... Role of the Facility The Mt Pleasant and Ceduna antennas play an important role in the Australian Long Baseline Array, a national facility operated jointly by the Australia Telescope National Facility and the University of Tasmania. ... When not participating in VLBI observations the telescopes are in constant use for staff and student research projects and as a teaching facility for undergraduate students. ... It is envisioned that the wide-field optical telescope will be used in transit mode. ...

... I've been interested in astronomy ever since my mother showed me the night sky in our back yard and my father told me about planets and space travel. I read a lot on the subject, became an amateur astronomer, and studied physics at Alma College (my Alma Mater ). ... Then I was a postdoc for many years at the University of Calgary , where I studied cold Galactic hydrogen and did a little teaching and outreach on the side. ... Back to the ranch. ...