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2009 - The International Year of Astronomy
On December 20th, 2007 the UN General Assembly proclaimed 2009 as the
International Year of Astronomy (IYA). The AAO and ATNF, jointly, are the
National Node for the organisation of the IYA in Australia!
In The News
Instruments rescued after urgent measures taken.
Twinkling Stars May Reveal Stuff of Early Solar System
Research Highlights
PLATO Dome A Robotic Observatory
UNSW Extrasolar Planet Search
Anglo-Australian Planet Search
New PhD, Masters, and Honours Projects
Explore a wide variety of research projects in cosmology, extrasolar planetary science, star formation, Antarctic astronomy, instrumentation, and more! The projects are suitable for Honours, Graduate Diploma, Master of Philosophy, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
Current Research Projects.
Symposia and Talks
Astrolunch: Every Tuesday at Noon the Department of Astrophysics meets in the Physics common room to discuss their current research results - everyone is welcome!
AstroCoffee: Every Thursday at 10:30 am in the Astro lounge area. We meet informally and discuss general astronomy issues - a recent paper that someone thought was cool; astro politics; upcoming funding opportunities... almost anything that doesn't get too bogged down in the details of current research groups at UNSW.
ATNF Colloquia: Wednesdays at 3:30pm and Fridays at 11:00am. ATNF Lecture Theatre, Epping.
AAO Colloquia: Thursdays at 3:30pm. AAO Conference Room, Epping.
Upcoming Conferences and Meetings
SUSI: Past, Present and Future
29 May 2008 - University of Sydney
Large-scale mm mapping workshop
12-13 June 2008 - Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
The aim of this workshop is to bring together expertise in large-scale millimetre mapping and data analysis techniques from the Australian astronomy community and their overseas collaborators. We will specifically be focusing on:
(1) presenting recent results from such molecular cloud observational projects as e.g. the 'Delta Quadrant Survey' (DQS), LMC and NANTEN2 studies
(2) discussing analysis techniques suitable for decomposing/quantifying molecular cloud structure and
(3) discussing future projects and system developments.
Astronomical Society of Australia 2008 Meeting
6-10 July 2008 - Perth, WA
The 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM), Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Astronomical Society of Australia, and the Harley Wood Winter School (HWWS) are being held at venues in Perth.
The ASM will be held from the evening of Sunday, July 6th, through to the afternoon of Thursday, July 10th, 2008, at the UWA Crawley campus, on the shore of the Swan river in the city of Perth. All conference events (with the exception of the conference reception and dinner) will held in the Tattersall Lecture Theatre, and in the Molecular and Chemical Sciences (MCS) building nearby.
ATNF Synthesis Imaging School
29 September to 03 October, 2008 - Narrabri, NSW
The Australia Telescope National Facility will hold its 8th Synthesis
Imaging School from Monday September 29th to Friday October 3rd, 2008 at
the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) near Narrabri. The format
will be similar to previous Schools, with lectures by radio astronomers
and engineers as well as practical sessions involving ATCA observing and
data reduction. The intended audience is postgraduate students and other
interested researchers. No prior experience with radio astronomy is
required. More details will be available from a dedicated webpage in the
near future.
OZ Lens 2008 - An International Conference on Gravitational Lensing, Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Dark Ages with Gravitational Lensing
29 September to 03 October, 2008 - Sydney, Australia
The goal of this meeting will be to provide a view of the latest scientific results in all research areas, from cosmological to galactic scales, with the topics to be covered including
* Lensing by Large Scale Structure
* Cluster Lensing
* Galaxies and Strong Lensing
* Galaxies and Weak Lensing
* Cosmological Parameters and Gravitational Lensing
* Lenses as Gravitational Telescopes
* Cosmological microlensing
* Galactic microlensing and the search for planets
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