Bernard Yarnton Mills 1920-2011

TL;DR

Bernie Mills was a pioneering radio astronomer whose development of the Mills Cross and the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope significantly advanced radio astronomy from 1948 to 1985.

Contribution

The paper highlights Bernie Mills' innovative contributions to radio astronomy, including the development of key observational instruments and techniques.

Findings

Development of the Mills Cross instrument

Construction of the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope

Enhanced understanding of radio sources in astronomy

Abstract

Bernie Mills is remembered globally as an influential pioneer in the evolving field of radio astronomy. His contributions with the 'Mills Cross' at the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics and later at the University of Sydney's School of Physics and the development of the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST) were widely recognised as astronomy evolved in the years 1948-1985 and radio astronomy changed the viewpoint of the astronomer as a host of new objects were discovered.