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src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/plugins/masterslider/public/assets/css/blank.gif" alt="HPC" title="HPC" data-src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ozstar-supercomputer-swinburne-2018_orig.jpg" /> <a href="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/blog/portfolio/high-performance-computing/" target="_blank" >HPC</a> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-8" style="width:448px;" data-effect="t(true,-150,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="887" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="0" data-offset-y="0" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="phone" > </div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-1" style="width:640px;" data-effect="t(true,-250,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,-25,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1112" data-delay="312" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="41" data-offset-y="127" data-origin="tl" data-tablet-offset-x="41" data-tablet-offset-y="127" data-phone-offset-x="41" data-phone-offset-y="127" data-relative-size="true" data-hide-on="phone" > <span class="font-size: 72px">HPC</span></div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-5" style="width:380px;" data-effect="t(true,-124,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,12,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1437" data-delay="525" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="42" data-offset-y="183" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="tablet,phone" > <span class="master-slider-text"><p>AAL supports High Performance Computing (HPC) for astronomers in need of high speed data processing and world-class software capability.</p> </span></div> </div> <div class="ms-slide ms-slide-post-5273" data-delay="5" data-fill-mode="fill" > <img src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/plugins/masterslider/public/assets/css/blank.gif" alt="Astralis" title="Astralis" data-src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/aesop2-e1613211375426.jpg" /> <a href="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/blog/portfolio/aao/" target="_blank" >Astralis</a> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-8" style="width:448px;" data-effect="t(true,-150,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="887" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="0" data-offset-y="0" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="phone" > </div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-1" style="width:640px;" data-effect="t(true,-250,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,-25,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1112" data-delay="312" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="41" data-offset-y="127" data-origin="tl" data-tablet-offset-x="41" data-tablet-offset-y="127" data-phone-offset-x="41" data-phone-offset-y="127" data-relative-size="true" data-hide-on="phone" > <span class="font-size: 72px">Astralis</span></div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-5" style="width:380px;" data-effect="t(true,-124,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,12,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1437" data-delay="525" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="42" data-offset-y="183" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="tablet,phone" > <span class="master-slider-text"><p>AAL supports the Astralis Instrumentation Consortium (Astralis), a university-led national optical astronomy instrumentation capability.</p> </span></div> </div> <div class="ms-slide ms-slide-post-5104" data-delay="5" data-fill-mode="fill" > <img src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/plugins/masterslider/public/assets/css/blank.gif" alt="ODC" title="ODC" data-src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/8385695385_bb39c313fb_k-e1613346973930-1920x768.jpg" /> <a href="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/blog/portfolio/odc/" target="_blank" >ODC</a> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-8" style="width:448px;" data-effect="t(true,-150,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="887" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="0" data-offset-y="0" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="phone" > </div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-1" style="width:640px;" data-effect="t(true,-250,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,-25,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1112" data-delay="312" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="41" data-offset-y="127" data-origin="tl" data-tablet-offset-x="41" data-tablet-offset-y="127" data-phone-offset-x="41" data-phone-offset-y="127" data-relative-size="true" data-hide-on="phone" > <span class="font-size: 72px">ODC</span></div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-5" style="width:380px;" data-effect="t(true,-124,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,12,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1437" data-delay="525" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="42" data-offset-y="183" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="tablet,phone" > <span class="master-slider-text"><p>The Optical Data Centre (ODC) is a data archive and management service developed by AAO-Macquarie.</p> </span></div> </div> <div class="ms-slide ms-slide-post-5018" data-delay="5" data-fill-mode="fill" > <img src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/plugins/masterslider/public/assets/css/blank.gif" alt="CTA" title="CTA" data-src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50248188677_ac9240b081_k-e1613214777255.jpg" /> <a href="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/blog/portfolio/cherenkov-telescope-array/" target="_blank" >CTA</a> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-8" style="width:448px;" data-effect="t(true,-150,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="887" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="0" data-offset-y="0" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="phone" > </div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-1" style="width:640px;" data-effect="t(true,-250,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,-25,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1112" data-delay="312" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="41" data-offset-y="127" data-origin="tl" data-tablet-offset-x="41" data-tablet-offset-y="127" data-phone-offset-x="41" data-phone-offset-y="127" data-relative-size="true" data-hide-on="phone" > <span class="font-size: 72px">CTA</span></div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-5" style="width:380px;" data-effect="t(true,-124,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,12,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1437" data-delay="525" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="42" data-offset-y="183" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="tablet,phone" > <span class="master-slider-text"><p>The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is a 300M-Euro project for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy.