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CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker Night
CREATED:20171230T135338
SUMMARY:Guest Speaker - Prof Gary Da Costa (ANU)
LOCATION:Green Point Observatory
DESCRIPTION:Sky Mapper and the Search for the Milky Ways' Oldest Stars .\nProf Gary Da 
 CostaMy current position is that of Professor of Astronomy at the Research 
 School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University.
 \nMy research interests include the stellar populations of dwarf galaxies, 
 the origin of abundance anomalies in globular cluster stars, the Magellanic
  Clouds, and the formation of the halo of the Milky Way. I am the convenor 
 of the research group that is using photometry from the ANU SkyMapper teles
 cope to search for extremely metal-poor stars in the halo of the Milky Way 
 galaxy.\nI am currently Chair of the SkyMapper Management Executive and hav
 e previously been the ANU's representative on the Scientific Advisory Commi
 ttee for the Giant Magellan Telescope project. I have also been a member of
  AAL's Optical Telescopes Advisory Committee (OTAC).\nI served as RSAA Asso
 ciate Director (Academic) from 2004 to 2007 and was RSAA Interim Director f
 or 4 months in 2007. I have also been Vice-President (2003-2005), President
  (2005-2007) and Immediate Past President (2007-2009) of the Astronomical S
 ociety of Australia.\nI am also a former President and Organizing Committee
  member of the Stars Clusters and Associations Commission of the Internatio
 nal Astronomical Union.\nCurrently I serve as the RSAA PhD program convenor
 . \n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h2>Sky Mapper and the Search for the Milky Ways' Oldest Stars&nbsp;</h2><p
 >.</p><h2>Prof Gary Da Costa</h2><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-s
 erif;"><img src="https://sasi.net.au/images/articles/Prof_Gary_Da_Costa.jpg
 " alt="Prof Gary Da Costa" width="306" height="256" style="margin-right: 10
 px; float: left;" />My current position is that of Professor of Astronomy a
 t the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian Natio
 nal University.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
 My research interests include the stellar populations of dwarf galaxies, th
 e origin of abundance anomalies in globular cluster stars, the Magellanic C
 louds, and the formation of the halo of the Milky Way. I am the convenor of
  the research group that is using photometry from the ANU SkyMapper telesco
 pe to search for extremely metal-poor stars in the halo of the Milky Way ga
 laxy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I am curre
 ntly Chair of the SkyMapper Management Executive and have previously been t
 he ANU's representative on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Giant 
 Magellan Telescope project. I have also been a member of AAL's Optical Tele
 scopes Advisory Committee (OTAC).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Ar
 ial, sans-serif;">I served as RSAA Associate Director (Academic) from 2004 
 to 2007 and was RSAA Interim Director for 4 months in 2007. I have also bee
 n Vice-President (2003-2005), President (2005-2007) and Immediate Past Pres
 ident (2007-2009) of the Astronomical Society of Australia.</span></p><p><s
 pan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I am also a former President an
 d Organizing Committee member of the Stars Clusters and Associations Commis
 sion of the International Astronomical Union.</span></p><p><span style="fon
 t-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Currently I serve as the RSAA PhD program con
 venor.&nbsp;</span></p>
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