| 21st of September 2017 |
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| The third ACAMAR meeting |
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The third ACAMAR meeting -- Australia-China Workshop on Astrophysics
-- was held in Hobart this week. The picture above shows Elaine Sadler
welcoming participants to the meeting. The focus of this workshop was
Antarctic astronomy, low-frequency radio astronomy, ASKAP/FAST/SKA,
and optical instrumentation. ACAMAR is a joint China-Australia
research centre between the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the
Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, and the ARC
Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) to collaborate
on areas of common interest within astronomy, astrophysics and
cosmology.
ACAMAR is an acronym (by the looser definition of the word) for the Australia-ChinA consortiuM for Astrophysical Research, but is also the name for theta Eridani, a bright naked-eye star visible from both Australia and China. |