by Jonathan Nally | Aug 10, 2020 | Astronomy, News, Telescopes
Above: The CSIRO’s 64-metre-diameter Parkes radio telescope, located in central NSW. Credit: CSIRO/A. Cherney. AUSTRALIA’S MOST FAMOUS RADIO DISH, the Parkes radio telescope in central NSW, has been added to the official National Heritage List. Construction of the...
by Jonathan Nally | Mar 20, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, News
THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS has been hitting the conference and function sectors hard, with events being cancelled left, right and centre due to travel and gathering restrictions and general health concerns. Unfortunately that includes this year’s National Australian...
by Jonathan Nally | Feb 24, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy
AUSTRALIA’S BIENNIAL AMATEUR ASTRONOMY conference is less than two months away, with registrations now open for sessions and social functions. The National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers is held every two years in a different city, hosted by one or more...
by Jonathan Nally | Jan 28, 2020 | Astronomy, Cosmology, Telescopes
Above: CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope is to be equipped with a new receiver system, called ‘cryoPAF,’ which will triple the telescope’s field of view. Image courtesy CSIRO. TWO OF THE CSIRO’S RADIO TELESCOPE FACILITIES — Parkes and the Australia Telescope Compact...
by Jonathan Nally | Dec 13, 2019 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, News, Variable stars
The NSW regional city Parkes, home to the CSIRO radio observatory, will host the National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers in 2020. The premier Australian amateur astronomy conference, the National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers (or NACAA;...
