Look to the east on the evening of monday 14 november to see the biggest and brightest supermoon since 1948, says swinburne astronomer dr alan duffy. Astronomical society of australia peak national body for astronomy member february 2010 current women in astronomy elected to national committee on improving diversity and the experience for. Dr alan duffy astrophysicist keynote speaker enhance. Astrophysicist dr alan duffy discusses the beautiful problem of being able to collect so much data, and why its preservation will be crucial to astronomy and to astronomers in the future. Alan duffy, a brilliant young astronomer from the international centre for radio astronomy research at the university of western austraila who creates simulations of dark matter evolution inside supercomputers. One is a pure science visualisation project with icrar international centre for radio astronomy research in collaboration with dr alan duffy. New radio telescope predicted to find 700,000 new galaxies. The plugin shows the frequency, bandwidth, and fft resolution and. Hubbles contribution to modern astronomy celestial world. Alan duffy profile swinburne university of technology.
Star stuff was the best australian astronomy event ive been to and i cant wait to come back to see it. Dr alan duffy, who attended the first star stuff also expressed enthusiasm for the event. In the year celebrating the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 landing and the first recorded images of a black hole, it seems fitting that professor duffy is our 2019 speaker. Astronomer dr alan duffy is here to help us understand the stupid astronomy jargon that makes no sense. The hunt for et presentations by dr katie mack and dr alan duffy both university of melbourne at this the age evening event at the edge in federation square. I wrote the plugin after becoming interested in amateur radio astronomy. Mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn are about to align july 17, 2016 by daniel sternklar astronomy, jupiter, mars, mercury, planets, saturn, space, venus daniel this month will see a passing moment where mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, and saturn the five planets visible from earth by the naked eye will appear in a line from the. Alan duffy is working to solve the mystery of dark matter abc. Vanessa moss is an astronomer based at the university of sydney, working as part of the arc centre of excellence for allsky astrophysics caastro. Dr alan duffy is here to help us understand some of the tricky scientific jargon used by astronomers. In march 2017, she started a new podcast, cosmic vertigo with cohost dr alan duffy.
Dr alan duffy, research fellow at swinburne university in melbourne, told the australian geographic that this rare alignment is essentially a quirk of the universe. A professional astrophysicist, he creates baby universes on supercomputers to understand how galaxies form and to prove the nature. Dr alan duffy is a professional astrophysicist creating universes on supercomputers to probe the nature of dark matter. Australias national science agency, the csiro, operates a number of world class radio astronomy observatories that are collectively known as the australia telescope national facility. Cosmic vertigo do you ever feel dizzy when you think about the incomprehensible scale of space. Alan duffy, produced by the swinburne centre for astrophysics and supercomputing. February 20 astrofest, the astronomically awesome event, again attracted over 3,500 members of the perth public. Tac member dr alan duffy said competition was fierce. Program leader spacetech applications at the data science research institute phd astronomy and astrophysics, university of manchester, united kingdom. Alan duffy professor swinburne university of technology linkedin. Dr alan duffy its actually very hard to definitively say its a dyson sphere, simply because we dont really know what that would look like in practice. New australian telescope set to find 700,000 galaxies.
Astronomer alan duffy is using supercomputers to try and answer some of. Public profile of swinburne astronomer professor alan duffy, lead scientist of the royal institution of australia, with school talksevening lectures on dark matter, dark energy, galaxy formation, indigenous astronomy, alien worlds. Astrophysicist dr alan duffy talks death stars and why theyll take 500,000 years to reach us. Star stuff ii byron bay southern astronomical society. Hungry astronomers gather to decide who gets access to. By developing custom tools and graphical software applications, our realtime. They each had their own challenges mostly with respect to the requirement for high resolutionfidelity of the final movies, around 4000 pixels wide in both cases.
