Tata Institute) Abstract: Individual Super-massive Black Hole Binaries in non-circular orbits are possible nanohertz gravitational wave (GW) sources for pulsar timing arrays. We develop an accurate and efficient […]

Countdown to ASKAP Survey Science – by Karen Lee-Waddell

September 10, 2019

To show ASKAP’s ability to image a complex field in three dimensions, the WALLABY team took spectral line observations of a region in the Eridanus constellation. This target field is […]

Countdown to ASKAP Survey Science

September 9, 2019

The countdown to ASKAP-36 full survey science is a campaign designed to share the telescope’s final commissioning milestones with the astro-community and our partners. The process of bringing to life […]

MWA solar imaging – by McCauley et al.

September 6, 2019

McCauley et al. present spectropolarimetric imaging observations of the solar corona at low frequencies (80 – 240 MHz) using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). A new algorithm was developed to […]

ASKAP EMU Pilot Survey underway – by Aidan Hotan

September 5, 2019

The ASKAP pilot survey program was designed to test strategies that have been developed by ASKAP’s science teams and determine the telescope’s readiness for full-scale surveys. Each survey team has […]

ATNF Colloquium – Measurement of the luminosity function of Fast Radio Bursts

September 4, 2019

Rui Luo (CASS) Abstract: Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are millisecond radio flashes with unknown origins yet. In this talk, I will present our work on the measurement of FRB luminosity […]

Monitoring AAVS at the MRO

September 3, 2019

The Aperture Array Verification System (AAVS) is the testbed for the SKA consortium, to evaluate equipment and confirm the performance of antennas before the rollout of the full SKA-Low. Located […]

Acknowledging traditional owners

September 2, 2019

In June, a ceremony acknowledging the traditional owners of the Marsfield site , the Wallamuttagal people, took place with the unveiling of a plaque displaying the CSIRO Boomerang motif. The […]