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. […]
First continuum image achieved with six ASKAP antennas
The ASKAP commissioning team has successfully produced the first continuum image using six ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia. The six antennas were operated simultaneously […]
‘Galaxy’ goes live at the iVEC Pawsey Centre
The ASKAP Central Processor – also known as ‘Galaxy’, the RTC (real time computer) housed within the iVEC Pawsey Centre – has officially gone ‘live’, allowing the ASKAP team access […]
CSIRO scientist scores Grote Reber Medal
The 2014 Grote Reber Medal for innovative and significant contributions to radio astronomy will be awarded to Professor Ron Ekers, first director of both the US Very Large Array telescope […]
A highlight reel for ASKAP: 2013 in review
As another year comes to a close, there are a number of key achievements to highlight for the ASKAP team, including: – Various commissioning successes and a number of “firsts” […]
Find black holes while you’re on the bus
‘Radio Galaxy Zoo’ is a citizen-science project that lets anyone become a cosmic explorer. It uses data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array. More information.
Latest ASKAP Update now available
The latest edition of the ASKAP Update is now available for December 2013. This is the fifth edition of the Update – a regular series dedicated to conveying the latest […]
ASKAP PAF receivers achieve performance goal
Recent tests of CSIRO’s innovative PAF receivers developed for radio astronomy have successfully demonstrated near-optimal system performance across the entire ASKAP band. Successful results have been achieved by CSIRO in […]