From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Mon May 12 09:27:18 2014 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 09:27:18 +1000 Subject: [ASA] urgent ASA announcement Message-ID: <76F5C46C-2885-4C9F-AC06-941440F87CE4@sydney.edu.au> ************************************************************ Dear all, There was a prolonged and unplanned outage of the ASA website on Friday (which is hosted off campus by an events company and outside of my control). This resulted in many people being unable to register. I have therefore decided to extend the ASA early-bird registration deadline to CoB on Monday May 12th although the web-site is now back up thank goodness. http://www.asa2014.mq.edu.au/ I apologise for any inconvenience, Regards, Quentin -- Prof. Quentin A Parker Joint MQ/AAO lecturer in Astronomy Director, MQ Research Centre in Astronomy, Astrophysics & Astrophotonics Director "Space to Grow" Member MQ teaching Excellence Academy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kglazebrook at swin.edu.au Mon May 12 15:52:08 2014 From: kglazebrook at swin.edu.au (Karl Glazebrook) Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 05:52:08 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Decadal Plan: ISFWG 2.1 - White Papers and final input requested Message-ID: <71CD8E86-D50A-458C-9105-D514F31BBEDD@swin.edu.au> Dear ASA members, The International Scale Facilities WG 2.1 would like to thank the community for the input collected at the Town Halls, and draws the attention of the community to the White Paper's submitted at: https://sites.google.com/site/australiandecadalplanwg21/white-papers Considering the input we received so far, the WG would now like to solicit (by email) FURTHER INPUT on the 8m-class telescope issue in particular, which has been identified as a key topic in the town halls and the major uncertainty before our WG. It is clear that 8m telescopes are regarded as 'workhorse facilities' that are vitally needed but if the ESO option does not go ahead it is not clear what alternatives should be considered. Specifically our WG would like to invite final input on the question: "What alternatives to ESO for our 8m-class telescope access should be pursued?" Possible options that have been suggested are: 1) Purchase Keck, Subaru and/or Magellan time and hold out for a future partnership option. It is not clear if such a partnership opportunity would become available. 2) Re-engage with Gemini Observatory. The clock is ticking on that one. 3) Lead a partnership to build a new telescope. (e..g. a wide-field spectroscopic telescope in Chile as proposed by the Driver et al. White Paper). Note this would take at least 7-10 years to build. 4) Increase our share of GMT ('doubling up GMT' has been mentioned a few times in Town Halls), which has the advantage of bringing GMT nearer to completion and leveraging previous investment. 5) Engaging with one of the observatories by building instrumentation in return for time. - We'd also like to know if you consider any of these options compelling enough to be preferable to ESO membership. Note options #3 and #4 would not result in the diverse set of 8m instruments the community needs. However if the facility was compelling then time could likely be traded. Note more discussion of some of these options can be found in the position paper: http://tinyurl.com/kp6nqff It is not clear yet how this topic will be framed in the context of the Decadal plan, certainly we will be focusing on capabilities rather than naming specific facilities, right now we are still in the input collecting phase. Please send your input on these options to myself (kglazebrook at swin.edu.au) with Subject: 8-m telescope options It would be helpful if this email could also be distributed to non-ASA members. sincerely, Karl Glazebrook, Chair ISFWG 2.1 ---------------- Karl Glazebrook Director & Distinguished Professor Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology Contact: +61-3-9214-4384 kglazebrook at swin.edu.au astronomy.swin.edu.au/karl galacticturmoil.org @karlglazebrook From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Tue May 13 08:47:16 2014 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 08:47:16 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Call for Talks for Project Meeting in Bangalore, June 23-26, 2014 In-Reply-To: <778CAE8922F62E4FA47C2C90E90F0F7B327880A3@exmbw02.asurite.ad.asu.edu> References: <778CAE8922F62E4FA47C2C90E90F0F7B327880A3@exmbw02.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Message-ID: Dear MWA Colleagues, We are pleased to invite all members of the MWA community to submit talks to be presented at the upcoming project meeting in Bangalore, India (June 23-26, 2014). The meeting will follow a science meeting format with a focus on user-related topics and science results. Submissions are encouraged for all science and technical topics pertaining to the MWA, including (but not limited to) operation, performance, observation scheduling, calibration, data analysis, and science results. If you would like to be considered for a talk (or more than one talk!), please send a title and short abstract via email to judd.bowman at asu.edu. We anticipate scheduling talks in 15-20 minute slots and have a number of slots open over the three-day meeting. The deadline for receiving submissions is Monday, May 26, 2014. Notification of results will follow approximately one week later. Details of the meeting can be found online at: http://mwatelescope.sese.asu.edu/index.php/team/project-meetings/137-bangalore-2014-project-science-meeting Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. And please share this email with interested colleagues. 