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SKA Conference, AUT University, February 2010
15 February — International Workshop “VLBI and GNSS: New Zealand and Australian perspectives”
Both VLBI and GNSS techniques are essential parts of modern space geodesy. Both have potential to play a vital role in SKA. This workshop has an emphasis on integration of the two techniques.
16-18 February — International Conference "Pathways to SKA Science in Australasia"
Highlights recent SKA developments in Australia and New Zealand and reviews the main areas of SKA science. A timely conference to celebrate the signing of the Australia - New Zealand SKA Cooperation Agreement and the commissioning of AUT’s 12m antenna at Warkworth, which it is hoped will be a "path-finder" for further New Zealand involvement in ASKAP and the SKA.
Register your attendance now: SKANZ2010
Launch of Radio Telescope 8 October 2008
Years of planning, weeks of shipping, months of on site installation work all synchronised perfectly on Wednesday 8 October when AUT celebrated the launch of New Zealand’s first modern radio telescope. The 12m dish, sitting on an 8 tonne pedestal, was built by Michigan’s Patriot Antenna Systems and then shipped across the Pacific before being assembled at the Warkworth Satellite Station, north of Auckland.
About seventy guests, including government and local body representatives, business leaders, distinguished astronomers and university colleagues were treated to an executive bus ride from AUT to the Warkworth site for the official ribbon cutting ceremony. AUT’s Vice-Chancellor, Derek McCormack and Mayor of Rodney District, Penny Webster officiated. The occasion was also used to promote the new Astronomy major being offered with the Bachelor of Mathematical Sciences beginning in 2009.