From: <Chris.Phillips_at_email.protected>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:44:25 +1000 (EST)

Hi Guys,

Mail from Sergei, majordomo does not like the large CC list...

Cheers
Chris

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Dear All,

Just let me add a few words to the first announcement (see letter of
Steven Tingay below).

I think this achievement is the first big technical step into radio
astronomy, demonstrating New Zealand's ability to make a contribution
to this field. From this first step, New Zealand is well-placed to
become a significant contributor to the Southern Hemisphere radio
astronomy array, as well as to the International VLBI Service. By
building on our recent technical success we can start to develop more
powerful radio telescope in New Zealand. We are also looking forward
to participating in the most ambitious international radio astronomy
project ever embarked upon, the Square Kilometre Array.

I'd like to thank all people who directly participated in the first
Trans-Tasman VLBI, and those who helped us and supported this project
both in Australia and New Zealand.

Huge thanks to Steven Tingay, the initiator of this project, and to
the Trans-Tasman VLBI brotherhood: Tim Natusch, Tasso Tzioumis, Brent
Addis, Adam Deller, Simon Ellingsen, David Jauncey, Peter McCulloch,
Chris Phillips, Brett Reid, John Reynolds, Craig West. Many thanks
for the great support we had from the ATNF Directorate (Brian Boyle
and Lewis Ball), from the University of Tasmania (John Dickey).
Special thanks to Sir Ian Axford and Tor Hagfors, who helped us and
believed in us from the very beginning. Massive thanks to all people
at AUT, who helped us in this development: Philip Sallis, Derek
McCormack, Sir Paul Reeves, Kathy Garden, Kevin Pryor, Pare Keiha, Ian
Shirley, Ellen Forch, Jonathan Kirkpatrick, Slava Kitaev, Alan Smith,
Paul Moroney, Brian Chrystall, Nigel Murphy, Faye Langton, and many
others.

I'd like to thank the Ministry of Economic Development, which funded
this project, the Royal Society of New Zealand, and some individuals
who made this possible, such as David Cunliffe, Marilyn Head, Don
Smith, and others.

Kind regards,
Sergei

Professor Sergei Gulyaev, Director
Centre for Radiophysics and Space Research
Auckland University of Technology
Private Bag 92006 Auckland 1020
New Zealand

Telephone: 64-9-9219541
Facsimile: 64-9-9219973
E-mail: sergei.gulyaev_at_aut.<!--nospam-->ac.nz
Web: www.crsr.ac.nz
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>>>Steven Tingay <stingay_at_astro.<!--nospam-->swin.edu.au> 20/10/2005 8:03:43 p.m.
>>>

Dear All,

You will all be aware of the recent efforts to build a radio
astronomy
capability in New Zealand, a collaboration between the Auckland
University
of Technology, the Swinburne University of Technology, and the CSIRO
Australia Telescope National Facility.

I'm pleased to be able to tell you, on behalf of our team, that we
have
confirmed the first successful very long baseline interferometry
experiment between New Zealand and Australia. I will not go into a
lot of
detail here, but the observation took place in late July, between a 6
m
telescope in New Zealand and the Australia Telescope Compact Array
(ATCA)
near Narrabri in Australia.

This success follows on from about 6 months of fairly intense
development
of the systems and testing, mostly due to the work of Tim Natusch.
We've
had a lot of support from the ATNF, the University of Tasmania, AUT,
and
Swinburne, and funding from the MED in New Zealand.

Sergei and Tim manned the New Zealand telescope for the successful
observation and Tasso Tzioumis manned the ATCA. The data were
correlated
in full in the last few days by Adam Deller on the Swinburne
supercomputer.

We hope that this good result will grow into much bigger successes
for New
Zealand radio astronomy. Having worked with the data, I'm excited by
the
future prospects for much larger and more sensitive radio telescopes
in
New Zealand and look forward to our collaboration developing over
the
next few years.

