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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Astronomy
An exciting opportunity exists for a post-doc to lead the precision radial velocity instrumentation program within the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Macquarie University.
Australian Exoplanet Workshop
Workshop to be held at Macquarie University on February 16-17 2012.
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Astronomy & Astrophysics
We are seeking applications from outstanding early career astronomers from any area of astronomical research for a full time Lecurer position (Level B or C) in the Department of Physics & Astronomy. The successful candidate will share time equally between pursuing active astronomical research and undertaking appropriate teaching and other academic activities within the department and in supporting the observing and research activities of the Astronomy group at the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO). Click here for more info.
AAO/Macquarie Honours Scholarships
Two scholarships worth $5,000 each are available to students undertaking an honours degree in astronomy (particularly in astrophotonics/instrumentation) at the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO).
Congratulations on ARC Success!
» Dan Zucker: ARC Future Fellowship
» Orsola de Marco & Peter Wood: "David & Goliath - what planets can do to the stars that created them".
» Michael Ireland, Timothy Bedding & Quentin Parker: "Sound and fury: finding planets amidst the noise of their dying stars".
» Ken Freeman, Quentin Parker & Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn: "Galactic archaeology: a radial velocity experiment to unveil the history of the Milky Way"
» Raquel Salmeron & Mark Wardle: "The formation of stars and planets"
Youngest Exoplanet Captured
Close up images of a young planet in the process of formation.
AAAstro 1st Annual Workshop
Phases of Late Stage Stellar Evolution, 5-7 December 2011.
First AAAstro Centre newsletter published
Check out our new bi-monthly newsletter. The next issue will be out in December.
Discovery of a new planetary nebula.
Macquarie astronomers have played a pivotal role in the latest discovery of a new planetary nebula.
Aboriginal astronomers recorded a "supernova-impostor" event.
Macquarie astronomers show the Boorong people of Victoria recorded the Great Eruption of Eta Carine in the 1840s.
AAAstro Newsletter
» #1: September 2011
»#2: December 2011
Regular Events
AAAstro Seminar
A weekly event to gather to listen to a presentation about topics of current interest, personal research, or a recent publication.
Starts Friday the 10th of February at 2 pm.
The first speaker of the year is
Michael Shara
American Museum of Natural History
Title: The Nova - Dwarf Nova Connection
AAAstro Tea
Join us every Friday at 3pm in the kitchenette on the 4th Floor of E7A for tea, snacks, and socialising.
Public Observing
Decisions about whether observing will go ahead are usually made around 5 PM on the day listed. Please make all bookings before 4 PM. Check here for details.