The nearby Circinus galaxy

February 6, 2015

by Bärbel Koribalski (CASS) The Circinus galaxy was discovered relatively recently as it hides behind the bright stellar disk of the Milky Way. The color composite image shows the cold […]

ASKAP Highlights – Production line of Mk II Phased Array Feeds

February 5, 2015

by Ant Schinckel (CASS) and the ASKAP team While ASKAP commissioning continues at the Murchison Radio Observatory with six Mk I Phased Array Feed (PAF) receivers, back at the CSIRO […]

ASKAP Highlights – Tucana field, now 3 epochs & 150 degr2

February 4, 2015

by Ian Heywood (CASS) and ASKAP team The above image was made as part of BETA commissioning to test the rapid, wide area survey capabilities of the telescope. It covers […]

Examining the rich detail of a simulated ASKAP wide-field image

February 3, 2015

by Matt Whiting (CASS) In this photo, Matthew Whiting (left) and Maxim Voronkov (right) are examining a simulated ASKAP image on CSIRO’s OptiPortal. This allows them to see the entire […]

Phased Array Feed on ASKAP

February 2, 2015

The innovative Phased Array Feed (PAF) receiver system, developed for ASKAP, the SKA and radio astronomy, is producing very promising results (eg, a 50 sq degr radio continuum map , […]

ASKAP – the Australian SKA Pathfinder

February 1, 2015

by Simon Johnston (CASS) Eight of the ASKAP antennas (1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 19, 28, 29) as seen from a height of 25m from the core area. The phased […]

ASKAP Highlights – 50 sq degr Tucana image

January 31, 2015

by Ian Heywood (CASS) and ASKAP team This image shows fifty square degrees of sky in the constellation of Tucana, as seen by the ASKAP prototype BETA at 711 – […]

ASKAP Highlights – First 9-beam HI image

January 30, 2015

by Paolo Serra (CASS) and ASKAP team In July 2014 we carried out the first multi-beam observation of extragalactic HI with ASKAP. We targeted two gas-rich, nearby spiral galaxies in […]

ASKAP Highlights – the beam pattern

January 29, 2015

by Aidan Hotan (CASS) Mosaic of nine single-polarisation ASKAP beam patterns, using weights that optimise the sensitivity of the beam. Each pattern has been placed in the location reflecting its […]

The giant radio lobes of Pictor A

January 28, 2015

by Emil Lenc (CAASTRO, SIfA, University of Sydney) Celebrating the International Year of Light 2015 we present a stunning multi-wavelength image of Pictor A , the closest powerful Fanaroff-Riley class […]

Australia Day Honours for actor Roy Billing, the “unofficial Mayor of Parkes”

January 27, 2015

Who doesn’t know the marvellous actors in the famous movie “The Dish” , starring our 64-m Parkes Telescope ? Actor Roy Billing, the “unofficial Mayor of Parkes” was honored with […]

Bird’s eye view of one 12-m ASKAP dish

January 26, 2015

by Simon Johnston (CASS) Happy Australia Day ! Here is a beautiful photo of a single 12-m ASKAP dish. The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) consists of 36 x […]