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Keywords Academic - Any -Associate Professor Christian WolfAssociate Professor Emily WisnioskiAssociate Professor Francis BennetAssociate Professor François RigautAssociate Professor Luca CasagrandeAssociate Professor Tony TravouillonDr Amit SetaDr Andrew BattistiDr Bradley TuckerDr Cameron Van EckDr Craig AndersonDr Doris GrosseDr Hiep NguyenDr Israel VaughnDr Jesse CranneyDr Joice MathewDr Kathryn GrashaDr Marc WhiteDr Melissa NessDr Michael CopelandDr Noelia Martinez ReyDr Roland CrockerDr Sven BuderDr Thomas NordlanderDr Trevor Mendel Elisa JagerMr David BrodrickProfessor Anna MooreProfessor Brian SchmidtProfessor Céline d'OrgevilleProfessor Chris LidmanProfessor Christoph FederrathProfessor Helmut JerjenProfessor Ken FreemanProfessor Mark KrumholzProfessor Matthew CollessProfessor Michael IrelandProfessor Naomi McClure-GriffithsProfessor Paul FrancisProfessor Robert SharpProfessor Stuart Wyithe Yuxiang Qin Advanced search Project type - Any - Not open for students Open for students Status - Any - Potential Current Completed Study level - Any - Bachelor Graduate certificate Honours Master MPhil PhD Research theme - Any - Black hole phenomena Galactic archaeology Instrumentation Stellar and planetary astronomy Structure and evolution of the Cosmos Displaying 1 - 12 of 12 project(s). A high-altitude survey for nearby supernova This project has two components: developing the science case for the instrument, defining the mission parameters that are necessary to ensure the science goals are achieved; and, for a student so inclined, physically building the telescope and camera system. Theme InstrumentationStellar and planetary astronomyStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students People Dr Bradley Tucker, Supervisor Dr Joice Mathew, Supervisor Read more A high-altitude survey for nearby supernova This project has two components: developing the science case for the instrument, defining the mission parameters that are necessary to ensure the science goals are achieved; and, for a student so inclined, physically building the telescope and camera system. Theme InstrumentationStellar and planetary astronomyStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students People Dr Bradley Tucker, Supervisor Dr Joice Mathew, Supervisor Read more Archaeology of the Milky Way Ambitious students will investigate optimal ways to measure the stellar properties (eg Teff, age, mass) and chemical composition of this immense amount of data. Theme Galactic archaeologyStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Read more Computational astrophysics studies in turbulence, magnetic fields, and star/galaxy formation and evolution Study of the statistics of turbulent, magnetised gases, relevant for the structure and evolution of the interstellar medium, the formation and evolution of stars and galaxies, using a combination of supercomputer simulations, theory, analytical calculations, and comparison to observations. Theme Stellar and planetary astronomyStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Professor Christoph Federrath, Supervisor Read more Extended Main-sequence Turn-off in Galactic Open Clusters Ultraviolet photometry has revealed that young open clusters in the Milky Way display extended main sequence turn-off in the colour magnitude diagram. Theme Galactic archaeologyStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students People Associate Professor Luca Casagrande, Supervisor Read more Finding Young Stellar Associations with Chronostar In this project you will develop use and further develop the Chronostar tool to identify thousands of previously unknown young stars near the sun - ideal targets for future exoplanet detection campaigns. Theme Stellar and planetary astronomy Read more People Professor Michael Ireland, Supervisor Read more Finding Young Stellar Associations with Chronostar In this project you will develop use and further develop the Chronostar tool to identify thousands of previously unknown young stars near the sun - ideal targets for future exoplanet detection campaigns. Theme Stellar and planetary astronomy Read more People Professor Michael Ireland, Supervisor Read more Just another brick in the halo Accreted stellar populations are comprised of the remnants of destroyed galaxies, and often dominate the 'stellar haloes' of galaxies such as the Milky Way. Theme Galactic archaeologyStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students People Associate Professor Luca Casagrande, Supervisor Read more Searching for Explosive or Eruptive Variables in the SkyMapper Transient Survey The SkyMapper Transient (SMT) Survey is a currently searching and studying supernovae and other transient sources in southern sky. Theme Stellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students Read more The ultraviolet excess of hot stars: there or not? Blue stragglers are main-sequence stars that are more luminous and bluer than stars of the same age, and their existence has long defied standard stellar evolution. Theme Galactic archaeologyStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students People Associate Professor Luca Casagrande, Supervisor Read more Uniting optical and infrared spectroscopy with GALAH and APOGEE In this project, the idea would be to combine the publicly available GALAH and APOGEE spectra and analyse them together: We should be able to measure up to 40 different elements from hundreds of lines and provide the community with reference values. Theme Galactic archaeologyStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Dr Sven Buder, Supervisor Read more What new information can we extract from stellar spectra? Stellar spectra capture the light of a star across multiple wavelengths and include absorption features of numerous atoms and molecules from a star’s photosphere. The abundance data many stars then allow us to study the chemical evolution across large scales in our Galaxy and decipher Galactic trends. Theme Galactic archaeologyStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Dr Sven Buder, Supervisor Read more