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![]() Title:Capabilities of CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility Authors:Gemma Anderson Conference:APRIM2026 Tags:Facilities, Instruments, Radio, Radio astronomy and Telescopes Abstract: During this talk, I will describe the current and future capabilities of CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF). CSIRO is Australia’s national science agency and the ATNF is one of the world’s most advanced radio astronomy facilities – the only major facility of its kind in the southern hemisphere, offering a unique view of the sky across a broad radio spectrum. The capabilities of the ATNF’s key and iconic instruments will be outlined, such as the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), the ASKAP radio telescope, the Long Baseline Array and Murriyang, the Parkes radio telescope. I will also describe our data archiving facilities, hosting 15 PB of data, and current data processing tools. There will be highlights from recently commissioned systems including the cryogenically cooled phased array feed receiver for Murriyang and the ATCA rapid-response transient observing mode, which makes it the fastest responding gigahertz-band telescope in the world. I will describe the means to obtain observing time on these facilities, including the option to purchase telescope time. During the presentation, I will also mention future possibilities including low-frequency Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and ultra-wide-bandwidth receivers for Murriyang. Capabilities of CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility ![]() Capabilities of CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility | ||||
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