From duncan.galloway at monash.edu Mon Mar 23 13:03:13 2015 From: duncan.galloway at monash.edu (Duncan K Galloway) Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 22:03:13 -0400 Subject: [ASA] Professor in Astrophysics at Monash University Message-ID: <2A8A2AB8-CF7B-455F-8195-40699BF3A3AB@monash.edu> Position available The new School of Physics & Astronomy at Monash University is currently advertising for an an outstanding Professor of Astrophysics (Level E), who has the ability to build a world-class research program in the School. We are seeking to appoint an individual with a commitment to leadership, excellence, innovation and creativity in research. The appointee will also contribute to innovative teaching and learning in the school's undergraduate astronomy and astrophysics programs. See the online position description for more details and application instructions: http://jobs.monash.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=531173 Confidential enquiries to Professor Michael Morgan, Head, School of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science, +61 3 9905 3645 Applications close Friday 31 July 2015. -- Duncan Galloway, Senior Lecturer Monash Centre for Astrophysics (MoCA), School of Physics & School of Mathematical Sciences tel. +61 (0)3 99054422 | +61 (0)414 139763 http://users.monash.edu.au/~dgallow duncan.galloway at monash.edu From ausgo at aao.gov.au Mon Mar 23 14:07:48 2015 From: ausgo at aao.gov.au (Australian Gemini Office) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:07:48 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Call for Magellan Proposals in Semester 2015B Message-ID: <550F8384.4080209@aao.gov.au> 2015B Call for Magellan Proposals Proposals for Australian access to the Magellan telescopes for Semester 2015B (mid-July 2015 - mid-Jan 2016) are due by: *5:00pm AEST on **Friday 10 April 2015* (A separate call for Gemini and Subaru proposals in Semester 2015B with a 31 March 2015 deadline was issued earlier - please see http://ausgo.aao.gov.au/cfp.html). There will likely be a single MegaCam f/5 block in Sep/Oct 2015, as well as a single adaptive optics MagAO run of about 30 nights in Dec 2015. In order to assist the scheduling of any approved MegaCam or AO proposals, *any PI planning to apply for observing time with MegaCam or MagAO in 2015B should send an e-mail before 27 March* to ausgo at aao.gov.au with a short (1-2 paragraph) summary of your project and some indication of the RA distribution of your objects. In recent semesters demand for instruments mounted on the Clay telescope has significantly exceeded that for instruments on the Baade telescope. Applicants are encouraged to consider whether their science might also be possible using the instruments on Baade (IMACS, FourStar, FIRE), should their preferred instrument on Clay not be available due to scheduling constraints. Complete information about all Magellan instrumentation on offer, travel funding, and the application procedure is available at http://ausgo.aao.gov.au/magellan.html. For any enquiries about Australian usage of Magellan please contact the AAO's International Telescopes Support Office (ausgo at aao.gov.au). Stuart Ryder Head of International Telescopes Support Australian Astronomical Observatory -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Mon Mar 23 21:00:12 2015 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:00:12 +1100 Subject: [ASA] ASA membership renewals due Message-ID: Reminder: The 2015 deadline for on-time renewal of ASA membership is 31 March - next week (this is a 1 month extension compared to the usual date). if you haven?t renewed your membership, please do it before then. It will save you money and help the ASA. 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The meeting will be held 1-3 October 2015 at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, Monterey Peninsula, California. The conference website is http://www.gmtconference.org Abstract submission deadline: 1 July 2015 Registration deadline: 1 September 2015 It would be good to have a strong Australian presence at this meeting! Professor Matthew Colless > Director, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia Work: +61-2-6125-0266 Mobile:+61-431-898-345 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From c.tinney at unsw.edu.au Wed Mar 25 09:24:41 2015 From: c.tinney at unsw.edu.au (Chris Tinney) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 22:24:41 +0000 Subject: [ASA] 3rd Annual GMT Community Science Meeting References: <6D1429E6-72CB-4517-BA01-70FCDF4287E2@anu.edu.au> Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, I would like to follow on from Matthew Colless' email announcing the 2015 GMT Community Science Meeting ... and encourage Australia's extremely strong stellar populations, galactic archaeology and galaxy evolution community to engage with this workshop, by pointing out that: (1) The Asilomar Conference venue the meeting will be held at is a spectacularly beautiful one, sitting on the Monterey Peninsula on the California coast. And (2) There is NO registration fee for this conference - that is funded by GMTO to encourage the GMT community to take part in discussions that will lead to the GMT being a scientifically productive facility. I would encourage Australian astronomers to play an active role in