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AAO Observer - August 2010 Newsletter

The August 2010 edition of the AAO newsletter has been newly updated and renamed the AAO Observer as we become the Australian Astronomical Observatory. This edition contains articles on the Galaxy And Mass Assembly survey, a bipolar Type I…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-23 Sarah Brough et al.

Anglo-Australian Observatory February 2009 newsletter

The February 2009 edition of the AAO newsletter contains articles on the preliminary results from the WiggleZ dark energy survey, the analysis of near-IR observations of the galaxy IRAS18293-3413, the early results from the SPIRAL IFU…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-02 P. Dobbie , S. Ricketts

AAO Observer - August 2011 Edition

This edition of the Australian Astronomical Observatory Observer contains articles on the commissioning of the new SAMI instrument giving the first hexabundle galaxy spectra; galaxy parameter variations across and through the 6dFGS…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-25 Sarah Brough

Anglo-Australian Observatory February 2010 Newsletter

The Feburary 2010 edition of the AAO newsletter contains articles on Helium-rich subluminous B stars, the discovery of large-scale gravitationall infall in a massive proto-stellar cluster, HERMES: the new multi-object high-resolution…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-25 Sarah Brough , Phillippa Morley

AAO Observer Number 122 (August 2012)

The newsletter of the Australian Astronomical Observatory. In this issue: SPIE Extravaganza; The AAO's Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) concept; First Cosmological Constraints from the 6dFGS Peculiar Velocity Field;…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-03 Andrew Green

AAO Observer - February 2011 Edition

This edition of the Australian Astronomical Observatory Observer contains articles on the detection of the baryonic acoustic oscillation signal over a wide range of redshifts by the WiggleZ dark energy survey; results and future plans for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-23 Sarah Brough

AAO Observer Number 121 (February 2012)

The newsletter of the Australian Astronomical Observatory. In this issue: Using 2dF and AAOmega to Harness the Full Power of the Supernova Legacy Survey; Emission Lines in the Near Infrared: Tracing the Violent ISM; Dancing Starbugs: vacuum…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-16 Andy Green

The Telescopes and Processes of the Australian Astronomical Observatory

The Australian Astronomical Observatory operates the Anglo-Australian Telescope and the United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope in Australia, as well as coordinating access for the Australian community to the Gemini, Magellan, and other…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-26 Andrew M. Hopkins , Gayandhi M. De Silva , Chris M. Springob , Stuart D. Ryder , Fred G. Watson , Matthew M. Colless

A Real-Time Search for Interstellar Impacts on the Moon

The discovery of `Oumuamua and CNEOS 2014-01-08 allowed for a calibration of the impact rate of interstellar objects. We propose a new telescope in lunar orbit to study in real-time interstellar meteoroid impacts and to serve as a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-20 Amir Siraj , Abraham Loeb

