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AuScope VLBI

@auscopevlbi

Three new radio telescopes and a correlator for VLBI geodesy in Australia. Tying Australian geodesy into the International Geospatial Reference Frame.

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linkhttp://auscope.phys.utas.edu.au/ calendar_today01-10-2009 02:10:46

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Ever wonder how VLBI helps make positioning with GPS and other global navigation satellite systems more accurate? VLBI is the only way we can measure the rotation of the Earth accurately and this... insidegnss.com/how-does-earth…

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The AuScope VLBI project is part of a larger national geosciences program. This 5 minute video shows the wide range of important activities that are happening under the AuScope banner - enjoy youtu.be/NIRMBolyxjM youtu.be/NIRMBolyxjM

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First broadband fringes from the Katherine 12m to the Hobart 12m. Detection from 3-14 GHz. Great work by the team who have been working tirelessly for a long time to make this happen!

First broadband fringes from the Katherine 12m to the Hobart 12m. Detection from 3-14 GHz. Great work by the team who have been working tirelessly for a long time to make this happen!
Simon Ellingsen (@simonellingsen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you're a physicist/astronomer and you want to come and live in a beautiful place and work with great people - we have an ongoing position open now University of Tasmania careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/4939…

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Congratulations to our colleagues at the AuScope Hobart and Katherine antennas in Australia for the major accomplishment of obtaining fringes—successful #VLBI interferometry observations—and bringing the southern hemisphere into the VGOS network!

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Would you like to come and work at University of Tasmania and help us build a new ground tracking station to work with Australian Space Agency ? We're looking for someone to work as a project manager and with commissioning careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/4945…

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The University of Tasmania Mt Pleasant 26 participating in some International VLBI service observations yesterday afternoon as part of our work with Geoscience Australia to enable accurate satellite navigation across Australia.

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If you have ever wanted a tour of the Mt Pleasant radio telescopes, but haven’t made it to an open day. Here is your opportunity to have a tour from the comfort of your living room, courtesy of TastroFest Tasmania, Inspiring Australia – National Networks and NationalScienceWeek

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Some great research to be undertaken University of Tasmania following recent Australian Research Council funding announcements. Congratulations to Natural Sciences colleagues Anya M. Reading, Michael Breadmore Alex Bissember, Larry Forbes, Vipul Gupta. Read more about their projects here: utas.edu.au/communications…

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Interested in a space-related PhD project University of Tasmania? We have an exciting industry-funded PhD scholarship working in space domain awareness currently open. Great opportunity to develop skills for a future career in space Australian Space Agency Sciences and Engineering at University of Tasmania secure.utas.edu.au/research/degre…

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Want to know more about bushfires? University of Tasmania is running a free, online 4 week course developed by our internationally recognized fire researchers. utas.edu.au/communications…

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🪐 Space has always been the ultimate frontier for humankind, and we are thrilled to collaborate with Astrogate Labs on the next-generation of hybrid communications in #space 🛰️ University of Tasmania Simon Ellingsen #research utas.edu.au/communications…

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The Callisto broadband receivers have arrived in Hobart. We're setting them all up in the lab for initial tests.... fb.me/3MNmfMgKM

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If you know any young girls (age 5-15) who are interested science and technology, Robogals runs some great... fb.me/5PfSRnebj

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50 years ago (8 June 1967) the first very long baseline observation was made between Haystack and Greenbank.... fb.me/1pmFfuN5p

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So many AuScope VLBI connections in this article - GPS, neutron stars (which we love observing with our other... fb.me/28DkIthn8

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Not geodesy, but an exciting day for everyone at the Mt Pleasant observatory. Jim Palfreyman has a paper in Nature today which uses observations of the Vela pulsar with the 26m telescope to study matter in its most extreme state - the interior of a... rdcu.be/LfP0