The Giant Magellan Telescope was recently featured on Great Big Story. Narrated by GMTO’s Patrick McCarthy, the video highlights the astronomical significance of the GMT project and its precise construction process.www.greatbigstory.com/stories/making-giant-mirrors-to-see-the-universe Underneath the University of Arizona’s football stadium are the beginnings of the Giant Magellan Telescope, set to...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

ESO, working with the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, has confirmed Australia’s astronomer appointments, for the next three years, to the ESO Council (EC), Scientific Technical Committee (STC) and Users’ Committee (UC). AAL congratulates the successful candidates:    EC:  Matthew Colless   STC: Michael Ireland   UC:  Caroline Foster...Read More

Following a two-stage tender process, Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL) has signed contracts with Swinburne University of Technology and Curtin University/Pawsey Supercomputing Centre to collaboratively provide Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS). The ADACS scope of services for 2017 is intended to include: (1) Astronomy-focused expert training and support...Read More

Proposals for Australian community access to the Magellan telescopes for Semester 2017B are due by 5pm AEST, Friday 7 April 2017. Details on how to prepare and submit an application can be found on the ITSO website: https://www.aao.gov.au/itso/magellan/apply. Australian access to these facilities has been enabled through the Australian...Read More

The Astronomy Supercomputer Time Allocation call for proposals for Q1-Q2 2018 is now open. ** The current call for proposals closes at 5 pm (AEDT) Tuesday 21st November 2017. **  The following resources are available within this call (from 1st January 2018 to 30th June 2018): NCI Astronomy Flagship Program: up...Read More

by Caroline Foster I’ve seen that the results from the ESO time allocations for P102 are now out. Congratulations to all who successfully secured time on the ESO facilities! It was a pleasure to see so many members of our community last week at the ASA. During my...Read More

Science Advisory and Project Oversight Committees Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) seeks applications for its Science Advisory and Project Oversight Committees.  These two new committees are expected to hold their first meetings in August 2018, and will replace AAL’s four existing advisory committees.​If you consider yourself well placed to contribute to...Read More

Applications are now open for a position to represent Australia on the GMT Science Advisory Committee. The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a next generation optical/infra-red telescope, and will have the resolving power of a 24.5 metre primary mirror. AAL is a founding member of GMTO Corporation and is entitled to nominate an...Read More

In July 2018, AAL took over responsibility for allocating time on the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) from the former Australian Astronomical Observatory, on behalf of the new AAT Consortium. The Call for Proposals in Semester 2019A (for observing time in the period Feb-July 2019) was issued in Sep 2018,...Read More