Presenter(s): Marnie Ogg Session details: Saturday, 2026-04-03 22:30:00 Abstract Around the world, artificial light at night is being redefined. No longer seen as harmless progress, it is now recognised as an environmental pressure, a scientific threat, and a public health concern. Governments are adopting light pollution guidelines, observatories are strengthening protection measures, and research continues…
Presenter(s): Anthony Wesley Affiliation(s): MASA Session details: Saturday, 2024-03-29 22:15:00, STAR Abstract Cameras are the core component of any imaging system. In this talk I review the current state of the art in camera technology and preview the new cameras and technology that are just over the horizon. From counting individual photons, extended IR sensitivity,…
Presenter(s): Dr. Sara Webb Affiliation(s): Swinburne University of Technology Session details: Saturday, 2022-04-15 23:15:00, ONL Abstract We live in an exciting era of Astronomy where data far outweighs astronomers, and the discoveries to be made are almost limitless. In this presentation I will give an overview of the transient universe and some of the most…
Presenter(s): Anthony Wesley Affiliation(s): Astronomical Society of Australia (associate member) Session details: Saturday, 2020-04-10 23:15:00, STAR Abstract The last twenty years have seen a revolution in imaging techniques for the larger bodies in our local solar system, led by amateur astronomers around the world and resulting in images of exquisite resolution and beauty that have…
Presenter(s): Prof. Virginia Kilborn Affiliation(s): Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing Session details: Saturday, 2018-03-30 22:00:00, MCON Biography Virginia Kilborn is a radio astronomer with the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University. Her primary research interests include tracing galaxy evolution by studying the neutral hydrogen gas in galaxies, and she…
Presenter(s): Joss Bland-Hawthorn Affiliation(s): ARC Laureate Fellow; FAA FOSA; Director, Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics; Principal Investigator, Sydney Astrophotonic Instrumentation Labs; A/Director, Institute of Photonics and Optical Science Session details: Saturday, 2016-03-25 22:15:00, LT101 Abstract We have known for several decades that a “supermassive dark object” inhabits the centre of the Galaxy, in a…
Presenter(s): Barry Adcock Session details: Sunday, 2014-04-20 01:00:00, New York Abstract A summary of the life and work of John Perdrix will be presented. John Perdrix also had a deep interest in the Great Melbourne Telescope (GMT). In view of the pending excursion to see the GMT and to emphasize the interest that John developed…
Presenter(s): Richard Gillespie Affiliation(s): Museum of Victoria Session details: Saturday, 2014-04-18 23:15:00, New York Abstract Erected at Melbourne Observatory in 1869, the Great Melbourne Telescope was the second largest telescope in the world, designed to explore the nature of the nebulae in the southern hemisphere skies. For many Melburnians in the 1870s and 1880s, the…
Affiliation(s): University of Queensland Session details: Saturday, 2012-04-06 23:10:00, TBA Abstract Being part of the research team unravelling the mysteries of the accelerating universe took a further exciting turn in 2011 when the man at the top, Brian Schmidt, was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for this outstanding project. And of course, if…
Presenter(s): Dr Tom Richards Affiliation(s): Variable Stars South Session details: Saturday, 2010-04-02 22:15:00 Abstract Variable star research is changing massively thanks to the impact of new instrumentation and communication, in the hands of amateurs as well as professionals. I review the developments in four areas: Miras and long period variables, Cepheids and related pulsating stars,…