[ASA] The AAO Observer - Keeping astronomers in the dark - August 2014

[Amanda Bauer]

Hello everyone,

The biannual newsletter of the Australian Astronomical Observatory, the 
AAO Observer, is now available! The August 2014 issue highlights the 
launch of HERMES by Department of Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane, 
exciting new SAMI science, first light for AAO's micro-robot Starbugs, 
instrumentation updates, and news about the night sky around Siding 
Spring Observatory: Keeping astronomers in the dark.

The AAO Observer can be found here: http://www.aao.gov.au/about-us/observer

Science Highlights
- GALAH Takes Flight
- First Light for AAO’s Starbugs!
- The Taipan galaxy survey
- SAMI finds a Burst of Star Formation inside a GAMA Dwarf Galaxy
- Nuclear Storm launches gas outward, detected by the SAMI Galaxy Survey
- AAOmega Spectrograph News
- KOALA commissioning results
- Astronomers perfecting their trade at the 2014 AusGO/AAO Observational 
Techniques Workshop
- Keeping astronomers in the dark

Observatory News
- Official HERMES Launch by Minister Ian Macfarlane
- Introducing AAO’s “Surprise! Stargazing” Events: A Partial Solar 
Eclipse over Sydney Harbour
- Science Meets Parliament
- AusGO Corner
- News from North Ryde
- Letter From Coona

Thank you for your support,
amanda

-- 
Dr Amanda Bauer
Astronomer and Outreach Officer
Australian Astronomical Observatory
PO Box 915, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia
phone: +61 2 9372 4852
@astropixie
ASA EPOC Steering Committee Member