Cheers, Steven

##=====================================================##
Dr Steven Tingay stingay_at_astro.<!--nospam-->swin.edu.au
Swinburne SKA Project Leader
Senior Lecturer

Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
Swinburne University of Technology
Mail No H39
P.O. Box 218, Hawthorn, Vic. 3122, Australia

ph: +61 3 9214 8758
fax: +61 3 9214 8797

http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/ska
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<DIV>Just let me add a few words to the first announcement (see letter of =
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I think this achievement is the first big technical step into radio =
astronomy, demonstrating New Zealand's ability to make a contribution to =
this field. From this first step, New Zealand is well-placed to become a =
significant contributor to the Southern Hemisphere radio astronomy array, =
as well as to the International VLBI Service. By building on our recent =
technical success we can start to develop more powerful radio telescope in =
New Zealand. We are also looking forward to participating in the most =
ambitious international radio astronomy project ever embarked upon, the =
Square Kilometre Array.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I'd like to thank all people who directly participated in the first =
Trans-Tasman VLBI, and those who helped us and supported this project =
both in Australia and New Zealand.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Huge thanks to Steven Tingay, the initiator of this project, and =
to the Trans-Tasman VLBI brotherhood: Tim Natusch, Tasso Tzioumis, =
Brent Addis, Adam Deller, Simon Ellingsen, David Jauncey, Peter McCulloch, =
Chris Phillips, Brett Reid, John Reynolds, Craig West. Many thanks =
for the great support we had from the ATNF Directorate (Brian Boyle and =
Lewis Ball), from the University of Tasmania (John Dickey). Special =
thanks to Sir Ian Axford and Tor Hagfors, who helped us and believed in us =
from the very beginning. Massive thanks to all people at AUT, =
who helped us in this development: Philip Sallis, Derek McCormack, =
Sir Paul Reeves, Kathy Garden, Kevin Pryor, Pare Keiha, Ian Shirley, Ellen =
Forch, Jonathan Kirkpatrick, Slava Kitaev, Alan Smith, Paul Moroney, Brian =
Chrystall, Nigel Murphy, Faye Langton, and many others. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I'd like to thank the Ministry of Economic Development, which funded =
this project, the Royal Society of New Zealand, and some individuals who =
made this possible, such as David Cunliffe, Marilyn Head, Don Smith, and =
others. <BR></DIV>
<DIV>Kind regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Sergei</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Professor Sergei Gulyaev, Director<BR>Centre for Radiophysics and =
Space Research<BR>Auckland University of Technology<BR>Private Bag 92006 =
Auckland 1020<BR>New Zealand</DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"COLOR: #000000">Dear All,<BR><BR>You will all be aware of =
the recent efforts to build a radio astronomy<BR>capability in New =
Zealand, a collaboration between the Auckland University<BR>of Technology, =
the Swinburne University of Technology, and the CSIRO<BR>Australia =
Telescope National Facility.<BR><BR>I'm pleased to be able to tell you, on =
behalf of our team, that we have<BR>confirmed the first successful very =
long baseline interferometry<BR>experiment between New Zealand and =
Australia. I will not go into a lot of<BR>detail here, but the =
observation took place in late July, between a 6 m<BR>telescope in New =
Zealand and the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA)<BR>near Narrabri =
in Australia.<BR><BR>This success follows on from about 6 months of fairly =
intense development<BR>of the systems and testing, mostly due to the work =
of Tim Natusch. We've<BR>had a lot of support from the ATNF, the =
University of Tasmania, AUT, and<BR>Swinburne, and funding from the MED in =
New Zealand.<BR><BR>Sergei and Tim manned the New Zealand telescope for =
the successful<BR>observation and Tasso Tzioumis manned the ATCA. =
The data were correlated<BR>in full in the last few days by Adam Deller on =
the Swinburne<BR>supercomputer.<BR><BR>We hope that this good result will =
grow into much bigger successes for New<BR>Zealand radio astronomy. =
Having worked with the data, I'm excited by the<BR>future prospects for =
much larger and more sensitive radio telescopes in<BR>New Zealand and look =
forward to our collaboration developing over the<BR>next few years.<BR><BR>=
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