</p> </span></div> </div> <div class="ms-slide ms-slide-post-4600" data-delay="5" data-fill-mode="fill" > <img src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/plugins/masterslider/public/assets/css/blank.gif" alt="MWA" title="MWA" data-src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IC_ICRARCurtin_AAVS-and-EDA_ICRAR_031019_img051_LR_sharp.jpg" /> <a href="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/blog/portfolio/murchison-widefield-array/" target="_blank" >MWA</a> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-8" style="width:448px;" data-effect="t(true,-150,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="887" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="0" data-offset-y="0" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="phone" > </div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-1" style="width:640px;" data-effect="t(true,-250,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,-25,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1112" data-delay="312" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="41" data-offset-y="127" data-origin="tl" data-tablet-offset-x="41" data-tablet-offset-y="127" data-phone-offset-x="41" data-phone-offset-y="127" data-relative-size="true" data-hide-on="phone" > <span class="font-size: 72px">MWA</span></div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-5" style="width:380px;" data-effect="t(true,-124,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,12,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1437" data-delay="525" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="42" data-offset-y="183" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="tablet,phone" > <span class="master-slider-text"><p>The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a low-frequency radio telescope, located in WA at the site of the future SKA.</p> </span></div> </div> <div class="ms-slide ms-slide-post-4564" data-delay="5" data-fill-mode="fill" > <img src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/plugins/masterslider/public/assets/css/blank.gif" alt="ASKAP" title="ASKAP" data-src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ASK-MG9438-Panorama-web-2.jpg" /> <a href="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/blog/portfolio/australian-ska-pathfinder/" target="_blank" >ASKAP</a> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-8" style="width:448px;" data-effect="t(true,-150,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="887" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="0" data-offset-y="0" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="phone" > </div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-1" style="width:640px;" data-effect="t(true,-250,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,-25,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1112" data-delay="312" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="41" data-offset-y="127" data-origin="tl" data-tablet-offset-x="41" data-tablet-offset-y="127" data-phone-offset-x="41" data-phone-offset-y="127" data-relative-size="true" data-hide-on="phone" > <span class="font-size: 72px">ASKAP</span></div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-5" style="width:380px;" data-effect="t(true,-124,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,12,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1437" data-delay="525" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="42" data-offset-y="183" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="tablet,phone" > <span class="master-slider-text"><p>The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) is a world-class radio telescope in outback WA.</p> </span></div> </div> <div class="ms-slide ms-slide-post-5128" data-delay="5" data-fill-mode="fill" > <img src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/plugins/masterslider/public/assets/css/blank.gif" alt="Rubin Observatory" title="Rubin Observatory" data-src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Full-Moon_Rubin-Observatory-e1612853380893.jpg" /> <a href="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/blog/portfolio/vera-c-rubin-observatory/" target="_blank" >Rubin Observatory</a> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-8" style="width:448px;" data-effect="t(true,-150,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="887" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="0" data-offset-y="0" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="phone" > </div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-1" style="width:640px;" data-effect="t(true,-250,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,-25,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1112" data-delay="312" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="41" data-offset-y="127" data-origin="tl" data-tablet-offset-x="41" data-tablet-offset-y="127" data-phone-offset-x="41" data-phone-offset-y="127" data-relative-size="true" data-hide-on="phone" > <span class="font-size: 72px">Rubin Observatory</span></div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-5" style="width:380px;" data-effect="t(true,-124,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,12,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1437" data-delay="525" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="42" data-offset-y="183" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="tablet,phone" > <span class="master-slider-text"><p>The NSF Vera C. Rubin Observatory aims to produce the deepest, widest image of the Universe at optical wavelengths ever produced.</p> </span></div> </div> <div class="ms-slide ms-slide-post-5315" data-delay="5" data-fill-mode="fill" > <img src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/plugins/masterslider/public/assets/css/blank.gif" alt="eROSITA" title="eROSITA" data-src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/erass1-allsky_orig.jpg" /> <a href="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/blog/portfolio/erosita/" target="_blank" >eROSITA</a> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-8" style="width:448px;" data-effect="t(true,-150,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="887" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="0" data-offset-y="0" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="phone" > </div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-1" style="width:640px;" data-effect="t(true,-250,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,-25,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1112" data-delay="312" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="41" data-offset-y="127" data-origin="tl" data-tablet-offset-x="41" data-tablet-offset-y="127" data-phone-offset-x="41" data-phone-offset-y="127" data-relative-size="true" data-hide-on="phone" > <span class="font-size: 72px">eROSITA</span></div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-5" style="width:380px;" data-effect="t(true,-124,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,12,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1437" data-delay="525" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="42" data-offset-y="183" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="tablet,phone" > <span class="master-slider-text"><p>The extended Roentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array (eROSITA) is a joint German-Russian x-ray instrument currently in orbit.