Abstract
Lister Staveley-Smith is a Premierââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s Fellow at the University of Western Australia. He was appointed by the Western Australian government to ensure that the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the largest radio telescope in the world will be built in Western Australia. To this end the Western Australian government has so far contributed $30 million towards the $2 billion SKA project. Staveley-Smith was previously the Assistant Director Astrophysics at the Australia Telescope National Facility in Sydney. He is an expert in the study of galaxies and the Magellanic Clouds. He was the driving force in the building of the highly innovative Parkes 21 centimetre multibeam receiver which has made several significant contributions in astrophysics.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 63-68 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Royal Society of New South Wales. Journal and Proceedings |
| Volume | 142 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- HI Parkes All Sky Survey
- Magellanic Clouds
- Square Kilometre Array
- Staveley-Smith, Lister
- Western Australia
- astronomy
- astrophysics
- galaxies
- multibeam receiver
- radio telescopes