Kennedy antenna “dish lift” at Fleurs

May 21, 2024

CSIRO operated the Fleurs field station from 1954 to 1963. The Chris Cross , with two arms of 32 parabolic 5.8-m diameter dishes, was complemented with the addition of 18-m […]

The ACAMAR10 conference in Guangzhou – by Ivy Wong

May 20, 2024

The Australia-China Consortium for Astrophysical Research (ACAMAR) held the ACAMAR 10 conference in Guangzhou, China from 12-15 May 2024. This meeting in Guangzhou was previously planned for May 2020 but […]

Impact of recent coronal mass ejections on ASKAP data – by Vanessa Moss

May 17, 2024

The recent auroral light show viewed around the world (except in Sydney, where optimal weather conditions are anti-correlated with the timing of celestial events) was triggered by intense solar activity […]

Anniversary of the inauguration of the Kennedy antenna at Fleurs

May 16, 2024

CSIRO operated the Fleurs field station from 1954 to 1963, when it was tranferred to the University of Sydney. The Chris Cross was completed in 1957 and comprised two arms […]

ATNF Colloquium – From Supervised to Unsupervised ML: lessons learned from learning machines

May 15, 2024

Kai Polsterer (HITS gGmbH, Heidelberg) Abstract: The amount, size, and complexity of astronomical data-sets is growing rapidly in the last decades. Now, with new technologies and dedicated survey telescopes, the […]

Aurora at ATCA

May 14, 2024

Four coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the Sun last week resulted in an intense geomagnetic storm on Earth with widespread sightings of aurorae at much lower latitudes than is usually […]

The Chris Cross at Fleurs

May 13, 2024

From 1954 to 1963, CSIRO’s Fleurs field station, located 40 km west of central Sydney, was one of the world’s leading radio astronomy observatories. Fleurs was home to three innovative […]

ASKAP Discovery of a new Galactic SNR Candidate – by Lazarević et al.

May 10, 2024

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are the resultant expanding structures that remain after the death of massive stars in a supernova (SN) explosion. It is generally accepted that the population of known […]

ASA Annual Scientific Meeting 2024

May 9, 2024

The 2024 Astronomical Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting will take place from the 24th to the 28th of June 2024, in an online-first format plus a local Hub Day […]

ATNF Colloquium – Special mini-symposium

May 8, 2024

This week a special mini-symposium will be held in-person at Marsfield, and on-line, with the three international members of the ATNF Steering Committee each giving a short presentation. Anna Scaife […]

The Timing of Pulsars in M62 – by Vleeschower et al.

May 7, 2024

Globular Clusters (GCs) are considered prime locations for discovering millisecond pulsars (MSPs) due to their ultra-dense cores, which promote the formation of binary systems containing neutron stars. Within these systems, […]

Australia Telescope Steering Committee visit to Parkes

May 6, 2024

The Australia Telescope Steering Committee (ATSC) provides advice to the ATNF Director on the scientific and technical operations of the ATNF. Committee members are appointed by the CSIRO Board. The […]