The GMTO Corporation is constructing the 25.4 metre Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) in Chile, in which AAL and the Australian National University are partners. AAL is looking to fill 2 vacancies, one for an Australian-based astronomer to serve on the Board of the GMTO Corporation, and one to...Read More
AAL is delighted to announce the establishment of the AAT Consortium. The Consortium, which includes thirteen Australian universities and managed by AAL, will fund and oversee operations of the 3.9m Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) from July 2018. Located at the Siding Spring Observatory, the AAT is Australia’s largest optical telescope, and...Read More
We are delighted to announce the recruitment of Dr Stuart Ryder to AAL. Stuart brings to the AAL team a decade of experience as Head of the AAO’s International Telescopes Support Office. He has also been a prolific user of major optical telescopes including Gemini, Keck, Subaru and...Read More
by Stuart Ryder ESO collects feedback from its users in a number of ways: All observers in Visitor Mode to La Silla or Paranal are required to fill out an “End of Mission” report. Annual user satisfaction campaigns targeting selected PIs in Service Mode. Member state representatives on...Read More
AAL has opened a new office in Sydney! Thank you to Macquarie University for hosting the AAL Sydney office within their Physics and Astronomy Department.The office will host Mita Brierley (Senior Program Manager), and new AAL staff member, Travis Stenborg (Program Manager).Read More
The Giant Magellan Telescope Organization (GMTO) today announced that Arizona State University (ASU) has joined the mission to build the world’s largest telescope, the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). The project’s partnership with ASU will aid in GMT’s mission of discovery and its quest to answer some of the...Read More
Under the Strategic Partnership between Australia and the European Southern Observatory (ESO), signed in July 2017, Australia is entitled to representation on four ESO governance bodies: The ESO Council, Finance Committee, Scientific Technical Committee, and Users Committee. On behalf of the Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation and...Read More
AAL would like to congratulate Sarah Brough (UNSW) on her appointment to represent AAL as an observer to the Giant Magellan Telescope Science Advisory Committee for a two-year term. The appointment was made following an open application process in May 2017.Read More
