Paper 13098-43
Paper 13098-43
Continuing to optimise the scientific operation of Murriyang, the 64-m Parkes Radio Telescope
19 June 2024 • 16:30 - 16:50 Japan Standard Time | Room G316, North - 3F
Abstract
Murriyang, the 64-m CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope celebrates its 63rd year of scientific operation and with it welcomes a new cryogenically-cooled phased array (CryoPAF) receiver. As the radio astronomy community prepares for the "SKA-era," Murriyang is undergoing a complete upgrade to its receiver fleet. In addition to the CryoPAF, the single-pixel Ultra Wide-bandwidth Low (UWL) was installed in 2018 and its counterpart, the Ultra Wide-bandwidth High (UWH) is in the final design phase.
However, it is not just receiver upgrades that have allowed The Dish to stay at the forefront of astrophysical research: upgrades to our user interfaces, infrastructure, backends, and data formats have enabled us to offer a novel, flexible, and robust instrument while regular communication with users has ensured that we are receptive to the observer community's needs.
Like many observatories, Parkes faces future budget strain and we continue to build academic and industry partnerships to help secure our future. In this vein, the Australia Telescope National Facility is open to expressions of interest for new experiments to be deployed at our existing East Coast observatories.
Presenter
Jane Kaczmarek
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (Australia)
Dr Kaczmarek is the senior systems scientist at the CSIRO Parkes Observatory, home to Murriyang, the 64-m Parkes Radio Telescope. She received her undergraduate in astrophysics and physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was awarded her PhD in physics from the University of Sydney for her work on extragalactic magnetism. She has held postdocs both at CSIRO in Australia and DRAO in Canada where her work has focused on building, commissioning, and operating different aspects of radio astronomy observatories.