this meeting! Cheers Chris Tinney ___________________________________________________________________________________ Professor Chris Tinney | ARC Discovery Outstanding Researcher, School of Physics, UNSW Associate Dean (Research), UNSW Science | Co-Director, Australian Centre for Astrobiology c.tinney at unsw.edu.au, +61 2 93855168, Rm 131 Old Main, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~cgt Begin forwarded message: From: Matthew Colless > Subject: [ASA] Fwd: 3rd Annual GMT Community Science Meeting Date: 24 March 2015 4:05:30 PM AEDT To: "asa at physics.usyd.edu.au" > The 3rd Annual GMT Community Science Meeting will be on the topics of resolved stellar populations and galaxy formation. The meeting will be held 1-3 October 2015 at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, Monterey Peninsula, California. The conference website is http://www.gmtconference.org Abstract submission deadline: 1 July 2015 Registration deadline: 1 September 2015 It would be good to have a strong Australian presence at this meeting! Professor Matthew Colless > Director, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia Work: +61-2-6125-0266 Mobile:+61-431-898-345 _______________________________________________ ASA mailing list ASA at physics.usyd.edu.au Change membership status or contact information via ASA's Edit Membership page http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~asamail/asa_membership/asa_members_user_edit.php -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Standard observing modes are those that have been used in previous Cycles and for which the data can be reduced by the pipeline. Data taken in standard observing modes will be pipeline-calibrated and imaged. Their quality is assured by ALMA staff and will meet the standards set by the Observatory. Non-standard modes are observing modes that are less well characterized, or for which the data need to be processed by ALMA staff. The Cycle 3 proposal submission deadline is 15:00 UT on Thursday, 23 April 2015. We encourage you to take advantage of the resources of the NAASC, which include personalized proposal preparation support through the ALMA Helpdesk at: https://help.almascience.org and the opportunity to visit the NAASC for one-on-one assistance. 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Andrew Hopkins President, ASA ---------------------------- The National Committee for Space and Radio Science (NCSRS) are undertaking a census of Australian researchers involved in space or radio science in preparation for a mid-term review of their 2009 Decadal Plan for Australian Space Science. If you are involved in space or radio science please do assist the committee by taking part in the survey discussed below and forwarding to your colleagues. The NCRS is seeking your input to a detailed survey that will: 1.Perform a census of the state of Australia's space and radio research sector, updating our knowledge of this rapidly evolving community; 2.From that census, establish a database and efficient web-based lines of communication to assist with alerting the space and radio research community to events and opportunities - both by members of the community and by the NCSRS. Thus the survey asks for names and contact details so that the communication database can be established; 3.Form the first part of the process of performing the mid-term review of the Decadal Plan for Australian Space Science 2010-2019. The activities covered are limited to scientific research and development-related activities (which may be carried out by universities and other educational institutions, research organisations, government agencies and industry). Commercial space activities are excluded; however, scientific research and development undertaken by industry as a prelude to commercial activity is included. There are two surveys - one for organisations and one for individuals. The first is reasonably short, and should only be filled in once per organisation. The second is detailed and seeks to capture as much information about issues of research and personnel directions, funding and output as possible.Every person working in Australian space and/or radio science is encouraged to complete the survey for individuals. This is not limited to researchers identifying as space and/or radio scientists, but includes engineers and other professionals conducting research and development in fields related to space and/or radio science.More information on the scope of the Census is provided in the opening page of the survey. *Take the survey here: www.science.org.au/committee/space-and-radio-science/census-2015 * The survey is confidential - names, contact details and research areas of individuals will be recorded in the database but will NOT be stored alongside any other information provided by those individuals. The latter will be used for analysis of the research community as a whole, and only summarised results will be made public. 