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URL: From m.ashley at unsw.edu.au Tue May 13 18:03:51 2014 From: m.ashley at unsw.edu.au (Michael Ashley) Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 18:03:51 +1000 Subject: [ASA] HEAT Data Release 1: [CI] maps of the Galactic Plane at 809 GHz Message-ID: <20140513080351.GD1905@mcba.phys.unsw.edu.au> Dear colleagues, The PLATO-R/HEAT collaboration is pleased to announce the availability of Data Release 1 (DR1): http://soral.as.arizona.edu/HEAT/data/ The data are in the form of FITS cubes (Galactic longitude, latitude, and velocity) showing atomic carbon [CI] emission at 809 GHz, as observed by the HEAT telescope at Ridge A in Antarctica. More details are at the website above. This work is the result of a US-Australia collaboration, funded on the Australian side by Astronomy Australia Limited and UNSW, and on the US side by the NSF and University of Arizona. For real-time updates on HEAT's 3rd year of operation, see the following website: http://mcba11.phys.unsw.edu.au/~plato-r Regards, Michael -- Professor Michael Ashley Department of Astrophysics University of New South Wales http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mcba From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Tue May 13 22:42:03 2014 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 22:42:03 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Fwd: STA BUDGET UPDATE References: <80859022-6674-44A9-A2FB-8170661705BB@sta.org.au> Message-ID: <16310F55-779C-43DB-9476-CB79EB680818@sydney.edu.au> Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: > From: Catriona Jackson > Subject: STA BUDGET UPDATE > Date: 13 May 2014 10:23:30 pm AEST > To: Catriona Jackson > > **STA presidents ? please send on to your members ASAP** > > Dear STA members and Friends, > Tonight?s Federal Budget has been a mixed one for science and technology. > > Some of the more serious rumoured cuts ? especially to CSIRO, have not materialised, with perhaps the most notable life-line being thrown to big science infrastructure in the form of $150m for one additional year (2015-16) of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). > > However the budget cuts $420 million over the next 4 years from five science agencies ? the Australian Research Council (ARC) ($74.9m), the CSIRO ($111.4m), the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) ($120m), Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) ($27.6m), and Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) ($7.8m) ? as well as Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) program ($80m). > > As always the full impact on science is very hard to assess accurately, because there is science and technology in almost everything we do - across almost every government department and agency. > > We will spend the following days and weeks scrutinising the papers to give you the clearest picture possible, but here is our initial summary straight from the budget lock up. > > Regards, > STA CEO Catriona Jackson > > > > Budget 2014/15 > > Science agency cuts > > Feared big cuts to CSIRO have not materialised, but a series of cuts across science agencies have gone ahead. There are cuts of $420 million over the next 4 years, to five science agencies ? the Australian Research Council (ARC) ($74.9m), the CSIRO ($111.4m), the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) ($120m), Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) ($27.6m), and Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) ($7.8m) ? as well as the Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) program ($80m). > > NCRIS > > Big science infrastructure - including leading-edge facilities like the Australia Synchrotron - has had a significant, short-term reprieve with a one year injection of $150million for 2015/16. This is a boost in annual allocation terms, but is only for one year > > Australian Research Council (ARC) > > The Future Fellowships scheme - for top rank mid-career researchers - will continue but in in much reduced terms, with $140m available for fellowships over the next 4 years, compared with $150m each year previously. It is unclear whether the fellowships will be of the same value. > > A number of measures will be funded out of ARC funds, including an Antarctic Gateway Partnership. > > The total final budget impact on the ARC is unclear. > > > > Other measures include: > > A Medical Research Future Fund, with additional funds for medical research, will be established. Its creation is dependent on the passing of all health savings legislation, with a target of $276m by 2017/18, and more in later years. The aim is create a long-term fund for research, with some distributed via the National Health Medical Research Council. > > The Australian Renewable Energy Agency will be abolished at a saving of $1.3bn. > > $100 million more over 4 years for research via the Rural Research and Development