Mopra CO survey derived image in Time Magazine’s astro images of 2015
Time magazine picked an image based on Mopra CO survey data as one of the best space photos of the year 2015 – the X-ray echoes in Cir X-1. It’s […]
Data Release 1
Due to a variety of circumstances beyond Team Mopra’s control, the official data release has yet to occur over at the ATOA. In the meantime I’ve put the smaller versions of the […]
Back from Coonabarabran StarFest and we reached 85000$
Hi all, today we reached our second kickstarter target: 85’000 $. Four days before the end of this, thanks to you, very successful crowd founding scientific campaign. Even if this […]
The survey of the Galactic Plane continues…
A new observation day begins here at Mopra radio telescope. Today the temperature is quite low, almost 8°C, and the wind seems to be quite low compared to yesterday (~ 40km/h). We […]
A big thank-you to all our supporters from Team Mopra. And we push on……
Thank-you everyone who has supported our crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter. Team Mopra has reached our funding goal! Its been an amazing experience these past two weeks as we have […]
More than 710 explorers!!
A new observation day at MOPRA, looking to the G272 region with more than 710 explorers supporting the journey through the Galaxy. Many clouds at the Mopra site, above them […]
A new day “night” of observation
As soon as the region of the galactic plane we are looking for rises, the TeamMopra points the 22 m antenna of the Mopra radio telescope towards the Galactic plane, targeting the G270 region, […]
How to map the Milky Way
A brief infographic on our interstellar voyage.
Wow!
Those who know me offline know I’m a big knitting geek. Not enough to be involved with the local Guild, and I haven’t been to a SnB in years, but […]
Nagoya, the Centre of the Galaxy and Craig’s Cafe
Mopra came to Nagoya university in Japan this week. The occasion was a workshop on the centre of our Milky Way galaxy. Nagoya, home to the Nanten2 telescope in Chile […]