Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
BA (Murdoch University, 1994)
MSc (The University of Western Australia, 2013)
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
$1.5M SPIRIT 5 & 6 donation (0.7m and 1.0m telescopes and observatory funding)
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.
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.
Current research interests: Spectroscopic study of massive stars.
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curtains
Physics & Astronomy
stars
Physics & Astronomy
XMM-Newton telescope
Physics & Astronomy
photometry
Physics & Astronomy
student
Social Sciences
spectrographs
Physics & Astronomy
education
Social Sciences
constellations
Physics & Astronomy
Network
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Research Output 2010 2019
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
gamma rays
x rays
shock
luminosity
particle acceleration
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, 1 Aug 2018, Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, 2, 3, p. 138.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Letter
Orbit
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
XMM-Newton telescope
stars
main sequence stars
massive stars
x rays
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
Spectrographs
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
curtains
iron
troughs
wings
spectrographs