Swinburne University of Technology - Melbourne Australia
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
Welcome to CAS, part of the Faculty of ICT at Swinburne University in Melbourne Australia.
Dedicated to inspiring a fascination in the universe through research and education
Education
Outreach
- Astro Tours: 3D Tours of the Universe
- Cosmos: Astronomy Encylopaedia
- Podcasts: Astronomy podcasts for download
- New Views: Public lecture series
News & Events
- News: Public Lecture 15th October 6pm: "Creative Reactions to the End of the World"
- News: Vacation scholarships: Applications for summer accepted
- News: The Little Things are Coming! In High Definition!
- Research: Measuring the Universe with a fine tooth comb
- News: Bigger than Big Movie is finalist in 2008 Scinema awards
- Podcast: Companions to the Milky Way
Colloquia
- 9th October: Federic Courbin (Observatoire de Sauverny, Switzerland)
The energy profile of a quasar accretion disk in the Einstein Cross from chromatic microlensing : 3 years of VLT spectrophotometry - 16th October: Charley Lineweaver (MSSSO, ANU)
A comprehensive comparison of the Sun to other stars: searching for self-selection effects - 21st October: Andrew Walsh (James Cook University)
- Full Colloquia Schedule