Posts by Robert Hollow

Dr Matthew Kerr explaining pulsar observing to Guangzhou students.

PULSE@Parkes tours Guangzhou, China

An engaging PULSE@Parkes tour to Guangzhou, China for pulsar observing with high school students.

Dr Kameya Osamu from NAOJ launching the PULSE@Parkes session at Sendai Astronomical Observatory.

PULSE@Parkes in Japan 2014, Part 2

Following our wonderful time in Kagoshima the PULSE@Parkes team headed back to Honshu for the rest of our busy tour. Next […]

Dr Ryan Shannon giving a talk on pulsar science at Kagoshima University.

PULSE@Parkes in Kagoshima

Kagoshima, a city of 605,000 people on the southern part of the island of Kyushu sits opposite Sakurajima, one of […]

Students at NAOJ Mizusawa in the 2013 tour.

PULSE@Parkes in Japan 2014 Tour

Following the success of the 2013 tour our PULSE@Parkes team is heading back to Japan for another series of PULSE@Parkes sessions. […]

Toronto, host city for IAC 2014.

“Our World Needs Space”

This week is World Space Week, celebrating "at the international level the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment […]

Contents of the Universe in a Box

Share the Universe in a Box

Interested in astronomy or education and want to help others? Why not learn about a great initiative? Universe Awareness have developed […]

Parkes Observatory Visitor Centre with the Dish in the background. Photo: R. Semovskih

Teachers Tackle the Dish

The post was written by Rufina Semovskih, a 5/6/7 Primary School Teacher in Queensland and workshop participant Everyone has a bucket […]

The Gemini telescope.

Moonrise on Mauna Kea

When one thinks of Hawaii tropical beaches and palm trees usually come to mind. Although it has plenty of this […]

This screenshot from Stellarium shows the eclipsed Moon and Mars in the eastern sky near Sydney at 6pm, Tuesday 15 April 2014.

Red Moon Rising

People in the eastern states of Australia may see a magnificent view on the evening of Tuesday 15 April. If you […]

PULSE@Parkes Sessions & Teacher Workshop at Parkes Observatory

We have a couple of education opportunities open to teachers and schools: 1. PULSE@Parkes Observing Sessions Students in Years 10 […]

Aerial view of antenna 6 (ATCA). Thanks Max! Photo by Tui Britton.

Tui’s Tips for Astronomy PhD Students

Today's post is written by Tui Britton, a PhD student at Macquarie University and co-supervised at CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science. I […]

Astrofest Coordinator, Kirsten Gottsschalk from ICRAR helping out some interstellar visitors to Astrofest.

Perth Astrofest 2014

On Saturday evening the worrying clouds cleared to provide a wonderful night sky for Perth's  Astrofest. Held at Curtin University […]