Magnetic and gaseous spiral arms in M83

October 10, 2015

by Matthias Ehle (ESA) Isotropic and anisotropic wavelet transforms are used to decompose the images of the spiral galaxy M83 in various tracers to quantify structures in a range of […]

SKA Key Science workshop summary

October 9, 2015

by Jill Rathborne (CASS) An informal meeting will be held today at CASS to summarise for the Australian community the discussions at the recent SKA Key Science Program (KSP) workshop […]

ASKAP Early Science Community Workshop

October 8, 2015

by Lisa Harvey-Smith (CASS) This workshop will explore the scope, implementation and expected science outcomes of the ASKAP early science project, which is due to begin in 2016. CSIRO ASKAP […]

ATNF Colloquium – 3D precessing jet simulations for radio galaxy Hydra A

October 7, 2015

by Mohammad Nawaz (ANU) We study the structure of an iconic radio source Hydra A focussing on detailed models of the inner 30 kpc of its northern jet. The motivation […]

The Parkes radio telescope at dusk

October 6, 2015

A great collection of ATNF images can be found on our outreach webpages, eg. wallpapers of our telescopes and radio images of galaxies, stars, supernova remnants and planets. Photo credit: […]

Kangaroos and an ATCA antenna

October 5, 2015

A great collection of ATNF images can be found on our outreach webpages, eg. wallpapers of our telescopes and radio images of galaxies, stars, supernova remnants and planets. Photo credit: […]

The super-thin galaxy IC 5249

October 4, 2015

by Phil Yock (UoA) The spiral galaxy IC 5249 is one of several super-thin galaxies seen edge-on. The left image shows our ATCA HI map of IC 5249 overlaid onto […]

Twilight under the stars at the Australia Telescope Compact Array

October 3, 2015

by Karen Hodge (Narrabri) It all happens after sunset at the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) scientific facility near Narrabri, NSW. Credits: Karen Hodge Photography

Hydrogen in the galaxy ESO115-G023

October 2, 2015

by Bärbel Koribalski (CASS) HI spectral line observations deliver large data cubes. One way to represent the information on the distribution and rotation of the neutral hydrogen (HI) emission in […]

V.R.I – the Virtual Radio Interferometer

October 1, 2015

by Bärbel Koribalski (CASS) The Virtual Radio Interferometer (V.R.I.) – a Java applet – allows users to explore the uv-coverage and FFT images resulting from different distributions of telescopes, including […]

Imaging techniques III: the Large Magellanic Cloud

September 30, 2015

by Bärbel Koribalski (CASS) The two images above show the neutral hydrogen (HI) distribution of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a close neighbour of our Milky Way, using data from […]

Imaging techniques II: the galaxy NGC 3621

September 29, 2015

by Bärbel Koribalski (CASS) The three images above show the same HI channel map, ie the hydrogen gas at one particular velocity, of the spiral galaxy NGC 3621 using data […]