Strengthening Astronomy in the North - 2013/01/28

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Strengthening Astronomy in the North - 2013/01/28

A two-day workshop entitled "Strengthening Astronomy in the North" (of South Africa) was held at HartRAO on 2013 January 28 and 29.

Meeting Summary

Alet de Witt produced a summary of the meeting.

Formal Presentations

These are listed in the order in which they were presented.

Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) - Mike Gaylard
South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) and the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) - Ted Williams
KAT7-MeerKAT-SKA - Roy Booth
University of Cape Town (UCT) - Renee Kraan-Korteweg
NorthWest University (NWU) - Markus Boettcher
University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) - Sergio Colafrancesco
University of Johannesburg (UJ) - Chris Engelbrecht
University of South Africa (UNISA) - Lerothodi Leeu
University of the Free State (UFS) - Piet Meintjies
University of Kwazulu-Natal - Caroline Zunckel
University of Pretoria - Chris Theron
Durban University of Technology (DUT) - Stuart MacPherson
Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) - Diethelm Schmieder
National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme (NASSP) - Peter Dunsby
National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme (NASSP) North - Chris Engelbrecht
Astronomy Desk (AD) - Bonita de Swardt

On-line Astronomy and Astrophysics Learning Material

As requested during the meeting:

Neil Young compiled a list of on-line Astronomy and Astrophysics Learning Material.

Christo Venter compiled a list of the astronomy practicals available in the NorthWest University Potchefstroom Campus Physics Department.