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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-03-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005741b.htm person Shain Charles Alexander AACR2 6 February 1922 11 February 1960 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Radio astronomer Alex Shain was a pioneer of low frequency radio astronomy in Australia. Joining he CSIR Division of Radiophysics in 1943 he worked initially at the Hornsby Valley field station. Here he and Charlie Higgins completed a 9.15 MHz sky survey. After the closure of Hornsby in 1955 Shain moved to the Fleurs field station where he explored the source of Jovian emissions and oversaw the construction of the large-scale cross-type radio telescope named the Shain Cross. CSIR/O Division of Radiophysics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1940 - 1996)

Research scientist at Hornsby Valley Field Station 1943 - 1955 and Fleurs Field Station 1955 -

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 Shain, Charles Alexander (19220206-19600211)

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 'Shain, Charles Alexander (Alex)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Shain, Charles Alexander (Alex) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 10:Shain, Gardner and Jovian observations made at Fleurs and Potts Hill Field Stations in Sydney during 1955 - 1956 Orchiston, Wayne; Martin, George; Wendt, Harry; and Wielebinski, Richard The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 10:Shain, Gardner and Jovian observations made at Fleurs and Potts Hill Field Stations in Sydney during 1955 - 1956 2021 Journal of astronomical history and heritage 24 1 141-58 Journal Article: Obituary notices: Charles Alexander Shain Pawsey, J. L. Obituary notices: Charles Alexander Shain 1960 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 1 244-5 Journal Article: Shame about Shain! Early Australian radio astronomy at Hornsby Valley Orchiston, Wayne and Slee, Bruce Shame about Shain! Early Australian radio astronomy at Hornsby Valley 2005 ATNF News 55 14-6 Journal Article: The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 4: Kerr, Shain, Higgins and the Hornsby Valley Field Station near Sydney Orchiston, Wayne, Slee, Bruce, George, Martin and Wielebinski, Richard The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 4: Kerr, Shain, Higgins and the Hornsby Valley Field Station near Sydney 2015 Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 18 3 285-311 Journal Article: The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 1: the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics Orchiston, Wayne, George, Martin, Slee, Bruce and Wielebinski, Richard The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 1: the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics 2015 Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 18 1 3-13