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Project name Theme Eligible degree type

A geometric model for the Fermi bubbles in the Galactic centre Black hole phenomena Summer scholar course

Abundance variations in NGC 288 Galactic archaeology Higher degree by

research

Adaptive Optics demonstrators for space debris tracking and astronomy Instrumentation Summer scholar course

Analysing calibration results of the Murchison Widefield Array radio Instrumentation Summer scholar course
observatory

Asteroids in the HAT-South survey Stellar and planetary astronomy Summer scholar course

Blazar modelling Black hole phenomena Summer scholar course

Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen abundances in carbon-enhanced Galactic archaeology Summer scholar course
metal-poor stars Stellar and planetary astronomy

Data mining the SkyMapper survey with machine learning Structure and evolution of the Summer scholar course
Cosmos

Eclipsing binaries in the globular clusters 47 Tuc and M4 Stellar and planetary astronomy Summer scholar course

Effect of compressibility on 3-D hydrodynamic and magneto- Structure and evolution of the Higher degree by
hydrodynamic turbulence Cosmos research

HAT-South projects - search for extrasolar planets Stellar and planetary astronomy Higher degree by
research

Imaging algorithms for the Murchison Widefield Array radio observatory Instrumentation Summer scholar course

Looking for missing exoplanets Stellar and planetary astronomy Summer scholar course

Mass loss in red giant stars Stellar and planetary astronomy Summer scholar course

Microlensed stars in the Galactic bulge Galactic archaeology Summer scholar course

Modelling the coronae and jets of accretion disks Black hole phenomena Higher degree by
research

Nature's Largest Telescope: Star formation in galaxies across cosmic Structure and evolution of the Summer scholar course
time Cosmos

Simulating helium accretion onto carbon-oxygen white dwarfs Galactic archaeology Higher degree by
Stellar and planetary astronomy research

Star formation and black hole feeding in galaxy collisions Structure and evolution of the Summer scholar course
Cosmos

Stellar chemical signatures of planet formation Galactic archaeology Higher degree by

Stellar and planetary astronomy research

Stellar convection Stellar and planetary astronomy Summer scholar course

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Potential projects - RSAA - ANU http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/study/potential-projects

Project name Theme Eligible degree type

Stellar magneto-convection Galactic archaeology Higher degree by

Stellar and planetary astronomy research

The future history of our Sun Stellar and planetary astronomy Summer scholar course

The Kepler field: bridging stellar and Galactic astronomy Galactic archaeology Summer scholar course
Stellar and planetary astronomy

The properties of massive star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds Galactic archaeology Higher degree by
research

The structures of newly-discovered globular clusters in the outskirts of Galactic archaeology Higher degree by
M31 research

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