At CIRA, we engineer and operate some of the world’s most advanced radio astronomy technologies. We built and lead the Murchison Widefield Array project, a low-frequency radio telescope in remote Western Australia. Our engineering quietly powers SKA-Low at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory.
Our Science team conducts research with data from our telescopes and from others around the world, in areas such as extragalactic radio science, accretion physics and slow transients, the epoch of reionisation, and pulsars/fast transients.
CIRA is home to the Curtin node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy, a joint venture between Curtin University and the University of Western Australia. Together, we work to discover the Universe in a new light.
PUT MWA TILE ON FRONT
Useful links – AAL, SKAO, ASA, IEEE, EA,
Useful links
AAL
Funding agencyAstronomy Australia Limited (AAL) is a non-profit organisation, whose members are Australian universities and research organisations with a significant astronomical research capability. AAL works with national observatories, relevant infrastructure providers, astronomers at universities, and the Australian Government to advance the infrastructure goals in the Australian Astronomy Decadal Plan 2016–2025, Australia in the era of global astronomy.
ASA
Professional OrganisationThe Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) is the professional organisation of astronomers in Australia. The aim of the ASA is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related fields, especially in Australia, support the training of young astronomers, foster the public understanding of astronomy, and represent the interests of its members.
IAU
Professional Organisationwebsite is broken atm – add details when it is back up
IEEE
Professional OrganisationIEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities.
IEEE WA Branch
Professional OrganisationIEEE WA Section is a not-for-profit technical unincorporated association, and represents the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) in Western Australia.
SKAO
CollaboratorsOne global observatory, two telescopes, three continents: SKAO Global HQ is located at the historic Jodrell Bank Observatory site near Manchester, UK, while the SKA telescopes are being constructed in Australia and South Africa.