Overview – ASTRONOMY AUSTRALIA LTD

AAL receives funding from the Australian Commonwealth Government to support Australian-based astronomers to access a range of world-class national and international astronomical facilities. 

AAL does this by providing:

• funding
• management
• representation and Engagement

Funding​
AAL provides funding to a number of national and international facilities:

•  The National Optical Instrumentation Capability
• GStar/ OzStar
• All Sky Virtual Observatory (ASVO)
• ​Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS)
• Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP)
• Murchison Widefield Array (MWA)

Management
AAL plays a role in the management of facilities and projects:

• Australian Astronomical Telescope
• ADACS

Representation and Engagement
AAL has signed a number of agreements on behalf of the Australian astronomical community with national and international facilities.

• European Southern Observatory
• Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
• eROSITA
• ACAMAR
• Giant Magellan Telescope
• Magellan
• Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory
• OzGrav