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

The AAL 2018/19 Annual Report is now available to download, see the link here.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

Proposals are invited from the astronomy community to advance their industry engagement projects. Astronomy Australia Ltd. (AAL) has a budget of up to $100K to advance the collaboration(s) between astronomy groups and industry partners. Furthermore, AAL expects that its investment in industry engagement portfolio may continue beyond the...Read More