Alan duffy astronomer professional astronomer and science communicator born 1983. I focus on two extremes of distance, the very close and the very far from us in the milky way. A flythrough video of the galaxies askap is expected to discover in the wallaby and dingo surveys. Stephens awesome fruit and nuts store the final frontier. I use supercomputers to uncover the nature of dark matter a new type of particle that binds galaxies together and the key physical laws. Dr duffy said the new askap galaxy surveys would also allow astronomers to probe the nature of one of astronomys greatest mysteries dark energy. Cas staff professor alan duffy swinburne astronomy. Alan duffy is an astrophysicist and an associate professor at swinburne university. Stargazing across the abc astronomy themed content for all audiences in the lead up to stargazing live 4,5,6 april monday, april 3, 2017 to celebrate the abcs major tv event stargazing live, hosted by professor brian cox and julia zemiro on 4,5,6 april, the abc is showcasing a comprehensive suite of astronomy themed content across abc radio, tv and online. Astronomer dr alan duffy has been appointed research fellow and science communicator at swinburne university of technology dr duffy will be part of swinburnes centre for astrophysics and supercomputing participating in research undertaken at the centre while also generating overall awareness of astrophysics and other sciencerelated topics through community. Its surveys will find more galaxies, further away and be able to study them in more detail than any other radio telescope in the world until the ska is built, said dr alan duffy from the. Britons will be able to see five planets with the naked.
Star stuff was the best australian astronomy event ive been to and i cant wait to come back to see it bigger and better in 2018. Dr alan duffy grew up in rural northern ireland, reading stephen. I use supercomputers to uncover the nature of dark matter a new type of particle that binds galaxies together and the key physical laws that govern the formation of galaxies. Australias leading scientific minds have gathered in sydney this week to decide who gets access to the countrys worldclass telescopes and for how long. Novins planetarium january 4, 2017 dark is a fulldome movie that explains and explores the nature of dark matter, the missing 80% of the mass of the universe.
New australian telescope set to find 700,000 new galaxies. He is an experienced public speaker, science communicator and leading expert in space science and astrophysics. Alan duffy, a brilliant young astronomer from the international centre for radio astronomy research icrar at the university of western australia who creates simulations of dark matter evolution inside supercomputers. Prof alan duffy is a research fellow at swinburne unive. Making sense of the dizzying amount of incomprehensible space there is in space with astronomers dr. Dr allan duffy associate professor duffy is an astrophysicist at swinburne university creating baby universes on supercomputers to understand how galaxies like our milky way form and grow within vast halos of invisible dark matter.
Everyone, whether interested in astronomy or not, has heard of the. Rather than the light we see with our eyes, she uses radio waves to study hydrogen fuel in galaxies billions of light years away as. Galaxy redshift surveys selected by neutral hydrogen. Askap telescope predicted to find 700,000 new galaxies. Mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn are about to. Did nasa probe detect a killer gammaray burst in andromeda.
Alan r duffy born 1983 is a professional astronomer and science communicator. Galaxy formation, dark matter, hydrodynamical simulations, outreach. Stargazing live on abc tv gathered astronomers and astrophysicists for three nights of. Associate professor duffy is an astronomer at swinburne university creating baby universes on the nations most powerful supercomputers to understand how. View alan duffys profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional. Astronomy in the 21st century produces vast quantities of complex data the equivalent of the entire internet is generated each. Telescope is a stereoscopic film detailing the evolution of astronomy. Dr alan duffy, astronomer qualifications phd astronomy, university of manchester 2009 mphys 1st physics with study in europe, university of manchester 2005 as an experienced astronomer, alan has numerous published articles on a range of topics within general astronomy and cosmology several of his papers are amongst. In march this year, ballyclareraised astronomer dr alan duffy found himself in parliament house in canberra, describing his work on dark matter and the origins of the universe to australian prime minister tony abbott and lobbying for more government support and funding for science. Galaxy redshift surveys selected by neutral hydrogen using the fivehundred metre aperture spherical telescope alan r. Professor alan duffy is a research fellow at swinburne university and lead scientist of the royal institution of australia.
Astronomy committee meets to decide access to australias worldclass telescopes. Space astronomer dr alan duffy is here to help us understand the stupid astronomy jargon that makes no sense. Dr alan duffy talks about the beautiful problem of being able to collect so much data, and why its preservation will be crucial to astronomy and to astronomers in the future. Prof alan duffy is an astronomer at swinburne and lead scientist of the royal institution of australia. Swinburne university of technology astronomer dr alan duffy says that anyone in the world will be able to see this event without requiring a telescope or binoculars. Australias science channel alan duffys astronomy glossary. Astronomers have witnessed a cosmic weather event that has never been seen before a cluster of giant gas clouds raining in on the supermassive black hole at the center of a very distant giant elliptical galaxy. Join astronomers dr alan duffy and dr katie mack on an exploration of the universe in an immersive science talk blending live events and virtual reality.