Operations of and Future Plans for the Pierre Auger Observatory

Technical reports on operations and features of the Pierre Auger Observatory, including ongoing and planned enhancements and the status of the future northern hemisphere portion of the Observatory. Contributions to the 31st International…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-11 The Pierre Auger Collaboration , J. Abraham , P. Abreu , M. Aglietta , C. Aguirre , E. J. Ahn , D. Allard , I. Allekotte , J. Allen , J. Alvarez-Muñiz , M. Ambrosio , L. Anchordoqui , S. Andringa , A. Anzalone , C. Aramo , E. Arganda , S. Argirò , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , F. Arqueros , T. Asch , H. Asorey , P. Assis , J. Aublin , M. Ave , G. Avila , T. Bäcker , D. Badagnani , K. B. Barber , A. F. Barbosa , S. L. C. Barroso , B. Baughman , P. Bauleo , J. J. Beatty , T. Beau , B. R. Becker , K. H. Becker , A. Bellétoile , J. A. Bellido , S. BenZvi , C. Berat , P. Bernardini , X. Bertou , P. L. Biermann , P. Billoir , O. Blanch-Bigas , F. Blanco , C. Bleve , H. Blümer , M. Boháčová , D. Boncioli , C. Bonifazi , R. Bonino , N. Borodai , J. Brack , P. Brogueira , W. C. Brown , R. Bruijn , P. Buchholz , A. Bueno , R. E. Burton , N. G. Busca , K. S. Caballero-Mora , L. Caramete , R. Caruso , W. Carvalho , A. Castellina , O. Catalano , L. Cazon , R. Cester , J. Chauvin , A. Chiavassa , J. A. Chinellato , A. Chou , J. Chudoba , J. Chye , R. W. Clay , E. Colombo , R. Conceição , B. Connolly , F. Contreras , J. Coppens , A. Cordier , U. Cotti , S. Coutu , C. E. Covault , A. Creusot , A. Criss , J. Cronin , A. Curutiu , S. agoret-Campagne , R. Dallier , K. Daumiller , B. R. Dawson , R. M. de Almeida , M. De Domenico , C. De Donato , S. J. de Jong , G. De La Vega , W. J. M. de Mello Junior , J. R. T. de Mello Neto , I. De Mitri , V. de Souza , K. D. de Vries , G. Decerprit , L. del Peral , O. Deligny , A. Della Selva , C. Delle Fratte , H. Dembinski , C. DiGiulio , J. C. Diaz , P. N. Diep , C. Dobrigkeit , J. C. D'Olivo , P. N. Dong , A. Dorofeev , J. C. dos Anjos , M. T. Dova , D. D'Urso , I. Dutan , M. A. DuVernois , R. Engel , M. Erdmann , C. O. Escobar , A. Etchegoyen , P. Facal San Luis , H. Falcke , G. Farrar , A. C. Fauth , N. Fazzini , F. Ferrer , A. Ferrero , B. Fick , A. Filevich , A. Filipčič , I. Fleck , S. Fliescher , C. E. Fracchiolla , E. D. Fraenkel , W. Fulgione , R. F. Gamarra , S. Gambetta , B. García , D. GarcíaGámez , D. Garcia-Pinto , X. Garrido , G. Gelmini , H. Gemmeke , P. L. Ghia , U. Giaccari , M. Giller , H. Glass , L. M. Goggin , M. S. Gold , G. Golup , F. Gomez Albarracin , M. Gómez Berisso , P. Gonçalves , M. Gonçalves do Amaral , D. Gonzalez , J. G. Gonzalez , D. Góra , A. Gorgi , P. Gouffon , S. R. Gozzini , E. Grashorn , S. Grebe , M. Grigat , A. F. Grillo , Y. Guardincerri , F. Guarino , G. P. Guedes , J. Gutiérrez , J. D. Hague , V. Halenka , P. Hansen , D. Harari , S. Harmsma , J. L. Harton , A. Haungs , M. D. Healy , T. Hebbeker , G. Hebrero , D. Heck , V. C. Holmes , P. Homola , J. R. Hörandel , A. Horneffer , M. Hrabovský , T. Huege , M. Hussain , M. Iarlori , A. Insolia , F. Ionita , A. Italiano , S. Jiraskova , M. Kaducak , K. H. Kampert , T. Karova , P. Kasper , B. Kégl , B. Keilhauer , E. Kemp , R. M. Kieckhafer , H. O. Klages , M. Kleifges , J. Kleinfeller , R. Knapik , J. Knapp , D. -H. Koang , A. Krieger , O. Krömer , D. Kruppke-Hansen , F. Kuehn , D. Kuempel , K. Kulbartz , N. Kunka , A. Kusenko , G. LaRosa , C. Lachaud , B. L. Lago , P. Lautridou , M. S. A. B. Leão , D. Lebrun , P. Lebrun , J. Lee , M. A. Leigui de Oliveira , A. Lemiere , A. Letessier-Selvon , M. Leuthold , I. Lhenry-Yvon , R. López , A. Lopez Agüera , K. Louedec , J. Lozano Bahilo , A. Lucero , H. Lyberis , M. C. Maccarone , C. Macolino , S. Maldera , D. Mandat , P. Mantsch , A. G. Mariazzi , I. C. Maris , H. R. Marquez Falcon , D. Martello , O. Martínez Bravo , H. J. Mathes , J. Matthews , J. A. J. Matthews , G. Matthiae , D. Maurizio , P. O. Mazur , M. McEwen , R. R. McNeil , G. Medina-Tanco , M. Melissas , D. Melo , E. Menichetti , A. Menshikov , R. Meyhandan , M. I. Micheletti , G. Miele , W. Miller , L. Miramonti , S. Mollerach , M. Monasor , D. Monnier Ragaigne , F. Montanet , B. Morales , C. Morello , J. C. Moreno , C. Morris , M. Mostafá , C. A. Moura , S. Mueller , M. A. Muller , R. Mussa , G. Navarra , J. L. Navarro , S. Navas , P. Necesal , L. Nellen , C. Newman-Holmes , D. Newton , P. T. Nhung , N. Nierstenhoefer , D. Nitz , D. Nosek , L. Nožka , M. Nyklicek , J. Oehlschläger , A. Olinto , P. Oliva , V. M. Olmos-Gilbaja , M. Ortiz , N. Pacheco , D. Pakk Selmi-Dei , M. Palatka , J. Pallotta , G. Parente , E. Parizot , S. Parlati , S. Pastor , M. Patel , T. Paul , V. Pavlidou , K. Payet , M. Pech , J. Pȩkala , I. M. Pepe , L. Perrone , R. Pesce , E. Petermann , S. Petrera , P. Petrinca , A. Petrolini , Y. Petrov , J. Petrovic , C. Pfendner , R. Piegaia , T. Pierog , M. Pimenta , T. Pinto , V. Pirronello , O. Pisanti , M. Platino , J. Pochon , V. H. Ponce , M. Pontz , P. Privitera , M. Prouza , E. J. Quel , J. Rautenberg , O. Ravel , D. Ravignani , A. Redondo , B. Revenu , F. A. S. Rezende , J. Ridky , S. Riggi , M. Risse , C. Rivière , V. Rizi , C. Robledo , G. Rodriguez , J. Rodriguez Martino , J. Rodriguez Rojo , I. Rodriguez-Cabo , M. D. Rodríguez-Frías , G. Ros , J. Rosado , T. Rossler , M. Roth , B. Rouillé-d'Orfeuil , E. Roulet , A. C. Rovero , F. Salamida , H. Salazar , G. Salina , F. Sánchez , M. Santander , C. E. Santo , E. M. Santos , F. Sarazin , S. Sarkar , R. Sato , N. Scharf , V. Scherini , H. Schieler , P. Schiffer , A. Schmidt , F. Schmidt , T. Schmidt , O. Scholten , H. Schoorlemmer , J. Schovancova , P. Schovánek , F. Schroeder , S. Schulte , F. Schüssler , D. Schuster , S. J. Sciutto , M. Scuderi , A. Segreto , D. Semikoz , M. Settimo , R. C. Shellard , I. Sidelnik , B. B. Siffert , G. Sigl , A. Śmiałkowski , R. Šmída , B. E. Smith , G. R. Snow , P. Sommers , J. Sorokin , H. Spinka , R. Squartini , E. Strazzeri , A. Stutz , F. Suarez , T. Suomijärvi , A. D. Supanitsky , M. S. Sutherland , J. Swain , Z. Szadkowski , A. Tamashiro , A. Tamburro , T. Tarutina , O. Taşcău , R. Tcaciuc , D. Tcherniakhovski , D. Tegolo , N. T. Thao , D. Thomas , R. Ticona , J. Tiffenberg , C. Timmermans , W. Tkaczyk , C. J. Todero Peixoto , B. Tomé , A. Tonachini , I. Torres , P. Travnicek , D. B. Tridapalli , G. Tristram , E. Trovato , M. Tueros , R. Ulrich , M. Unger , M. Urban , J. F. Valdés Galicia , I. Valiño , L. Valore , A. M. VandenBerg , J. R. Vázquez , R. A. Vázquez , D. Veberič , A. Velarde , T. Venters , V. Verzi , M. Videla , L. Villaseñor , S. Vorobiov , L. Voyvodic , H. Wahlberg , P. Wahrlich , O. Wainberg , D. Warner , A. A. Watson , S. Westerhoff , B. J. Whelan , G. Wieczorek , L. Wiencke , B. Wilczyńska , H. Wilczyński , C. Wileman , M. G. Winnick , H. Wu , B. Wundheiler , T. Yamamoto , P. Younk , G. Yuan , A. Yushkov , E. Zas , D. Zavrtanik , M. Zavrtanik , I. Zaw , A. Zepeda , M. Ziolkowski

