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SKA to Grow NZ Science
NZ Herald interview with Dougal Watt, NZSKAIC co-chair, on the wider SKA benefits to NZ.
Australia & New Zealand to get 5.2 Tbps Link to States
Good news for the anzSKA bid to host the SKA arrived when Pacnet, Asia’s leading provider of telecommunication services, and Pacific Fibre Limited announced plans to jointly build the Pacific Fibre cable, a city-to-city, low-latency subsea fiber optic cable that will boost connectivity between Australia, New Zealand and the US. The total project cost of the new cable is estimated at US$400 million, and comprises of at least two fiber pairs with 64 wavelengths per fiber pair. By using the latest 40 gigabits per second (Gbps) per wavelength technology, the cable is expected to have a capacity of up to 5.12 terabits per second (Tbps), and will be further upgradeable to beyond 12 Tbps with future 100 Gbps per wavelength technology.
NZ SKA Industry Consortium website
The NZ SKA Industry Consortium has developed a new website regarding industry activities in support of the SKA in New Zealand.
SKARD member honoured for e-Research
Congratulations to Dr Slava Kitaev on being inducted into the Kiwi Advanced Research & Education Network (KAREN) hall of fame as a "KAREN Champion" for outstanding contributions to New Zealand's e-Research community.
First Australasian VLBI observations using 1st ASKAP antenna
Observations made by a collection of telescopes across Australasia including the first Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) antenna have peered into the heart of the giant radio galaxy Centaurus A.
NZ Radio Telescope Connected to National Research Network
The Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Ltd (REANNZ) and AUT University last week celebrated the successful connection of AUT’s radio telescope at Warkworth to the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN), which is the first step to having the dish participate in real time observations with larger telescopes in Australia. The KAREN connection will allow the telescope to participate in the Australian Long Baseline Array (LBA) - a network of around eight Australian dishes already linked via high-speed connections which undertake regular, simultaneous observations in a process called Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI).
Latest Australian & New Zealand SKA Newsletter
Issue 26 of the new Australia and New Zealand SKA Newsletter is now available.
Latest Australian & New Zealand SKA Newsletter
The latest issue of the new Australia and New Zealand SKA Newsletter is now available.
SKA Design Reference Mission Report Released
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Design Reference Mission report is available for download.
Latest Australian & New Zealand SKA Newsletter
The latest issue of the new Australia and New Zealand SKA Newsletter contains several items of note to the wider SKA community in NZ. In particular it discusses the signing of the SKA, arrangement between NZ and Australia, the formation of SKARD, the formation of the Industry Consortium (NZSIC), the creation of a new Radio Astronomy research group at VUW, an update on the continuing efforts to get AUT's Warkworth telescope operational and SKA related news from across Australia.
NZ signs arrangement with Australia to support the SKA
New Zealand government has agreed to join force with Australia to bid for the A$2.5 billion (NZ$3.1 billion) international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. The formal arrangement will be signed by New Zealand’s Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee and the Australian Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, at the Australia-New Zealand Leadership Forum in Sydney this morning.
3 MSc Scholarships available
3 MSc Scholarships are currently available for 2010 to work on the project "Searching for the Unknown: Transient Radio Event Sensor Network"
SKA to Grow NZ Science
e-VLBI and the Path to the Square Kilometre Array 9th International e-VLBI Workshop
