Replacing the Parkes focus cabin
May 26, 2023
The decision in the early 1990s to build a 20cm multi-beam receiver for the Parkes 64m telescope, Murriyang, came with the requirement to replace the original aerial cabin with a […]
Replacing the Parkes focus cabin
May 25, 2023
The decision in the early 1990s to build a 20cm multi-beam receiver for the Parkes 64m telescope, Murriyang, came with other consequences. The original “aerial cabin” was replaced in December […]
ATNF Colloquium – Eclipse chasers: Solar eclipses in Australia
May 24, 2023
Nick Lomb (U. of South Queensland) and Toner Stevenson (USyd) Abstract: In this presentation, we give a few extracts from our book Eclipse Chasers, recently published by CSIRO Publishing. Toner […]
Replacing the Parkes focus cabin
May 23, 2023
The decision in the early 1990s to build a 20cm multi-beam receiver for the Parkes 64m telescope, Murriyang, came with other consequences. The original focus cabin (or “aerial cabin”) was […]
Bologna VLBI: Life begins at 40!
May 22, 2023
A conference titled Bologna VLBI: Life begins at 40! will be held this week, celebrating the first four decades of Very Long Baseline Interferometry in Italy. Over the past few […]
The Epping 4m telescope
May 19, 2023
Yesterday’s ADAP described the Epping 4m diameter telescopes, used in the 1970s and 1980s for observations of carbon monoxide in the 3mm wavelength band. Today’s ADAP shows the telescope on […]
A history of 3mm observations
May 18, 2023
In 2015, Heyer and Dame reviewed molecular clouds in the Milky Way, with a focus on carbon monoxide observations with single-dish telescopes. CO emission at 115 GHz was discovered in […]
The Flag of Earth
May 17, 2023
In 1970, James Cadle, a farmer from Illinois, proposed a design for the Flag of Earth, a concept that had been inspired by the Apollo moon-landings. His design consisted of […]
Atop the Parkes aerial cabin
May 16, 2023
Several months before the opening of the Parkes 210-foot radio telescope, this image of Harry Minnett (left) and Dennis Gill on top of the Parkes telescope aerial cabin was taken […]
Exploring the Unknown with Radio Surveys
May 15, 2023
The conference Exploring the Unknown with Radio Surveys: A Celebration of the Career of Ray Norris is being held this week to celebrate the career of Ray Norris. Ray moved […]
A broad-band population view of pulsar polarisation
May 12, 2023
Oswald et al. have undertaken a study of the broadband polarization of 271 young radio pulsars, focusing particularly on circular polarization, using high quality observations made with the Ultra-Wideband Low […]
A broad-band population view of pulsar polarisation
May 11, 2023
In the classic picture of radio pulsar polarization, pulsars can be anything from strongly to weakly polarized, with polarization that is predominantly linear (typically ~20%, though up to 100% in […]
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