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Paul Luckas

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5076-4656

  • The University of Western Australia (M468), 35 Stirling Highway, Ground Floor, 7 Fairway, Crawley

    6009 Perth

    Australia

  • 97 Citations
  • 5 h-Index
20102019

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Personal profile

Biography

BA (Murdoch University, 1994)
MSc (The University of Western Australia, 2013)

Roles and responsibilities

Sole responsibility for the management and delivery of the SPIRIT initiative at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), in both outreach and science.

Funding overview

$50,000 (ICRAR & School of Physics) for the establishment of the SPIRIT I telescope.
$60,000 (Hawaiian donation) for the deployment of SPIRIT II
$20,000 (SPICE, ICRAR, Physics) for the deployment of SPIRIT II
$30,000 SPIRIT 3 donation
$40,000 SPIRIT 4 donation
$2.5M SPIRIT 5 & 6 donation plus program funding (0.7m and 1.0m telescopes, observatory and program funding for 5 years)

Current projects

Design and deployment of a robotised spectroscope for SPIRIT.

Teaching overview

Delivery of SPIRIT training to 3rd Year Astrophysics students.

Delivery of all SPIRIT professional learning to teachers and students at UWA.

Research

Design and construction of robotic telescopes for education and research, including the creation and delivery of supporting learning programs for teachers and students.

Current research interests: Spectroscopic study of massive stars.

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Research Output

NuSTAR Detection of X-Rays Concurrent with Gamma-Rays in the Nova V5855 Sgr

Nelson, T., Mukai, K., Li, K-L., Vurm, I., Metzger, B. D., Chomiuk, L., Sokoloski, J. L., Linford, J. D., Bohlsen, T. & Luckas, P., 10 Feb 2019, In : The Astrophysical Journal. 872, 1, 86.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 5 Citations (Scopus)

    An Updated Ephemeris for the Single-lined Orbit of the Supergiant μ Sagittarii

    Johnson, R. A., Richardson, N. D., Moffat, A. F. J., Thomas, J. D., Bohlsen, T., Cacella, P., Heathcote, B., Luckas, P., West, J., Couperus, A., Dulaney, N. A., Fabian, E., Fowler, C., Greco, J. J., Gullingsrud, A. D., Habel, N., Hardegree-Ullman, K. K., Kuchta, H., Legeza, S., Maki, C. & 7 others, McBride, B., Mishra, A., Oswald, W., Peploski, M., Trucks, J., Windsor, J. & Wood, M., 1 Aug 2018, Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, 2, 3, p. 138.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Letter

    • Constraining the weak-wind problem: An XMM-HST campaign for the magnetic O9.7 V star HD54879

    Shenar, T., Oskinova, L. M., Järvinen, S. P., Luckas, P., Hainich, R., Todt, H., Hubrig, S., Sander, A. A. C., Ilyin, I. & Hamann, W. R., 1 Jan 2018, In : Astronomical Observatory on Skalnate Pleso. Contributions. 48, 1, p. 139-143 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • Spectroscopic observation of planetary nebulae

    Luckas, P., 15 Apr 2018, In : Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 128, 2, p. 103-108 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • Spectroscopic Observations of ASASSN-18fv as a Classical Nova in the Iron Curtain Phase

    Luckas, P., 21 Mar 2018, The Astronomer's Telegram, 11460.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article