Applications close on Wednesday 29th August 5 PM AWST. On behalf of the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) Council, Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) seeks applications for the AAT Time Allocation Committee and AAT Users’ Committee (AATUC).  These two committees are continuations of the Australian Time Allocation Committee and AAO Users’ Committee respectively,...Read More

AAL seeks applications for a new committee to govern the allocation of resources on behalf of Astronomy Data and Computing Services. Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) is a national initiative created by Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) for the benefit of all Australian-based astronomers. The over-riding goal of...Read More

The OzSTAR Supercomputer, located at Swinburne University of Technology. Image credit: Carl Knox, OzGrav. In late 2019, ADACS successfully deployed the astronomical calibration and imaging software, YANDASoft, onto the OzSTAR computing cluster at Swinburne University of Technology. Funded by AAL, this operation to deploy YANDASoft on OzSTAR was...Read More

Astronomy Australia Ltd is advertising for a Program Manager to be responsible for overseeing research infrastructure projects. Further details about the job are available here. Applications close 9am AEST, 13th June 2017.Read More

Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) seeks applications for one upcoming vacancy on the AAL Board. AAL is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee whose Members are all Australian universities and research organisations with a significant astronomy research capability. Its core business is to manage programmes that provide astronomers with access...Read More

Applications close on Wednesday 13th February 2019, 5 PM AWST. On behalf of the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) Council, Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) seeks to appoint three new members to the AAT Time Allocation Committee.  ATAC is the committee that allocates time on the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT), as well as Australian...Read More

Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) is seeking nominations from members of the astronomy community from individuals willing to serve the community in one of several capacities. AAL will appoint: an Australian representative to the Board of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) three members of the AAL Astronomy Supercomputer Time Allocation...Read More

Congratulations to AAL non-executive director, Professor Karl Glazebrook, who has been elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.Read More

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope aims to produce the deepest, widest image of the Universe ever produced. It will conduct a ten year survey of the sky using a specially designed 8.4 m diameter telescope in Chile with an extremely wide field of view. In 2015, CAASTRO and...Read More

ADACS is pleased to announce two training workshops this November, now open for registration. Introduction to computing and data science for astronomers 13 – 15 November at Curtin University, Perth. For more information please visit the workshop webpage or contact Rebecca Lange.  Introduction to high performance computing (HPC) for astronomers 27- 29 November at...Read More