154 MHz detection of faint, polarized flares from UV Ceti

February 20, 2017

by Christene Lynch (CAASTRO/USyd) Flaring activity is a common characteristic of magnetically active stars. Flare events produce emission throughout the electromagnetic spectrum, implying a range of physical processes. The number […]

Pulsar braking and the P-Pdot diagram

February 17, 2017

by Simon Johnston (CASS) In a paper recently accepted by MNRAS Johnston & Karastergiou look at how pulsars evolve with time. It is well known that pulsars spin down as […]

ATCA remote observing

February 16, 2017

by Gulay Gurkan Uygun (CASS) Here a happy snapshot of Lucero Uscanga from the University of Guanajuato in Mexico, currently remote observing with CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) from […]

ATNF Colloquium – Understanding star formation in nearby galaxies

February 15, 2017

by Ivy Wong (ICRAR/UWA) Abstract. The Local Universe provides an excellent laboratory for studying the physical processes of star formation and galaxy evolution. In this colloquium, I will present results […]

The Australian SKA Pathfinder

February 14, 2017

by Brett Hiscock (CASS) A total of 30 ASKAP antennas are now equipped with wide-field Phased-Array Feeds (PAFs) – delivering a field of view of 30 sq degr on the […]

LOFAR’s Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS)

February 13, 2017

by George Heald (CASS) LOFAR’s Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS) is the northern-sky analog to the MWA’s GLEAM survey . MSSS has resulted in the discovery and detailed study of […]

ASKAP-16 observing the Sun

February 3, 2017

by Brett Hiscock (CASS) Here the ASKAP-16 array is used to observe the Sun for calibration purposes. A movie of the radio emission from Sun spots was shown ADAP here […]

ASKAP-16 test observations

February 2, 2017

by Brett Hiscock (CASS) On Monday, 23 January, Max and Aidan were driving as many antennas as possible, observing a calibration field to check if everything is working. Nearly 30 […]

Sunset at Boolardy

February 1, 2017

by Brett Hiscock (CASS) A hot summer day at the ASKAP site. This picture was taken at sunset on 22 Dec 2016.

ASKAP observes solar Sun spots

January 31, 2017

by Maxim Voronkov (CASS) During the last commissioning run we briefly had 16 PAF-equipped ASKAP antennas working as an array, ie. four more than in recent ASKAP-12 observations. We decided […]

Star Wars at Gemini South

January 26, 2017

by Manuel Paredes (Gemini) and Juan Madrid (CASS) Gemini South fires the laser of its Adaptive Optics system into the sky. This laser bounces back from the upper layers of […]

ATNF Colloquium – The most relativistic binary pulsar & pulsar searching in the time domain: News from the HTRU-South Low Latitude pulsar survey.

January 25, 2017

by Andrew Cameron (MPIfR Bonn, Germany) Abstract. The HTRU-South Low Latitude pulsar survey represents the most sensitive blind pulsar survey taken of the southern Galactic plane to date. With long […]