</p> </span></div> </div> <div class="ms-slide ms-slide-post-4511" data-delay="5" data-fill-mode="fill" > <img src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/plugins/masterslider/public/assets/css/blank.gif" alt="GMT" title="GMT" data-src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GMT-2015-Aerial1-web-2.jpg" /> <a href="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/blog/portfolio/giant-magellan-telescope/" target="_blank" >GMT</a> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-8" style="width:448px;" data-effect="t(true,-150,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="887" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="0" data-offset-y="0" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="phone" > </div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-1" style="width:640px;" data-effect="t(true,-250,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,-25,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1112" data-delay="312" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="41" data-offset-y="127" data-origin="tl" data-tablet-offset-x="41" data-tablet-offset-y="127" data-phone-offset-x="41" data-phone-offset-y="127" data-relative-size="true" data-hide-on="phone" > <span class="font-size: 72px">GMT</span></div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-5" style="width:380px;" data-effect="t(true,-124,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,12,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1437" data-delay="525" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="42" data-offset-y="183" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="tablet,phone" > <span class="master-slider-text"><p>The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a next generation optical/infrared telescope, currently under construction in Chile.</p> </span></div> </div> <div class="ms-slide ms-slide-post-5006" data-delay="5" data-fill-mode="fill" > <img src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/plugins/masterslider/public/assets/css/blank.gif" alt="GWDC" title="GWDC" data-src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/007-BHNS_small-scaled-1920x1358.jpg" /> <a href="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/blog/portfolio/gravitational-waves-data-centre/" target="_blank" >GWDC</a> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-8" style="width:448px;" data-effect="t(true,-150,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="887" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="0" data-offset-y="0" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="phone" > </div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-1" style="width:640px;" data-effect="t(true,-250,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,-25,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1112" data-delay="312" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="41" data-offset-y="127" data-origin="tl" data-tablet-offset-x="41" data-tablet-offset-y="127" data-phone-offset-x="41" data-phone-offset-y="127" data-relative-size="true" data-hide-on="phone" > <span class="font-size: 72px">GWDC</span></div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-5" style="width:380px;" data-effect="t(true,-124,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,12,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1437" data-delay="525" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="42" data-offset-y="183" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="tablet,phone" > <span class="master-slider-text"><p>The Gravitational Wave Data Centre (GWDC) enables researchers in Australia to lead in the discovery of gravitational wave events.</p> </span></div> </div> <div class="ms-slide ms-slide-post-4536" data-delay="5" data-fill-mode="fill" > <img src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/plugins/masterslider/public/assets/css/blank.gif" alt="ESO" title="ESO" data-src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/potw1544a_CROP.jpg" /> <a href="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/blog/portfolio/eso-strategic-partnership/" target="_blank" >ESO</a> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-8" style="width:448px;" data-effect="t(true,-150,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="887" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="0" data-offset-y="0" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="phone" > </div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-1" style="width:640px;" data-effect="t(true,-250,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,-25,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1112" data-delay="312" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="41" data-offset-y="127" data-origin="tl" data-tablet-offset-x="41" data-tablet-offset-y="127" data-phone-offset-x="41" data-phone-offset-y="127" data-relative-size="true" data-hide-on="phone" > <span class="font-size: 72px">ESO</span></div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-5" style="width:380px;" data-effect="t(true,-124,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,12,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="1437" data-delay="525" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="42" data-offset-y="183" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="tablet,phone" > <span class="master-slider-text">Via the Strategic Partnership, Australian-based astronomers can access and build instruments for the European Southern Observatory (ESO). </span></div> </div> <div class="ms-slide ms-slide-post-4558" data-delay="5" data-fill-mode="fill" > <img src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/plugins/masterslider/public/assets/css/blank.gif" alt="ADACS" title="ADACS" data-src="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Neutron-star-merger_LR.jpg" /> <a href="https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/blog/portfolio/adacs/" target="_blank" >ADACS</a> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-8" style="width:448px;" data-effect="t(true,-150,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n,n)" data-duration="887" data-ease="easeOutQuint" data-offset-x="0" data-offset-y="0" data-origin="tl" data-hide-on="phone" > </div> <div class="ms-layer msp-cn-8-1" 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