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With the recent re-baselining exercise completed for the SKA and results from SKA pathfinder telescopes (MWA, ASKAP), there will be a session devoted to pathfinder science results and SKA-related science during the ASM. *As with all other contributed talks, contributions to this session will be considered on a merit basis, and submitted through the normal abstract submission process for consideration by the SOC* http://www.asa2015.org The 2015 Astronomical Society of Australia's Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM), hosted by ICRAR-Curtin, will be held at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle, WA between July 5th to 10th. The Esplanade Hotel is located in the centre of Fremantle, a busy port town and popular tourist destination on the coast, with Perth located 20km away. Just before the ASM, the annual Harley Wood School for Astronomy (HWSA) will be held on Rottnest Island from the 2nd to 5th of July. The website for the meeting contains useful information on both the ASM and HWSA and can be found at: http://www.asa2015.org Registration for both the ASM and HWSA and abstract submission for the ASM is now open! A summary timeline is given below: 01APR - Abstract submission closes 01MAY - Program released 22MAY - Early-bird registration closes 26JUN - Full-price registration closes (late registration allowed up to first day of the ASM) 02JUL - HWSA begins 05JUL - Welcome Reception for ASM We have decided to close abstract submission and release the program earlier in the year than is traditional for ASMs. This is to give presenters more time to prepare oral or poster presentations, as well as allow people to register at the early-bird price once the full program is known. Please note, however, that there is a $100 cancellation fee should you decide to withdraw your registration before the 5th of June. Please also note that for the HWSA, we need to let Rottnest Accommodation know how many people will be attending by the 1st of April. So we *strongly* encourage any students wishing to register for the HWSA to please do so before this date. After this date, we cannot guarantee accommodation. Our current list of confirmed invited speakers for the ASM includes the following people: Elaine Sadler - The University of Sydney - Ellery Lecture Tanya Hill - Scienceworks, Melbourne Planetarium - Harley Wood Lecture Krzysztof Bolejko - University of Sydney John Eldridge - University of Auckland Daniel Huber - University of Sydney Virginia Kilborn - Swinburne Claudia Lagos - ICRAR-UWA Paul Lasky - Monash David McClelland - ANU Katherine Mack - Melbourne James Miller-Jones - ICRAR-Curtin Jill Rathborne - CASS Sarah Pearce - CASS Gayandhi de Silva - AAO Rob Wittenmyer - UNSW Fang Yuan - ANU We look forward to welcoming you to Perth and Fremantle in July! If you require any further information, please feel free to contact us: Andrew Walsh (andrew.walsh at curtin.edu.au ) Cath Trott (Cathryn.Trott at curtin.edu.au ) LOC and SOC co-Chairs of the ASA ASM Rebecca Lange (rebecca.lange at icrar.org ) - Chair of HWSA LOC Angus Wright (angus.wright at icrar.org ) - Chair of HWSA SOC _______________________________________________ Cathryn Trott ARC DECRA Fellow ARC Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics Curtin University Bentley WA, Australia cathryn.trott at curtin.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ausgo at aao.gov.au Thu Mar 26 12:18:50 2015 From: ausgo at aao.gov.au (Australian Gemini Office) Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:18:50 +1100 Subject: [ASA] The 2015 Australian Gemini, Magellan, and Keck Science Symposium Message-ID: <55135E7A.2090802@aao.gov.au> The 2015 Australian Gemini, Magellan, and Keck Science Symposium The AAO's International Telescopes Support Office (ITSO) and Astronomy Australia Limited are pleased to announce the 2015 Australian Gemini, Magellan, and Keck Science Symposium. Following the first very successful Australian Gemini and Magellan science symposium in 2012, ITSO will host a similar event on 21 & 22 May 2015 at the AAO headquarters in North Ryde, Sydney. This meeting will also feature Australian science being conducted with the Keck telescopes, in recognition of the fact that our users at Swinburne University of Technology as well as at the Australian National University already enjoy access to these telescopes, as will the entire Australian community from 2016. Participants will also be introduced to the full ?smorgasbord? of instrumentation they will have access to on Gemini, Magellan, and Keck from next year, and there will be discussions about how best to exploit the 40 nights per year of Australian Keck time. The Symposium will feature invited and contributed talks from leading Australian users of the Gemini, Magellan, and Keck telescopes and is open to everyone, not just current users. Students and early-career researchers in particular are encouraged to attend. There will be no registration fee, and lunch, morning and afternoon teas will be provided. To register, please click on the "Registration" tab at: http://www.aao.gov.au/conference/itso-symposium-2015 The deadline for registration is Friday 8 May 2015. Note that the Symposium precedes the Southern Cross conference from 24-29 May in Sydney on "Multiwavelength Dissection of Galaxies" (http://www.aao.gov.au/conference/multiwavelength-dissection-of-galaxies) and everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate in both meetings if they can. Please direct any enquiries to ausgo at aao.gov.au. Stuart Ryder International Telescopes Support Office AAO -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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