Corporations. > > $5m of new money or the Australian Academy of Science Primary Connections and Science by Doing. > > ANSTO will receive an additional $76.6m to cover the increased cost of nuclear fuel and disposal activities. > > Research training scheme - postgraduate research students will now make a contribution to their course costs. Higher education providers will be able to introduce fees at the rate of $3,900 per full time student for high cost courses, and $1,700 for low cost courses. > > Australia-China Science and Research Fund - $10m of new money over four years. > > Carbon Capture and Storage Flagships - Reduced funding which will result in savings of $162.9m in 2017-18. > > Marine National Facility - an additional $65.7 million over four years for the Marine National Facility to operate the new research vessel RV investigator. CSIRO to provide $21.1 million to cover costs. > > PM science prize, National Science Week and Questacon Smart Skills, > > will be funded with a total of $28 million over four years. > > The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility will be re- established with $9m over three years. > > Office of Water Science research programme - Saving of $10m over five years will be made, with the program terminating on 30 June 2016. > > The National Environmental Research Programme and the Australian Climate Change Science programme will be amalgamated to form a new National Environmental Science Programme, saving $21.7m over four years. > > > > > Catriona Jackson > Chief Executive Officer > Science & Technology Australia > Giving voice to Australian Science & Technology for over 27 years > www.sta.org.au > www.respectthescience.org.au > catriona.jackson at sta.org.au > > T: 02 6257 2891 > M: 0417142238 > > PO Box 259 > Canberra City ACT 2601 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN O?BYRNE Associate Head (Teaching & Learning), School of Physics Associate Dean (Standards), Faculty of Science Secretary, Astronomical Society of Australia Inc. 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URL: From andrew.hopkins at aao.gov.au Thu May 15 09:34:59 2014 From: andrew.hopkins at aao.gov.au (Andrew Hopkins) Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 09:34:59 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Fwd: Announcing the Launch of the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) Project Office In-Reply-To: <58B9C26B-226C-42EB-A515-4D306E59E5D3@cfht.hawaii.edu> References: <58B9C26B-226C-42EB-A515-4D306E59E5D3@cfht.hawaii.edu> Message-ID: <5373FDA3.7020903@aao.gov.au> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Announcing the Launch of the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) Project Office Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 22:18:49 -0700 From: Rick Murowinski To: noreply at mse.cfht.hawaii.edu Apologies in advance if you've already received a copy of this announcement through other channels. * * *Announcing the Launch of the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) Project Office* Throughout its 35 year history, CFHT has provided forefront research capabilities from its exceptional site on Maunakea. However, to maintain its potential to shed light upon the biggest questions confronting 21st century astrophysics, CFHT is launching a project to explore its renewal. A cornerstone of our renaissance will be the expansion of the current partnership, making Maunakea accessible to an even broader international research community. Recently completed feasibility studies have demonstrated the opportunity to achieve compelling and dramatic science through upgrading CFHT into an advanced, modern and unique facility. When completed, the "next generation CFHT" -- now named the *Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE)* -- will yield stunning new research capabilities to tackle problems ranging from dark matter, dark energy and cosmology, to galaxy evolution and structure, the archaeology of the Milky Way, stars and stellar systems, exoplanets, and much more. The MSE project will upgrade the current 3.6 m telescope to a 10 m dedicated wide field spectroscopic telescope. With a field of view of ~1.5 degrees in which up to ~3200 separate objects could be observed simultaneously at spectral resolutions ranging from ~2000 -- 20,000, MSE will be capable of delivering an exceptional quantity and quality of scientific data. Intended to support both individual programs and large scale surveys of unprecedented scale, MSE will enable new and richly diverse astrophysical research, complementing the other Maunakea observatories as well as those planned for deployment worldwide and in space. The MSE Project Office is based in CFHT's headquarters in Waimea, Hawaii, and is tasked with generating a Construction Proposal over the next ~3 years. A decision to proceed depends upon the resolution of many factors, which the MSE Project Office will take the lead in coordinating. Central to this project will be a design that provides the continued use of CFHT's current site with the least possible impact on our natural environment (e.g., reuse of the support building and central telescope pier). We will upgrade the telescope and instrumentation within the current building, as well as the enclosure, in a manner consistent with the Maunakea