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Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) is an independent not-for-profit company whose members are all Australian universities and research organisations with a significant astronomy research capability. AAL's vision is that astronomers in Australia will have access to the best astronomical research infrastructure. The goals of AAL are to engage with Australian astronomers to advance the national infrastructure priorities of the Australian Astronomy Decadal Plan,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Australian Astronomy Decadal Plan 2016-2025 )〕 advise the Government on new astronomy infrastructure investments, and manage infrastructure investments as required.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Astronomy Australia Limited - Home )〕 The organization was incorporated in 2007 as recommended by the National Committee for Astronomy of Australia, a committee of the Australian Academy of Science. Astronomy Australia Ltd manages projects funded by its $10 million Education Investment Fund (EIF) grant awarded in May 2009 by DIISRTE.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Department of Industry and Science )〕 The EIF project period is July 2011 to June 2013. AAL was involved in a number of projects that are part of the Australian Government's National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Department of Industry and Science )〕 for Radio and Optical Astronomy. NCRIS was announced in November 2006, and the programme officially ended in June 2011. Several of the projects funded under AAL's $45 million share of NCRIS continue to be funded by EIF. The Chairman of the Board of Directors is Professor Brian Schmidt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Astronomy Australia Limited - People )〕 ==Projects== Facilities and projects associated with AAL:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Astronomy Australia Limited - Projects )〕 * Murchison Widefield Array * The Antarctic PLATeau Observatories (PLATOs) * gSTAR and High-Performance Computing access and support * The Anglo-Australian Telescope HERMES instrument〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HERMES )〕 and AAOmega detectors upgrade * Pierre Auger Observatory cloud monitoring system upgrade * Support instrumentation for the Antarctica Schmidt telescopes * The All-Sky Virtual Observatory〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=All-Sky Virtual Observatory - comprising SkyMapper and the Theoretical Astrophysical Observatory )〕 In addition, AAL manages funds from the Australian Research Council and Australian Astronomical Observatory for the Gemini and Magellan telescopes, and is in partnership with the Australian National University for building the Giant Magellan Telescope. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Astronomy Australia Limited」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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