Jan 17, 2014
Low frequency radio waves give us a unique window on the Universe. New technological advances mean that we can build sensitive wide-field telescopes that can explore this regime in detail for the first time. One of the instruments designed to do this is the Murchison...
Jan 13, 2014
We are now moving into an era where multi-object wide-field galaxy surveys, which traditionally use single fibres to observe many targets simultaneously, can exploit compact integral field units in place of single fibres. Current multi-object integral field...
Jan 6, 2014
Integral field spectroscopy provides a remarkable observational window into the most complex astrophysical objects. By obtaining spectra at multiple contiguous positions, the spatially resolved structure of star-formation and chemical enrichment can be revealed for...
Dec 20, 2013
Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are believed to result from the explosion of a carbon-oxygen white dwarf, induced by interaction with a binary companion. Spectroscopy of SNe Ia offers clues to the explosion properties from the composition and velocities of the SN ejecta...
Dec 18, 2013
While telescopes have been capable of capturing a single “picture” of the sky for quite some time, the high demand for the use of world-class facilities and historically limited fields of view on offer meant that repeat observations of the same areas of sky were...
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