Brian John Robinson 1930 - 2004

J. B. Whiteoak; H. L. Sim

doi:10.1071/hr06006

Brian John Robinson 1930 - 2004

Historical Records of Australian Science ◽

10.1071/hr06006 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 263 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

J. B. Whiteoak ◽

H. L. Sim

Keyword(s):

Radio Astronomy ◽

Half Century ◽

International Recognition ◽

Csiro Division

In a half-century involvement in radio astronomy, Brian Robinson achieved international recognition and received many honours. During a forty-year career at CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, he undertook leading research, headed the Astrophysics Group, and contributed significantly in the Australia Telescope planning and funding campaign. Internationally, he distinguished himself in radio astronomy committees and negotiations to protect radio astronomy observations from interference from telecommunication transmissions.

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Bernard Yarnton Mills 1920–2011

Historical Records of Australian Science ◽

10.1071/hr13002 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 294 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

R. H. Frater ◽

W. M. Goss ◽

H. W. Wendt

Keyword(s):

Radio Astronomy ◽

The University ◽

Csiro Division

Bernie Mills is remembered globally as an influential pioneer in the evolving field of radio astronomy. His contributions with the ‘Mills Cross' at the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics and later at the University of Sydney's School of Physics and the development of the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST) were widely recognized as astronomy evolved in the years 1948–85 and radio astronomy changed the viewpoint of the astronomer as a host of new objects were discovered.

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John Bolton ? Some Early Memories

Australian Journal of Physics ◽

10.1071/ph940535 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 47 (5) ◽

pp. 535 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

KC Westfold

Keyword(s):

Radio Astronomy ◽

California Institute ◽

Early Memories ◽

California Institute Of Technology ◽

Institute Of Technology ◽

Csiro Division

A review is given of a long collaborative association with J. G. Bolton and his colleagues, first in 1948 at the Dover Heights station of the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, followed by joint visits to European astronomical institutions, and later in at the California Institute of Technology, to which Bolton had been appointed to institute a radio-astronomy program in the Department of Astrophysics.

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Resource Sharing in the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics Library

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100003390 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 110 ◽

pp. 196-197

Author(s):

Jenny Davies

Keyword(s):

Signal Processing ◽

Radio Astronomy ◽

Resource Sharing ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Satellite Communications ◽

World War ◽

World War 2 ◽

South Wales ◽

Csiro Division

The CSIRO Divison of Radiophysics was established as the CSIRO Radiophysics Laboratory in 1939 to conduct radar research. After World War 2 experimental radar instruments were applied to the developing field of radio astronomy. Current areas of research for the Division, which is host to the new Australia Telescope (AT), are radio astronomy, antenna technology, satellite communications, signal processing and microelectronics.The AT has three observatory sites, all in New South Wales: six antennas near Narrabri, over 500 km from Sydney, the 27-year-old Parkes observatory, 350 km from Sydney, and one antenna near Coonabarabran, between Parkes and Narrabri. Most staff are located at the Division’s headquarters in Sydney, where the main library is also located, and small collections are maintained at the Parkes and Narrabri observatories.

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Bernard Yarnton Mills AC FAA. 8 August 1920 — 25 April 2011

Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ◽

10.1098/rsbm.2013.0015 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 59 ◽

pp. 215-239 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

R. H. Frater ◽

W. M. Goss ◽

H. W. Wendt

Keyword(s):

Radio Astronomy ◽

Industrial Research ◽

Research Organisation ◽

The University ◽

Csiro Division

Bernie Mills is remembered globally as an influential pioneer in the evolving field of radio astronomy. His contributions with the ‘Mills Cross’ at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Division of Radiophysics and later at the University of Sydney’s School of Physics and the development of the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST) were widely recognized as astronomy evolved in the years 1948–85 and radio astronomy changed the viewpoint of the astronomer as a host of new objects were discovered.

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From the Solar Corona to Clusters of Galaxies: The Radio Astronomy of Bruce Slee

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia ◽

10.1071/as03009 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 23-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Wayne Orchiston

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

Solar Corona ◽

Radio Astronomy ◽

Solar Radio Emission ◽

Clusters Of Galaxies ◽

Radio Telescopes ◽

World War ◽

Distant Galaxies ◽

Different Types ◽

Csiro Division

AbstractOwen Bruce Slee is one of the pioneers of Australian radio astronomy. During World War II he independently discovered solar radio emission, and, after joining the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, used a succession of increasingly more sophisticated radio telescopes to examine an amazing variety of celestial objects and phenomena. These ranged from the solar corona and other targets in our solar system, to different types of stars and the ISM in our Galaxy, and beyond to distant galaxies and clusters of galaxies. Although long retired, Slee continues to carry out research, with emphasis on active stars and clusters of galaxies. A quiet and unassuming man, Slee has spent more than half a century making an important, wide-ranging contribution to astronomy, and his work deserves to be more widely known.

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