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Australian LSST Workshop 2021

Online

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 [email protected] community for everybody.

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2022 Australian/eROSITA_DE Joint Collaboration Workshop

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  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

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

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Professor Sarah Brough, Australian Science Lead for the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space & Time (LSST) is hosting 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 […]

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The ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) during observations. In this picture, taken from the VLT platform looking north-northwest at twilight, the four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes (UTs) are visible. Credit: ESO/S. Brunier.

On behalf of ESO and the Dept of Industry, Science and Resources, AAL would like to bring the following ESO job opportunities to the attention of the Australian-based astronomy community: 

Engineering Internship
Deadline: 31/12/2023

Engineering PhD
Deadline: 02/07/2023

Instrumentation Engineer
Deadline: 23/06/2023

Internship: Science Communication
Deadline: 31/12/2023

Internship: Science Presenter at ESO Supernova
Deadline: 31/12/2023

IT Specialist – Cyber Security
Deadline: 28/05/2023

Legal Advisor – Data Protection Law
Deadline: 18/06/2023

Operations Staff Astronomer
Deadline: 16/06/2023

Opto-Mechanical/AIT Engineer
Deadline: 28/05/2023

Process Engineer
Deadline: 15/06/2023

Project Manager
Deadline: 15/06/2023

Senior Engineer/ Senior Scientist – APEX Station Manager
Deadline: 30/05/2023

Software Engineer
Deadline: 02/06/2023

User Support Astronomer
Deadline: 15/06/2023

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world’s most productive ground-based astronomical observatory. ESO carries out an ambitious programme focused on the design, construction and operation of powerful ground-based observing facilities enabling astronomers to make important scientific discoveries at various sites in Chile, and its headquarters in Garching, Germany.

Australia has a 10 year Strategic Partnership enabling it to access ESO telescopes at La Silla Paranal Observatory, including the world-leading 8 metre Very Large Telescope. Australians may also apply for positions with ESO across all its operations on the same basis as member states. Working at ESO gives Australians exposure to sophisticated scientific and engineering skills and helps build formal and informal networks with European astronomers, engineers and colleagues in other big science organisations. Further details are available at ESO’s Recruitment Portal.