Research

Radio astronomy research at the University of Calgary involves the study of stellar, interstellar, and extragalactic radio emission. Current major projects include:

• CGPS - The Canadian Galactic Plane Survey
• VGPS - The VLA Galactic Plane Survey
• GALFACTS - The Galactic Arecibo L-band Feed Array Continuum Transit Survey
  
• SKA - The Square Kilometer Array: A Next Generation World Radio Telescope
• Karma Astronomical Visualization Software
• ALMA - The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
• Herschel Space Observatory
  
• JCMT Legacy Surveys
• DRAO Planck Deep Field
  

We maintain a close relationship with the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory , located within a day's drive in the mountains of British Columbia. Students and staff also make frequent use of a variety of other observatories around the world, many of which are listed on our links page.

Follow the links on the left navigation bar to see more about our exciting projects!

Past Research Projects and Archival data.