SKA DG visits CASS
Director General of the Square Kilometre Array, Professor Phil Diamond, visited Australia, dropping in to the Geraldton and Sydney offices of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) for an update […]
CSIRO Square Kilometre Array Chief Scientist
We are currently advertising for a Square Kilometre Array Chief Scientist. The successful appointee will be located in Perth, Western Australia and will: Provide strategic advice to CSIRO on SKA […]
Full end-to-end tests underway with Mk II PAF
The development of a second generation (Mk II) receiver and data processing chain for ASKAP has been underway since August 2011 through a work package known as ASKAP Design Enhancement […]
Visualisation tool assists remote commissioning
A visualisation tool developed by the ASKAP Computing team has provided essential support to the recent commissioning successes with ASKAP’s Boolardy Engineering Test Array (BETA). More information.
ASKAP produces first spectral line data cube
The ASKAP team has this week produced the first BETA spectral line image using six ASKAP antennas installed with innovative phased array feed (PAF) receiver systems, as part of ongoing […]
First 15-baseline BETA observation achieved, March 2014
The ASKAP team has this week achieved the first 15-baseline observation using six ASKAP antennas and the newly reconfigured hardware correlator at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia. […]
UK announcement great news for the SKA
From the international SKA Office, comes news of an announcement by the UK Science Minister, David Willetts, of £100 million funding for the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. “After […]
ASKAP welcomes ministerial visit to MRO
On Saturday 1 March, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and UK Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts visited CSIRO’s Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory to learn more about Australia’s role in […]
ASKAP correlator reconfiguration creates testing platform for BETA
Following recent successful commissioning activity that produced the first continuum image achieved with ASKAP, the hardware correlator is now being reconfigured at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia. […]
Rocks around the clock: asteroids pound tiny star
Scientists using CSIRO’s Parkes telescope and another telescope in South Africa have found evidence that a tiny star called PSR J0738-4042 is being pounded by asteroids — large lumps of […]
ASKAP simulations show idealised images of the sky
In preparation for early science observations with CSIRO’s ASKAP telescope, the Central Processor which recently went ‘live’ at the iVEC Pawsey Centre in Perth is now being put through its […]
MALT90 – final data release
We are pleased to release the final instalment of data for the Millimetre Astronomy Legacy Team 90GHz (MALT90) survey. MALT90 is a large survey aimed at characterizing high-mass dense clumps. […]