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CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker Night
CREATED:20171230T135338
SUMMARY:Guest Speaker - Prof Gary Da Costa (ANU)
LOCATION:Green Point Observatory
DESCRIPTION:Sky Mapper and the Search for the Milky Ways' Oldest Stars
.
Prof Gary Da Costa
My current position is that of Professor of Astronomy at the Research Schoo
l of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University.
My research interest
s include the stellar populations of dwarf galaxies, the origin of abundanc
e anomalies in globular cluster stars, the Magellanic Clouds, and the forma
tion of the halo of the Milky Way. I am the convenor of the research group
that is using photometry from the ANU SkyMapper telescope to search for ext
remely metal-poor stars in the halo of the Milky Way galaxy.
<
span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I am currently Chair of the Sk
yMapper Management Executive and have previously been the ANU's representat
ive on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Giant Magellan Telescope p
roject. I have also been a member of AAL's Optical Telescopes Advisory Comm
ittee (OTAC).
I
served as RSAA Associate Director (Academic) from 2004 to 2007 and was RSAA
Interim Director for 4 months in 2007. I have also been Vice-President (20
03-2005), President (2005-2007) and Immediate Past President (2007-2009) of
the Astronomical Society of Australia.
I am also a former President and Organizing Committ
ee member of the Stars Clusters and Associations Commission of the Internat
ional Astronomical Union.
Currently I serve as the RSAA PhD program convenor. <
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Sky Mapper and the Search for the Milky Ways' Oldest Stars
.
Prof Gary Da Costa
My current position is that of Professor of Astrono
my at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian N
ational University.
My research interests include the stellar populations of dwarf galaxies
, the origin of abundance anomalies in globular cluster stars, the Magellan
ic Clouds, and the formation of the halo of the Milky Way. I am the conveno
r of the research group that is using photometry from the ANU SkyMapper tel
escope to search for extremely metal-poor stars in the halo of the Milky Wa
y galaxy.
I am c
urrently Chair of the SkyMapper Management Executive and have previously be
en the ANU's representative on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Gi
ant Magellan Telescope project. I have also been a member of AAL's Optical
Telescopes Advisory Committee (OTAC).
I served as RSAA Associate Director (Academic) from 2
004 to 2007 and was RSAA Interim Director for 4 months in 2007. I have also
been Vice-President (2003-2005), President (2005-2007) and Immediate Past
President (2007-2009) of the Astronomical Society of Australia.
<
p>I am also a former Presiden
t and Organizing Committee member of the Stars Clusters and Associations Co
mmission of the International Astronomical Union.Currently I serve as the RSAA PhD program
convenor.
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