ATNF News

The official newsletter of CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility, you’ll find a range of articles including observatory activities, major project updates, research programs and information for ATNF telescope users.

The ATNF News was re-launched in July 2023 online for the ATNF user community. Read recent issues below:

Dishes of a radio telescope point to the sky from red earth

October 2024

Plenty of exciting things, from the Aussie decadal plans to a refreshed website. See you at ATUC!

five dishes of a radio telescope point upwards with a starry night sky behind them

June 2024

Plenty of upgrades and updates, including new data products. Get your proposal in!

Our ASKAP radio telescope at Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, our Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory on Wajarri Country

December 2023

Plenty of science stories to amazing, plus meet our ATNF folk. Happy Holidays!

Large radio telescope dish, seen from the side, points upwards into a starry night.

July 2023

Welcome to our first issue! There’s technology updates and news from the Pulsar Timing Array.

People stand on the dish of a telescope

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ASKAP updates

The ASKAP operations team also produces a monthly ASKAP Update newsletter for the ASKAP science survey teams.

Previous ATNF News (pre-2016)

A magazine-style publication of ATNF News was previously produced twice each year (April and October), between 2000 and 2015 and these are available below in PDF. Originally called the AT Newsletter it was published regularly from 1983 onwards and selected scanned issues prior to 2000 are available on the CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive (CRAIA).

Issue numberCover dateHigh resolution fileLow resolution fileWord version
78201527 MB PDF6 MB PDF 
77Oct 201430.2 MB PDF1.7 MB PDF79 MB Word
76Apr 201410 MB PDF1.5 MB PDF11 MB Word
75Oct 201313.2 MB PDF2.4 MB PDF1.4 MB Word
74Apr 201324.7 MB PDF2.0 MB PDF 
73Oct 201214.0 MB PDF3.2 MB PDF0.9 MB Word
72Apr 201214.0 MB PDF2.3 MB PDF 
71Oct 20117.8 MB PDF2.0 MB PDF 
70Apr 201112.1 MB PDF1.9 MB PDF 
69Oct 201010.0 MB PDF1.6 MB PDF 
68Apr 201012.0 MB PDF2.0 MB PDF 
67Oct 20099.0 MB PDF2.0 MB PDF 
66Apr 20098.0 MB PDF1.6 MB PDF 
65Oct 200871.5 MB PDF1.2 MB PDF 
64Apr 20089.0 MB PDF1.0 MB PDF 
63Oct 200717.5 MB PDF2.4 MB PDF 
62Jun 200710.0 MB PDF1.5 MB PDF 
61Feb 20072.3 MB PDF0.8 MB PDF 
60Oct 20063.0 MB PDF0.8 MB PDF 
59Jun 20064.9 MB PDF0.4 MB PDF 
58Feb 20064.3 MB PDF0.4 MB PDF 
57Oct 2005–2.4 MB PDF 
56Jun 2005–2.2 MB PDF 
55Feb 2005–5.2 MB PDF 
54Oct 2004–1.8 MB PDF 
53Jun 2004–2.9 MB PDF 
52Feb 2004–2.2 MB PDF 
51Oct 2003–1.9 MB PDF 
50Jun 2003–2.0 MB PDF 
49Feb 2003–2.3 MB PDF 
48Oct 2002–3.3 MB PDF 
47Jun 2002–5.5 MB PDF 
46Feb 2002–3.9 MB PDF 
45Oct 2001–5.0 MB PDF 
44Jun 2001–2.5 MB PDF 
43Feb 2001–2.0 MB PDF 
42Oct 2000–1.9 MB PDF