Three ASKAP core antennas pointing

July 24, 2015

by Tobias Westmeier (ICRAR/UWA) ASA participants inspect some of the ASKAP core antennas with both Mk1 and Mk2 Phased-Array Feeds (PAFs) shown pointing at the same source for the very […]

Good news for Parkes Telescope

July 23, 2015

by Brett Preisig (CASS) A great article in the Parkes Champion-Post describes the recent news for the CSIRO 64-m Parkes Dish. Our wonderful radio telescope is in high demand by […]

ATNF Colloquium – New insights into how the galaxy-black hole connection works

July 22, 2015

by Kevin Schawinski (ETH Zurich) Massive galaxies are broadly split into those forming stars on the main sequence, and those which are quiescent. The physical processes by which galaxies quench […]

ATNF Vacation Scholarships

July 21, 2015

by Rob Hollow (CASS) Applications for the 2015/2016 CASS Undergraduate Vacation Scholarships are now open. Scholars will work on a research project under the supervision of CSIRO staff and visit […]

Star formation in extreme galactic environments

July 20, 2015

by Deidre Hunter (Lowell Observatory) Knots in GALEX FUV images of dwarf galaxies reveal that young star clusters are found out to many disk scale lengths. These are examples of […]

Current and future dwarf galaxy research

July 19, 2015

by Deidre Hunter (Lowell Observatory) Last week astronomers from around Sydney and Perth gathered at CSIRO for a workshop on “HI in Dwarf Galaxies”. A common theme were the insights, […]

Parkes radio searches of Fermi gamma-ray sources and millisecond pulsar discoveries

July 18, 2015

by Fernando Camilo (Columbia University) The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has revolutionized the study of the high-energy universe since its launch in 2008. Many of its discoveries are achieved in […]

ATNF Colloquium – Altitude Bounds in Gamma-Ray Pulsars from Pair Transparency Constraints

July 17, 2015

by Matthew Baring (Rice University) Abstract. The Fermi gamma-ray pulsar database now exceeds 160 sources and has defined an important part of Fermi’s science legacy, providing rich information for the […]

On the neutral gas content of nine new Milky Way satellite galaxy candidates

July 16, 2015

by Tobias Westmeier (ICRAR/UWA) Westmeier et al. (2015) use a new, improved version of the HI Parkes All-Sky Survey (HIPASS) to search for HI emission from nine new, ultra-faint Milky […]

HI in Dwarf Galaxies Workshop, July 15-16, 2015

July 15, 2015

by Megan Johnson (CASS) ATNF is hosting a two day workshop called “HI in Dwarf Galaxies” in honor of distinguished visitor, Dr. Deidre Hunter, the PI of LITTLE THINGS (Hunter […]

Famous radio astronomers

July 14, 2015

Left picture: U.S. radio astronomer Martha Stahr Carpenter (Cornell University) with some of the instrumentation in the receiver hut of the 11m (36 ft) antenna at Potts Hill , during […]

ATNF Colloquium – Grote Reber Medal Lecture: Enabling Technologies for Modern Radio Astronomy

July 13, 2015

by Ron Ekers (CASS) Abstract. 80 years ago Grote Reber started on the path of technical innovation in radio astronomy, including the first use of a large parabolic dish . […]