Unisa has been involved in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project since 2012. SKA is a $1billion international project to create an array of antennas for detecting radio waves that will have a receiving area of one square kilometre.
The work being done in this regard is of a pioneering nature, involving multi-disciplinary experts and scientists working collaboratively from across the globe. Building sophisticated and far-reaching telescopes would be a product of extreme engineering, the building of huge capacity information and communications technology hardware and software, and related functions and capabilities. The fact that the scope of this kind of project require skills from across the world, speaks to the internationalisation agenda that the university is embarking upon.
In the College of Science, Engineering and Technology, the Department of Physics offers undergraduate courses in Astrophysics, and specialisation in this field up to PhD level. Also in this college, the Department of Mathematics offers a comprehensive Astronomy course, which progresses from undergraduate to master’s and PhD level.
The Unisa Observatory, situated on the Muckleneuk Campus in Tshwane, is a modern, well-equipped facility housing a 14" telescope. The observatory is used to train Astronomy students, and has state-of-the-art instrumentation such as a CCD camera for doing research projects.
I-Unisa ibambe iqhaza kuphrojekthi ye-Square Kilometre Array (SKA) kusukela ngo-2012. I-SKA yiphrojekthi yamazwe ngamazwe eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-$1 yokwakha uxhaxha lobuchwepheshe okuthola amaza omsakazo azoba nendawo yokwamukela eyikhilomitha-skwele elilodwa.
Umsebenzi owenziwayo mayelana nalokhu ungowokuqala, obandakanya ochwepheshe bemikhakha eminingi kanye nososayensi abasebenza ngokubambisana abavela emhlabeni wonke. Ukwakha izibonakude ezisezingeni eliphezulu nezifinyelela kude kungaba umkhiqizo wobunjiniyela obedlulele, ukwakhiwa kolwazi olunamandla amakhulu kanye nezingxenye zomzimba wekhompyutha nezinhlelo zayo zokusebenza zobuchwepheshe bezokuxhumana, kanye nemisebenzi namakhono ahlobene. Iqiniso lokuthi ububanzi balolu hlobo lwephrojekthi ludinga amakhono avela emhlabeni wonke, likhuluma nge-ajenda yokwenziwa kwamazwe ngamazwe imfundo ephakeme eqalayo.
EKolishi Lesayensi, Ubunjiniyela Nobuchwepheshe, uMnyango weSayensi Yamandla unikeza izifundo zeziqu zeSayenzi yeziNkanyezi, kanye nekhono kulo mkhakha kuze kufike ezingeni le-PhD. Futhi kuleli kolishi, uMnyango Wezibalo uhlinzeka ngesifundo esibanzi seziNkanyezi, esisuka kuziqu zokuqala siye ezingeni zeziqu zobumpetha kanye ne-PhD.
Indawo yokuhlola yase-Unisa, etholakala kuKhampasi i-Muckleneuk e-Tshwane, iyisikhungo sesimanje, esihlome kahle esihlala nesibonakude esingu-14". Indawo yokuhlola isetshenziselwa ukuqeqesha abafundi besifundo seziNkanyezi, futhi inezinsimbi ezisezingeni eliphezulu njengekhamera ye-CCD. ukwenza amaphrojekthi ocwaningo.
Unisa e bile le seabo porojekeng ya Square Kilometre Array (SKA) ho tloha ka 2012. SKA ke projeke ya matjhaba ya $1billion ya ho bopa letoto la dika bakeng sa ho lemoha maqhubu a radio tse tla a amohela sebaka se lekanang le sekwere sa metara e le nngwe.
Mosebetsi o ntseng o etswa mabapi le taba ena ke wa pele, o kenyelletsang ditsebi le boramahlale ba fapaneng ba sebetsang ka kopanelo ho tswa lefatsheng ka bophara. Ho aha dibonelahole tse tswetseng pele le tse fihlang hole e ne e tla ba sehlahiswa sa boenjinere bo feteletseng, kaho ya boitsebiso bo boholo ba bokgoni le disebediswa tsa theknoloji ya dikgokahano le software, le mesebetsi le bokgoni bo amanang. Taba ya hore boholo ba morero wa mofuta ona o hloka tsebo ho tswa lefatsheng ka bophara, e bua ka morero wa matjhaba oo yunivesiti e o qalang.
Kholejeng ya Mahlale, Boenjinere le Theknoloji, Lefapha la Fisiks le fana ka dithupelo tsa bana ba pele ho Astrophysics, le ho ikgethela lebaleng lena ho fihlela boemong ba PhD. Hape kholejeng ena, Lefapha la Mathematics le fana ka thupelo e felletseng ya Astronomy, e tswelang pele ho tloha sehlopheng sa pele sa thuto ho isa maemong a masters le PhD.
Observatory ya Unisa, e khamphaseng ya Muckleneuk e Tshwane, ke setsi sa sejwalejwale, se nang le thepa e ntle se nang le sebonelahole sa 14 ". Sebaka sa ho shebella se sebediswa ho kwetlisa baithuti ba thuto ya dinaledi, mme se na le disebediswa tsa moraorao tse kang khamera ya CCD. bakeng sa ho etsa merero ya dipatlisiso.
Unisa is sedert 2012 by die Square Kilometre Array-projek betrokke. Die Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is ’n internasionale projek van $1 miljard wat ten doel het om ’n versameling antennas met ’n ontvangsgebied van een vierkante kilometer vir die opvang van radiogolwe op te rig.
Die werk wat in hierdie opsig gedoen word, is baanbrekend van aard en behels samewerking tussen multidissiplinêre kundiges en wetenskaplikes van oor die wêreld heen. Die bou van gesofistikeerde en kragtige teleskope, wat die skep van inligtings- en kommunikasietegnologiehardeware en -sagteware met ’n groot kapasiteit behels en met verwante funksies en vermoëns gepaardgaan, verg ingenieurswese van die hoogste vlak. ’n Projek van hierdie aard wat internasionale kundigheid vereis, strook met die internasionaliseringsagenda waartoe die universiteit verbind is.
Die Departement Fisika in die Kollege vir Wetenskap, Ingenieurswese en Tegnologie (College of Science, Engineering and Technology) bied voorgraadse kursusse in astrofisika, sowel as spesialisering in hierdie veld tot doktorale vlak. Die Departement Wiskunde in dieselfde kollege bied ’n omvattende astronomiekursus vanaf voorgraadse vlak tot meesters- en doktorsgraadvlak.
Die Unisa-sterrewag, wat by die Muckleneuk-kampus in Tshwane geleë is, is ’n goed toegeruste, moderne fasiliteit wat ’n 14"-teleskoop huisves. Die sterrewag word gebruik om astronomiestudente op te lei en beskik oor die nuutste toerusting, soos ’n LGS-kamera vir navorsingsprojekte.
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