Optical interferometry is tricky. Unlike radio interferometers, which can have telescope separations measured in kilometres (or even across the entire planet in the case of the Event Horizon Telescope!), combining light in the optical is a tad more difficult, requiring that light be brought to some central location...Read More
With the upcoming deadline (31 May) for the next round of ESO Studentship applications, I would like to briefly outline my recent experience with this award over the last year. The ESO Studentship is designed to augment one or two years of your existing PhD candidature, facilitated at...Read More
While I was a researcher at the Australian National University's Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics a couple of years ago, I was able to apply for ESO time with the FLAMES+UVES instrument to get spectra for stars in globular clusters for which I already had HST data....Read More
The 2nd ESO-Australia joint conference (ESOz-2020) from 17-21 Feb 2020 in Perth brought together 120 researchers across the world (with 57% Australia-based and 43% based abroad) to discuss the build up of baryons across multiple tracers and facilities, and start a conversation about coordination of surveys from multiple...Read More
Galactic outflows are a fascinating process at play in the evolution of galaxies. Star formation and black holes can inject huge amounts of energy in the interstellar medium of galaxies and expel gas in the form of a wind. These phenomena are believed to have an important role...Read More
Under the arrangements for our strategic partnership with the European Southern Observatory, Australia has two observers on the ESO Council: I'm one and Jane Urquhart from the Department of Industry is the other.Read More
I was recently fortunate enough to visit the ESO Paranal observatory for two nights of observing with the XShooter spectrograph. As a member of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) I'm an avid consumer of observational data but, at least until recently, less of a producer, making the two...Read More
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to be one of just 7 students selected from a field of almost 350 applicants worldwide to be part of the first cohort of ESO Summer Research Students. This new program provides the opportunity for students who have yet to commence...Read More
ESO’s VLT in 2030 workshop in June provided a unique opportunity for the broad ESO community to prevent their vision for the world’s most productive observatory in a broad scientific context.Read More
This is a hopefully thorough update from your ESO Users Committee (UC) representative, Caroline Foster. My role is to represent Australian ESO Users and act as a capillary link between ESO and the Australian community.Read More
