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Media

'365 Days of Astronomy' Podcast
'Illgarijiri: Aboriginal Art Meets Modern Astronomy' (21st Jan, 2009)

A collaborative project between astronomers of the ICRAR and Yamatji Arts in Geraldton. Ilgarijiri means “things belonging to the sky” in the Wajarri Yamatji language of the Murchison region of Western Australia, the location of the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory and a potential location for the Square Kilometre Array. 

ASKAP Antenna Passes Factory Testing(6th Dec, 2009)

Australia Telescope National Facility staff travelled to China at the end of September to undertake factory acceptance testing of the first Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) 12-metre antenna.

Watch the video of ASKAP Antenna 1 factory acceptance testing in China [4MB .wmv file]

Before Galileo (1st Nov, 2009)

ABC's Message Stick program featured the Ilgarijiri Exhibition and the SKA project, with contributions from Steven Tingay, Deputy Director of ICRAR and Charmaine Green from Yamaji Art. 

The episode is available for download via the folllowing links WMV (85.6MB) and MP4 (87.2MB).

World Business: (30th Oct, 2009)

Produced by CNBC Europe's World Business program, this clip on the SKA was shown on 17 airlines.

7.30 Report SKA article (22nd Sept, 2009)

ABC's 7.30 Report presented an article on Australia's ability to host the SKA.

Stateline SKA report (19th June, 2009)

ABC's Stateline showcased a report on Australia's bid for the SKA.

ICRAR Launch video

'Eyes to telescopes'

SKA Planetarium Trailer (produced by Scitech and Questacon)

This Trailer has been produced by Scitech, in Perth Western Australia and Questacon, the National Science Centre in Canberra with funding from the Australian Government, through the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.

 

A computer generated animation of ASKAP at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory

Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions, design data provided by CSIRO

ASKAP is led by the Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in collaboration with leading scientists and engineers in the Netherlands, Canada, United Kingdom and Germany, as well as colleagues from a number of Australian universities.

 

Celebrating the year of Astronomy - Senator Kim Carr

Senator the Hon. Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research