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Overview

AAL receives funding from the Australian Commonwealth Government to support Australian-based astronomers to access a range of world-class national and international astronomical facilities. 

AAL does this by providing:
  • funding
  • management
  • representation and Engagement
Funding​
AAL provides funding to a number of national and international facilities:
  •  The National Optical Instrumentation Capability
  • GStar/ OzStar
  • All Sky Virtual Observatory (ASVO)
  • ​Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS)
  • Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP)
  • Murchison Widefield Array (MWA)
Management
AAL plays a role in the management of facilities and projects:
  • Australian Astronomical Telescope
  • ADACS

Representation and Engagement
AAL has signed a number of agreements on behalf of the Australian astronomical community with national and international facilities.
  • European Southern Observatory
  • Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
  • eROSITA
  • ACAMAR
  • Giant Magellan Telescope
  • Magellan
  • Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory
  • OzGrav
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