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Australian links
Australian Virtual Observatories
- Aus-VO
WIKI
The Australian Virtual Observatory collaboration
website, where all participants in the project together with the wider
community can contribute ideas, opinions and discussions to Aus-VO.
- Australian
Virtual Observatory e-mail list
Archives of transactions on the Australian
Virtual Observatory e-mail list are available for viewing without being
subscribed to the list. To subscribe, send an email to here
with an empty subject and the single word subscribe in the body of the
message.
Australian Observatories
- Australian Telescope
National Facility - ATNF
The Australia Telescope National Facility
(ATNF) is administered by the CSIRO and is funded by the Australian
Government. Its main objective is to support Australia's research in
radio astronomy. The ATNF operates the Australia Telescope which consists
of the Compact Array at Narrabri and the Parkes and Mopra radio telescopes.
These telescopes can be used together as a long baseline array for use
in Very Long Baseline Interferometry.
- Anglo Australian
Observatory - AAO
The Anglo Australian Observatory (AAO) is
funded by the Australian and British Government to provide provide world-class
observing facilities for British and Australian optical astronomers.
The AAO operates the Anglo-Australian and UK Schmidt telescopes on behalf
of the astronomical communities of Australia and the UK.
- The
Gemini Observatory
The Gemini Observatory is a partnership
of seven countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the
USA and the UK) to build and operate a pair of 8.1 meter astronomical
telescopes to work at optical and infrared wavelengths. Gemini North
is located atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii and Gemini South is on Cerro Pachón
in central Chile. Gemini North began doing science in 2000. Gemini South
made its first science observations in the latter part of 2001.
- Low Frequency Array
- LOFAR
Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) will be a new
multi-element, interferometric, imaging telescope for the 10 - 240 MHz
frequency range. LOFAR is scientifically versatile and its images will
provide insights into diverse areas in astronomy such as reionization
of the early universe, detection of extra-solar planets to the mapping
of galactic cosmic rays. It is proposed to be operational as soon as
2008.
- Mount Stromlo
and Siding Springs Observatory - MSSSO
- Square
Kilometre Array - SKA
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is part
of an international effort to build a radio telescope with a collecting
area of one square kilometre for the 0.14 - 20 GHz frequency range.
SKA will be an unique telescope with a collection area 30 times greater
than any telescope ever built, thus providing 100 times more sensitivity
than any present day radio telescope. Furthermore, it will be the first
aperture synthesis telescope with up to 100 independent field of views.
Australian Grid and Computing
- Australian Grid
Forum - Oz Grid
The Australian Grid Forum has recently been
initiated to promote open communication about Australian grid activities,
to foster collaborations between national and international grid organizations
and to serve as a repository of the progress of Australian grid endeavors.
It is open to all Australian researchers in grid computing.
- Grid and Next
Generation Network - GrangeNet
In March 2002, GrangeNet embarked on a
3-year program to install, operate and develop a multi-gigabit network
to support grid and advanced communications services. The proposed GrangeNet
network links Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane. GrangeNet will
support a number of user communities that have focused interests such
as in computational physics, bio-informatics, astronomy, computational
engineering, on-line health, environmental modeling, distance education
and media services.
- Australian Partnership
for Advance Computing
In September 1998, the Federal Government
announced its intention to form APAC with a grant of $19.5m over four
years. APAC is a national partnership that will lead the development
of an Australia-wide computing and communications systems infrastructure.
Specific roles for APAC is to provide users particularly in the higher
education sector with peak computing systems and to strengthen the expertise
and skills necessary for the effective use and development of these
facilities.
- Victorian Partnership
for Advanced Computing
VPAC was established in 2000 by a consortium
of six Victorian Universities; LaTrobe University, Monash University,
RMIT University, Swinburne University of Technology, The University
of Ballarat and The University of Melbourne. VPAC's main focus is on
the development of partnerships, projects and programs in areas such
as computational engineering, biotechnology, cluster computing and geoscience
that have tangible outcomes by exploiting advanced computing within
Victoria and Australia.
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