Research Section

Who we are

The ASWA Research Section is a community of like-minded members who gather together to engage in scientific pursuits. Most members are not professional researchers in astronomy. You don’t need a telescope to join the section, just a sense of curiosity; we welcome help with archive data extraction and checking, data processing and image processing.

Meetings

Research Section meets on an ad hoc basis as required. Research Projects are coordinated online through our Google Workspace. The section occasionally gathers to hear from guest researchers or other experts in various astronomical fields.

Active Projects

Bow shock waves – More information coming soon

Spectroscopy – More information coming soon

Are you a professional researcher?

ASWA Research Section members may be able to help facilitate telescope time on their personal instruments of moderate aperture (4 inches to 12 inches) at a variety of plate scales using modern cooled monochrome cameras and broadband and narrowband filters. We are aware that even small-aperture professional telescope time is highly competitive and limited, especially in project application or at the proof-of-concept stage. Please get in touch if you have a project in mind that we may be able to help with.

Get Involved

The best way to get involved is to contact the Research Section Leader at [email protected] with information about your equipment setup and imaging location (s) or how you may be able to help with archival research or data and/or image processing. If you have a personal project that you would like to pursue, the section is a great place to discuss with other scientifically minded people.

Section Leader: Ken Hall