Comprehensive Management Plan. MSE will be achieved through responsible development upon CFHT's current site, cognizant of community interests in the future of Maunakea. CFHT welcomes new partners in this exciting project and encourages participation through the MSE Project Office. The next few years will be pivotal for MSE as the design is developed, science case further refined and detailed, and the partnership built. Individuals or organizations interested in learning more about the MSE project are encouraged to contact either the CFHT Executive Director, Doug Simons (simons at cfht.hawaii.edu ), MSE Project Manager, Rick Murowinski (murowinski at mse.cfht.hawaii.edu ), or MSE Project Scientist Alan McConnachie (mcconnachie at mse.cfht.hawaii.edu ). Additional information about MSE can be found at the MSE webpage http://mse.cfht.hawaii.edu . *Lancement du bureau de gestion du projet de l'Explorateur Spectroscopique du Maunakea (ESM)* Tout au long de ses 35 ans d'histoire, le TCFH a offert des instruments de recherche de premier plan sur son site exceptionnel au Maunakea ? Hawa?. Toutefois, afin de poursuivre dans cette voie et continuer ? effectuer des recherches de pointe sur les grandes questions que pose l'astrophysique au 21?me si?cle, le TCFH lance un projet qui vise ? explorer son renouvellement. Un ?l?ment essentiel de ce projet sera l'expansion du partenariat actuel, ce qui aura pour effet de rendre Maunakea accessible ? une communaut? scientifique internationale encore plus large. De r?centes ?tudes de faisabilit? ont d?montr? qu'il est possible d'atteindre les buts promis par une science captivante et spectaculaire en transformant le TCFH en une installation de pointe, moderne et unique. Une fois termin?e, la "prochaine g?n?ration du TCFH" - maintenant nomm?e l'*Explorateur Spectroscopique du Maunakea (ESM)* - engendrera des moyens de recherche efficaces et originaux qui permettront d'attaquer des probl?matiques telles que l'?nergie et la mati?re sombre, la cosmologie, l'?volution des galaxies et de leur structure, l'arch?ologie de la Voie Lact?e, les ?toiles et les syst?mes stellaires, les exoplan?tes et bien d'autres. Le projet ESM vise ? remplacer le t?lescope de 3,6 m par un nouveau t?lescope de 10 m d?di? ? la spectroscopie de grand champ sur une surface de ~ 1,5 degr?s carr?s dans laquelle jusqu'? environ 3200 objets distincts pourront ?tre observ?s simultan?ment ? des r?solutions spectrales allant de 2000 ? 20000. Destin? ? soutenir les programmes individuels ainsi que des sondages ? grande ?chelle sans pr?c?dent, ESM ouvrira des avenues nouvelles et tr?s diversifi?es de recherche en astrophysique et compl?tera les autres observatoires du Maunakea, ainsi que plusieurs observatoires internationaux et spatiaux (pr?sents et futurs). Au cours de ses trois premi?res ann?es d'existence, le bureau de gestion du projet ESM, bas? au si?ge social du TCFH ? Waimea (Hawa?), sera charg? de produire une proposition de construction. Une d?cision relative ? la construction de cette installation d?pendra de la r?solution de nombreux facteurs qui seront ?tudi?s et coordonn?s par le bureau de gestion du projet. Un des points centraux de ce projet est la mise ? jour du site actuel du TCFH utilisant l'installation existante (par exemple, le b?timent de soutien et le pilier central du t?lescope) tout en rempla?ant le t?lescope et l'enceinte. Ceci est enti?rement compatible avec le plan de gestion global du Maunakea . ESM sera d?velop? en utilisant un r?am?nagement responsable du site actuel du TCFH qui prendra compte des int?r?ts des diff?rentes communaut?s dans l'avenir du Maunakea. Le TCFH est ouvert ? l'inclusion de nouveaux partenaires dans ce projet passionnant et ceux-ci sont encourag?s ? participer au projet via le Bureau de gestion du projet. Les prochaines ann?es seront d?terminantes pour ESM au fur et ? mesure que le concept sera d?velopp?, la justification scientifique affin?e et d?taill?e, et le partenariat construit. Les personnes ou organisations int?ress?es ? en apprendre davantage sur le projet ESM sont encourag?es ? communiquer avec le directeur ex?cutif du TCFH, Doug Simons (simons at cfht.hawaii.edu ), le directeur de projet int?rimaire, Rick Murowinski (murowinski at mse.cfht.hawaii.edu ), ou le scientifique de projet int?rimaire, Alan McConnachie (mcconnachie at mse.cfht.hawaii.edu ). Des informations suppl?mentaires sur ESM sont disponibles sur la page web de ESM (http://mse.cfht.hawaii.edu). -- 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From s.tingay at curtin.edu.au Fri May 16 11:26:05 2014 From: s.tingay at curtin.edu.au (Steven Tingay) Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 09:26:05 +0800 Subject: [ASA] First announcement: Extended capabilities for the Murchison Widefield Array (October 15/16, 2014) Message-ID: *Extended capabilities for the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA): A Community Workshop* October 15/16, 2014 CAASTRO Headquarters, Redfern *Sponsored by: Astronomy Australia Limited, Curtin University, and CAASTRO* First Announcement: The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a new low frequency interferometric radio telescope located at CSIRO's superb radio quiet Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in the Murchison region of Western Australia. The