A star-forming disc in the host galaxy of a hyper-luminous supermassive black hole

June 14, 2015

by Amy Kimball (CASS) The 1900-GHz carbon line is an excellent tracer of gas dynamics in distant galaxies because of its very high luminosity. Observing this line is one of […]

Two new Phased-Array Feeds on ASKAP

June 13, 2015

by Aidan Hotan (CASS) Here is a photo of ASKAP antennas 4 and 5 with their newly installed Mk II Phased-Array Feeds (PAFs). When we can turn on the power […]

MAGMA: The Magellanic Mopra Assessment

June 12, 2015

by Tony Wong (University of Illinois) MAGMA is a CO mapping survey of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds using the 22-m Mopra Telescope of the Australia Telescope National Facility […]

The AT 20 GHz Survey

June 11, 2015

by Ron Ekers (CASS) The AT20G Survey is a blind 20 GHz survey of the entire southern sky with Galactic latitude |b| > 1.5 degrees. Observations were carried out using […]

HOPS – the H2O Southern Galactic Plane Survey

June 10, 2015

by Andrew Walsh (Curtin University) HOPS used the 22-m Mopra telescope to survey multiple spectral lines across the inner Galaxy. This image shows water masers as bright spots. Over 500 […]

Newgrange Kerbstone K1 – The Entrance Stone

June 9, 2015

by Simon Johnston (CASS) Newgrange is a prehistoric monument in County Meath, Ireland, located about one kilometre north of the River Boyne. It was built during the Neolithic period around […]

The Australia Telescope Compact Array

June 8, 2015

The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) , located at the Paul Wild Observatory and operated by CSIRO, is an array of six 22-m antennas used for radio astronomy. It is […]

Galaxy pair with huge tidal tails

June 7, 2015

by Bärbel Koribalski (CASS) The hydroden distribution and velocity field of the merging galaxy pair NGC 4038/9 , also known as `The Antennae’. The radio data were taken with CSIRO’s […]

International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA) – 2015 meeting

June 6, 2015

by Matthew Kerr (CASS) The annual meeting of the IPTA (International Pulsar Timing Array), hosted by the ATNF, will take place in the beautiful Blue Mountains of New South Wales, […]

ASKAP Phased-Array Feed

June 5, 2015

by the ASKAP team (CASS) Bird’s-eye view of the Murchison Radio Observatory (MRO) from the top of ASKAP antenna 2 – also known as Birliya (Wajarri Yamatji for Flat-leaf Mineritchie […]

ASKAP beamformers arrived

June 4, 2015

by the ASKAP team (CASS) The big wooden crates last seen at the CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) headquarters in Sydney have safely arrived on the ASKAP site, where […]

The Bluedisks project: a study of unusually HI-rich galaxies

June 3, 2015

by Jing Wang (CASS) The Bluedisk project ( Wang et al. 2012 , 2013 ) with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) has mapped the HI in a sample of […]