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Australian LSST Workshop 2021

Online , Australia

AAL was proud to host the 2021 Australian LSST Workshop, held online on Monday 13 Dec 2021 from noon-5pm AEDT (9am-2pm AWST).

Australian Science Lead for the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), Prof. Sarah Brough, provided an update on our in-kind contributions and funding to secure LSST data access rights for 47 Australian PIs (and a further 188 Junior Associates). After that, we heard from presenters on recent work relating to the LSST or the various LSST Science Collaborations, and discussed how we can all help build a better LSST@Australia community for everybody.

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2022 Australian/eROSITA_DE Joint Collaboration Workshop

Online , Australia

  The 2nd Australian/eROSITA_DE Joint Collaboration Workshop will be hosted virtually from 21-23rd February 2022. At the end of 2022, the eROSITA (extended Roentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array) instrument onboard Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma satellite completed its fourth (out of eight) survey of the full sky at X-ray wavelengths. At the mission completion, eROSITA will have performed […]

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ACAMAR 8 Workshop

Online , Australia

This year marks the 50th year of Australia-China diplomatic relations and there will be an impressive line-up of invited speakers as well as plenty of opportunity for members of both the Australian and Chinese communities to present their latest research. The workshop will cover all areas of astronomical collaboration between Australian and China.

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ACAMAR Themed Workshop on VLBI: Towards a Sino-Australia high-sensitivity VLBI array

China and Australia are located in similar time zones, and an equatorial region of the sky can be simultaneously observed by telescopes in both countries. In addition, the combined array including the Chinese VLBI Network, the southern hemisphere Long Baseline Array (LBA), the Indian GMRT and the South African SKA can offer excellent uv-coverage for […]

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LSST Monthly Zoom Talks

Online , Australia

Professor Sarah Brough, Australian Science Lead for the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space & Time (LSST) hosts a monthly online session with 1-2 short talks from each of the Australian LSST PIs or a JA they sponsor, on their LSST engagement activities, i.e. science connected to LSST. These sessions are designed to build up […]

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2023 Australian/eROSITA_DE Joint Collaboration Workshop

Online , Australia

The 3rd Australian/eROSITA_DE Joint Collaboration Workshop will be hosted virtually from 23-24 March 2023. In 2021, the eROSITA (extended Roentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array) instrument onboard Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma satellite completed its fourth (out of eight) survey of the full sky at X-ray wavelengths. The data obtained from these four surveys already surpass those from […]

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2023 ACAMAR Workshop: Cosmic Magnetism

The goal of this workshop is to foster collaboration and new scientific projects surrounding ongoing Cosmic Magnetism surveys. The format of the workshop will draw inspiration from the SKA Big Data Workshop (2019) and other Hackathons, with a focus on small group sessions to make real progress on new Cosmic Magnetism science.

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Astronomy and Gravitational Wave Commercialisation Workshop

Mount Stromlo Observatory Duffield Lecture theatre, Cotter Road, Weston Creek, ACT, Australia

AAL proudly presents a new series of semi-regular astronomy and gravitational wave commercialisation workshops. They will aim to bring researchers, industry and government together to find ways to increase the commercial benefit from technology and IP rich fields of research.

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2024 Australian/eROSITA-DE Joint Collaboration Workshop

The 4th Australian/eROSITA-DE Joint Collaboration Workshop will be held online from 25-27 March 2024. The primary aim of this online workshop is to bring together members of the Australian and German eROSITA/eROSITA-DE communities to discuss the progress of ongoing collaborative projects, as well as to foster ideas for new projects.

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First Results from the SRG/eROSITA All-Sky Survey: From Stars to Cosmology

Technical University Munich (TUM) HS 1 Hörsaal/lecture hall 1, Boltzmannstraße 15, Garching, Berlin, Germany

This conference follows the public data release of the first eROSITA all-sky survey, including source catalogs of point-like and extended sources, images, spectra, light curves, and X-ray photon events. We invite presentations of the first scientific results driven by the international community.

Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL) is seeking a part-time Assistant Accountant to join our finance team.

Working closely with the Finance Manager, the Assistant Accountant will help with a wide range of day-to-day financial operations, including budgeting, payroll, financial reporting and the annual audit.

The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years’ experience with financial book-keeping for a whole organisation and possess a keen eye for detail, with proven proficiency in MYOB.

AAL is a not-for-profit company whose members include all Australian universities and research organisations with a significant astronomical research capability.

The role is part-time (0.6-0.7 FTE), based at AAL’s Melbourne office, located alongside the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Campus. An immediate start is preferred. AAL offers relaxed, flexible, family-friendly work arrangements and supports a hybrid working model. Please see the position description for more information, selection criteria and how to apply.

The closing date for applications is 9:00 am AEST on 8 May 2025. All enquiries should be sent to the Director of Administration, Catherine Andrews: catherine[email protected].

AAL asks that you please circulate this advertisement around your academic and professional networks and at any upcoming conferences, seminars or events.