The Nature of the Stingray Nebula from Radio Observations

We have analysed the full suite of Australia Telescope Compact Array data for the Stingray planetary nebula. Data were taken in the 4- to 23-GHz range of radio frequencies between 1991 and 2016. The radio flux density of the nebula…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-27 Lisa Harvey-Smith , Jennifer A Hardwick , Orsola De Marco , Mudumba Parthasarathy , Ioannis Gonidakis , Shaila Akhter , Maria Cunningham , James A Green

Australian participation in the Gaia Follow-Up Network for Solar System Objects

The Gaia satellite, planned for launch by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2013, is the next generation astrometry mission following Hipparcos. Gaia's primary science goal is to determine the kinematics, chemical structure and evolution…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-31 M. Todd , D. M. Coward , P. Tanga , W. Thuillot

CANGAROO-III Search for Gamma Rays from Centaurus A and the $\omega$ Centauri Region

We have observed the giant radio galaxy Centaurus A and the globular cluster $\omega$ Centauri in the TeV energy region using the CANGAROO-III stereoscopic system. The system has been in operation since 2004 withan array of four Imaging…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Kabuki , R. Enomoto , CANGAROO-III collaboration

Gaia and the Astrometry of Giant Planets

Scope of this contribution is twofold. First, it describes the potential of the global astrometry mission Gaia for detecting and measuring planetary systems based on detailed double-blind mode simulations and on the most recent predictions…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-23 M. G. Lattanzi , A. Sozzetti

Space Observation by the Australia Telescope Compact Array: Performance Characterization using GPS Satellite Observation

In order to operationalize the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) for space situational awareness (SSA) applications, we develop a system model for range and direction of arrival (DOA) estimation based on the interferometric data. We…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-10 Hamed Nosrati , Stephanie Smith , Douglas B. Hayman

Galactic Centre Pulsars with the SKAO

The detection of a pulsar closely orbiting our Galaxy's supermassive black hole - Sagittarius A* - is one of the ultimate prizes in pulsar astrophysics. The relativistic effects expected in such a system could far exceed those currently…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-19 F. Abbate , A. Carleo , S. Chatterjee , J. Cordes , P. B. Demorest , G. Desvignes , R. P. Eatough , E. Hackmann , Hu Z. , M. Kramer , J. Lazio , K. J. Lee , K. Liu , I. Rammala-Zitha , S. M. Ransom , G. Saowanit , L. Shao , P. Torne , R. Wharton , J. Wongphechauxsorn , W. Zhu , The SKAO Pulsar Science Working Group

Near-Earth asteroids orbit propagation with Gaia observations

Gaia is an astrometric mission that will be launched in 2013 and set on L2 point of Lagrange. It will observe a large number of Solar System Objets (SSO) down to magnitude 20. The Solar System Science goal is to map thousand of Main Belt…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 D. Bancelin , D. Hestroffer , W. Thuillot

Dynamics of asteroids and near-Earth objects from Gaia Astrometry

Gaia is an astrometric mission that will be launched in spring 2013. There are many scientific outcomes from this mission and as far as our Solar System is concerned, the satellite will be able to map thousands of main belt asteroids (MBAs)…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 D. Bancelin , D. Hestroffer , W. Thuillot

The Crab pulsar seen with Aqueye at Asiago Cima Ekar Observatory

We are developing fast photon-counter instruments to study the rapid variability of astrophysical sources by time tagging photon arrival times with unprecedented accuracy, making use of a Rubidium clock and GPS receiver. The first…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-12-07 L. Zampieri , C. Germanà , C. Barbieri , G. Naletto , A. Čadež , I. Capraro , A. Di Paola , C. Facchinetti , T. Occhipinti , D. Ponikvar , E. Verroi , P. Zoccarato

Adaptive Optics: Observations and Prospects for Studies of Active Galactic Nuclei

These lectures take a look at how observations with adaptive optics (AO) are beginning to influence our understanding of active galactic nuclei (AGN). By focussing on a few specific topics, the aim is to highlight the different ways in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Davies