Popular events

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Regular Wednesday seminars on a variety of topics delivered by visiting collaborations.

Old photo showing radio telescope construction

An online Thursday session for anyone to share their knowledge, experience, research, and guides in an informal setting.


Our regular events

For other events not listed below, but visit our calendar of all our events.

For general public, non-ATNF and all CSIRO events, visit the CSIRO events page.

Four radio telescope dishes

Radio School is an annual event for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in astronomy. The format of the School is a mix of lectures and practical sessions. No prior experience with radio interferometry is required.

a group of people in hard hats stand in front of a large telescope dish (most of which is out of frame). They are smiling and looking at the camera.

The Australia Telescope Users Committee (ATUC) meetingu0026rsquo;s open sessions occur twice a year. There are discussions and updates on ATNF facilities. It is open to everyone who is part of the ATNF community, whether youu0026rsquo;re using a telescope to observe, submitting a proposal, or accessing data archives.

Upcoming and past conferences hosted, sponsored or co-sponsored by ATNF.

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Festivals of astronomy happen around the country. We’re usually there with a stall, or helping out as volunteers.

Our regular news

For more news, visit our news listing page. For more CSIRO news, visit the CSIRO website.

Murriyang, our Parkes radio telescope on Wiradjuri Country

Catch up with recent developments with our regular ATNF News. You’ll find a range of articles including observatory activities, major project updates, research programs and information for ATNF telescope users.

The ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture (ADAP) presents science and engineering results, research highlights from recent publications, technical updates, telescope pictures, and conference summaries from staff and users of ATNF facilities.

Image of a long period transient with an ASKAP dish made the cover of Nature Astronomy. What other fun news will be in the next ATNF News? Credit: Carl Knox, OzGrav