A VAST Pilot Survey star – by Murphy et al.
September 23, 2021
The ASKAP Variables and Slow Transients Survey (VAST) is designed to detect highly variable and transient radio sources on timescales from 5 seconds to ∼5 years. Murphy et al. have […]
A VAST Pilot Survey pulsar – by Murphy et al.
September 22, 2021
The ASKAP Variables and Slow Transients Survey (VAST) is designed to detect highly variable and transient radio sources on timescales from 5 seconds to ∼5 years. Murphy et al. have […]
A VAST Pilot Survey pulsar – by Murphy et al.
September 21, 2021
The ASKAP Variables and Slow Transients Survey (VAST) is designed to detect highly variable and transient radio sources on timescales from 5 seconds to ∼5 years. Murphy et al. have […]
The VAST Pilot Survey – by Murphy et al.
September 20, 2021
The ASKAP Variables and Slow Transients Survey (VAST) is designed to detect highly variable and transient radio sources on timescales from 5 seconds to ∼5 years. Murphy et al. have […]
A highly-variable, highly polarised mystery – by Wang et al.
September 17, 2021
Wang et al. have reported the discovery with ASKAP of a highly-polarized, highly-variable, steep-spectrum radio source. The source, ASKAP J173608.2−321635, was detected six times in 2020 as part of the […]
A highly-variable, highly polarised mystery – by Wang et al.
September 16, 2021
Wang et al. have reported the discovery with ASKAP of a highly-polarized, highly-variable, steep-spectrum radio source The source, ASKAP J173608.2−321635, is located toward the centre of our Galaxy and was […]
ATNF Colloquium – What makes a living, lazy and luminous pulsar, a.k.a. ‘Main-sequence Radio Pulse emitter’?
September 15, 2021
Barnali Das (NCRA-TIFR) Abstract: Living, lazy and luminous pulsars are magnetic early-type stars that emit periodic radio pulses, just like a ‘normal’ pulsar; but rotating with a considerably less angular […]
Parkes Pulsar Timing Array Data Release 2 – by Reardon et al.
September 14, 2021
The main goal of pulsar timing array experiments is to detect correlated signals, such as those expected from nanohertz-frequency gravitational waves. Pulsar timing data collected in dense monitoring campaigns can […]
Parkes Pulsar Timing Array Data Release 2 – by Reardon et al.
September 13, 2021
The main goal of pulsar timing array experiments is to detect correlated signals, such as those expected from nanohertz-frequency gravitational waves. Pulsar timing data collected in dense monitoring campaigns can […]
Low frequency tests at Marsfield
September 10, 2021
Yesterday’s ADAP showed low frequency tests being undertaken at Parkes with an 50–350 MHz MWA antenna. Today’s picture shows an MWA antenna outside the engineering labs at Marsfield, where it […]
Low frequency tests at Parkes – by Ron Beresford
September 9, 2021
Trials were undertaken recently at Parkes with a small, potentially portable, VHF antenna for pulsar detection to explore the potential for global timing event synchronization. Experiments were conducted east of […]
Cloud Physics at Marsfield
September 8, 2021
Recent maintenance and repair work at Marsfield involved removing panels from the offices along what is now known as the “Astro corridor”. The backs of the panels revealed these rooms […]
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