MWA is the only low frequency Precursor for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and is the first of the three SKA Precursors to be fully operational for science. The MWA has been operational since July 2013. A consortium of 13 partner institutions from four countries (Australia, USA, India, and New Zealand) has financed the development, construction, commissioning, and operations of the facility. The MWA consortium members, and a range of other groups, are now exploiting the instrument for early science, under the MWA Open Skies time allocation policy. Key science for the MWA ranges from the search for redshifted HI signals from the Epoch of Reionisation, to wide-field searches for transient and variable objects (including pulsars and Fast Radio Bursts), to wide-field Galactic and extra-galactic surveys, to solar and heliospheric science. As a next-generation radio telescope, the MWA is training a new generation of radio astronomers, conversant in the Big Data aspects of research that will be fundamental in the era of the SKA. High volume data streams from the MWA terminate at the new $80m Pawsey supercomputing centre in Perth, where MWA users have access to the data in the form of a 9 PB archive. Moreover, the MWA is playing a central role in the international SKA pre-construction program, hosting low frequency verification systems for the SKA. Overall, the MWA has been one of the significant recent successes of Australian astronomy, flagged in the last Decadal Plan and delivered within that decade. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the possibilities for future expansion or upgrade of the MWA in order to leverage the built value of the instrument and the investment to date to support enhanced scientific productivity. A number of upgrade and extension options are available at relatively modest cost. These options will be outlined at the workshop, along with scientific motivations for the extensions/upgrades. The workshop will provide an opportunity for interested researchers to present their own ideas regarding MWA upgrades/extensions and for the community to discuss possible priorities. The outcomes of the workshop will be used to inform a detailed project plan that sets out an extension/upgrade path that could be realised within a two year timeframe. A second similar workshop will be held in December 2014 in Tempe, Arizona, to collect input from the non-Australian MWA partners (although the October workshop is open to anyone prepared to travel). Remote access to the workshop in the form of videoconferencing or teleconferencing will be investigated, depending on the demand. Registration for the meeting is free, supported by the sponsors, and includes morning and afternoon teas and a workshop dinner on the evening of Thursday 15th October. Registrations can be submitted online at: http://www.caastro.org/event/2014-mwa-workshop The registration deadline is Wednesday October 1st. The registration form includes the ability to propose to make a presentation at the workshop. Further background information regarding the MWA can be found in the MWA system description paper (Tingay et al. 2013, PASA, 30,7) and the MWA science program description paper (Bowman et al. 2013, PASA, 30, 31), as well as on the MWA web pages: http://www.mwatelescope.org Any questions regarding the workshop can be directed to the MWA Director, Prof. Steven Tingay (s.tingay at curtin.edu.au). 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CIRA comprises one half of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) Joint Venture with The University of Western Australia and is a node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO). A clear focus for CIRA research programs is the path to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), including the scientific exploitation of SKA pathfinders and precursors, such as the CIRA-led $50m Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), and a leading role in SKA pre-construction activities over the next three years. In particular, the MWA is the first operational SKA Precursor and many opportunities exist for participation in this program. CIRA researchers have excellent access to the new $80m Pawsey supercomputing Centre. CIRA researchers collaborate widely and are well resourced for participation in national and international projects. The call for applications in 2014, for commencement in 2015, refers to a fellowships in two streams: 1. Early Career Researcher Fellowships: Suitably qualified applicants who received their PhD in the last five years; 2. Senior Research Fellowships: Suitably qualified applicants with more than five years post-doctoral experience. These categories of Fellowship are also available as Curtin Indigenous Research Fellowships, where Aboriginality is an inherent requirement for appointment per Section 50(d) of the WA Equal Opportunity Act (1984). For applicants who have already submitted ARC Fellowship applications at any institution, there is a fast-track application process. Applications Close: Friday 4th July 2014 at 5:00pm GMT+8:00 Potential applicants should contact CIRA co-Director Prof. Steven Tingay ( s.tingay at curtin.edu.au) for more information and guidance on the application process. 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