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CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker Night
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SUMMARY:Guest Speaker - Dr Phil Edwards - CSIRO
LOCATION::  Green Point Observatory
DESCRIPTION:<h2>Radio Astronomy in Australia – arrays, asteroids and (no) aliens</h2><p
 >In this talk I will start with a whirlwind tour of Australia radio-telesco
 pes, from the iconic Parkes radio telescope, "Murriyang", to the SKA curren
 tly being built in Western Australia.<br />Examples of the research doing w
 ith these facilities will be given, with a focus on radar observations of n
 ear Earth asteroids, and some of the history of Searches for Extra-Terrestr
 ial Intelligence in Australia</p><h2><img src="images/articles/dr-phil-edwa
 rds.jpg" alt="dr phil edwards photo" width="186" height="186" style="margin
 -right: 10px; float: left;" />Dr Phil Edwards</h2><p>Dr Edwards is the seni
 or research scientist, Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO Space a
 nd Astronomy, based at CSIRO's Marsfield site in Sydney.</p><p>Dr Edwards h
 as a PhD in physics from University of Adelaide, 1988. He has worked at Ins
 titute of Space and Astronautical Science of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Explorat
 ion Agency) for 12 years, from 1994 to 2006.</p><p>Dr Edwards is the chair,
  Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) and chair, Australian SKA Science Advisory
  Committee of ASCC.</p><p>He was co-chair of the RadioAstron International 
 Science Council from 2014 to 2019, and has co-authored over 230 scientific 
 papers.</p>
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h2>Radio Astronomy in Australia – arrays, asteroids and (no) aliens</h2><p
 >In this talk I will start with a whirlwind tour of Australia radio-telesco
 pes, from the iconic Parkes radio telescope, "Murriyang", to the SKA curren
 tly being built in Western Australia.<br />Examples of the research doing w
 ith these facilities will be given, with a focus on radar observations of n
 ear Earth asteroids, and some of the history of Searches for Extra-Terrestr
 ial Intelligence in Australia</p><h2><img src="https://www.sasi.net.au/imag
 es/articles/dr-phil-edwards.jpg" alt="dr phil edwards photo" width="186" he
 ight="186" style="margin-right: 10px; float: left;" />Dr Phil Edwards</h2><
 p>Dr Edwards is the senior research scientist, Australia Telescope National
  Facility, CSIRO Space and Astronomy, based at CSIRO's Marsfield site in Sy
 dney.</p><p>Dr Edwards has a PhD in physics from University of Adelaide, 19
 88. He has worked at Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of JAXA (
 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) for 12 years, from 1994 to 2006.</p><p>
 Dr Edwards is the chair, Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) and chair, Austral
 ian SKA Science Advisory Committee of ASCC.</p><p>He was co-chair of the Ra
 dioAstron International Science Council from 2014 to 2019, and has co-autho
 red over 230 scientific papers.</p>
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