From ahopkins at aao.gov.au Tue Nov 13 22:21:38 2012 From: ahopkins at aao.gov.au (Andrew Hopkins) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:21:38 +1100 (EST) Subject: [ASA] CNN coverage of the solar eclipse Message-ID: <52768.141.33.132.195.1352805698.squirrel@aaomail.aao.gov.au> Hi all, I've been asked to pass on the following information by Stina Backer, a web producer at CNN in London. They are doing photo led coverage of the solar eclipse on CNN. All the best photos will be presented in a high resolution gallery on the website and on TV. Link for submitting photos: http://ireport.cnn.com/topics/858974 Link for finding out more about CNN Celebrates (this is where the gallery will sit): http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn-celebrates/ Andrew Hopkins -- A.Prof. Andrew Hopkins, Head of AAT Science Australian Astronomical Observatory P.O. Box 915, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia ph: +61 2 9372 4849 fax: +61 2 9372 4880 From daniel at mso.anu.edu.au Wed Nov 14 14:09:57 2012 From: daniel at mso.anu.edu.au (Daniel Bayliss) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:09:57 +1100 Subject: [ASA] 2nd Australian Exoplanet Workshop PLUS Kepler Data Tutorial Message-ID: Reminder: The registration deadline for the 2nd Australian Exoplanet Workshop is 23 November 2012. NEW! - We have added a half day Kepler Data Tutorial on the morning of Wednesday 12 December 2012. Details below. This may also be of interest to stellar and extragalactic astronomers. If you wish to attend, please register for the Exoplanet Workshop and indicate that you will attend the Kepler Data Tutorial. ******************************************************* KEPLER DATA TUTORIAL 9:30am - 12pm, 12 December 2012 Mt Stromlo Observatory, Canberra Presented by Dr Jessie Christiansen, Kepler Mission Data Scientist, NASA Ames. The Kepler spacecraft monitors 160,000+ stars with continuous, 30-min or 1-min sampling. Kepler data provide a unique combination of photometric precision, duration, contiguity and source volume. The community are encouraged to participate in Kepler's primary exoplanet science and exploit the mission's unique archive and observing resources to pursue unrelated stellar and extragalactic astrophysics. From Oct 28, 2012 access to the Kepler data archives will be unrestricted. Images, pixels and light curves can all be downloaded. In order for Australian researchers to capitalise on this remarkable dataset, we are hosting a Kepler data tutorial session presented by Dr Jessie Christiansen from NASA Ames. For the participants to get the most out of the hands-on session, they should download and install PyKE and PyRAF to their laptops. Instructions can be found at: http://keplergo.arc.nasa.gov/PyKE.shtml ******************************************************* 2nd Australian Exoplanet Workshop 10-11 December 2012 Mt Stromlo Observatory, Canberra http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/planets/home.html This meeting aims to bring Australian researchers working on exoplanets (from both an observational and theoretical perspective) together. The workshop will cover surveys, characterisation and theoretical modelling of planet formation and evolution - indeed anything related to the science of planets orbiting other stars. Participants are encouraged to give a short presentation, either on a specific research issue, or to brief the workshop on the research capabilities in exoplanetary science in their departments at present. There will also be an opportunity to discuss important questions, and strategies for increasing linkages and collaborations as a means to expanding this critical research area in the future. There is no registration fee to attend the Workshop. However, please indicate your attendance via the registration page (http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/planets/registration.html), which includes the option to submit a title and abstract of the talk. Registration deadline is 23 November 2012. Regards Daniel Bayliss (ANU) (chair) Lucyna Chudczer (UNSW) Michael Ireland (Macquarie) Charley Lineweaver (ANU) Sarah Maddison (Swinburne) Chris Tinney (UNSW) ------------------------------- Daniel Bayliss Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics Cotter Rd, Weston Creek ACT 2611 Australia Ph: 61 2 6125 8037 Fx: 61 2 6125 0233 Em: daniel at mso.anu.edu.au Wb: www.mso.anu.edu.au/~daniel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdesilva at aao.gov.au Thu Nov 15 09:44:40 2012 From: gdesilva at aao.gov.au (Gayandhi De Silva) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:44:40 +1100 Subject: [ASA] First announcement of IAU Symposium 298: Setting the Scene for Gaia and LAMOST - The current and next generations of surveys and models Message-ID: <50A41ED8.80006@aao.gov.au> First announcement of IAU Symposium 298 SETTING THE SCENE FOR Gaia AND LAMOST - THE CURRENT AND NEXT GENERATIONS OF SURVEYS AND MODELS Place: Lijiang, China (Yunnan province) Time: 20 - 24 May 2013 The formation and evolution of galaxies is a key topic in contemporary astrophysics. With the transformational opportunities offered by on-going and next generation surveys IAU is offering a symposium that focuses on the interplay between surveys, observing techniques, advances in abundance analysis, and our theoretical understanding of galaxy formation, is very timely. The symposium focuses on the promise of current and future large surveys, including Gaia in the context of all other on-going efforts, both observational as well as theoretical. The SOC wishes to dedicate this IAU Symposium to Birgitta Nordstr?m and Johannes Andersen for their numerous contributions to Galactic astronomy. Deadline for early registration: 2013.2.28 More about the program and the meeting can be found at:http://iaus298.csp.escience.cn For the SOC Sofia Feltzing and Gang Zhao (Co-chairs) SOC: Emilio J. Alfaro (IAA-CSIC), Timothy Beers (Michigan State) , Masashi Chiba (Tohoku), Gayandhi De Silva (AAO), Sofia Feltzing (Lund), Eva Grebel (Heidelberg), Amina Helmi (Groningen), Jaques Lepine (Sao Paulo), Francois Mignard (Nice), Julio Navarro (UVic), Timo Prusti (ESA), Sofia Randich (INAF/Arcetri), Becham Reddy (IIA Bangalore), Nicholas Walton (Cambridge, UK), Patricia Whitelock (SAAO and UCT), Gang Zhao (NAOC), Manuela Zoccali (Catolica) -- Dr. Gayandhi De Silva Australian Astronomical Observatory PO Box 915, North Ryde NSW 1670, Australia Ph: +61 2 9372 4854 Fax: +61 2 9372 4880