From andrew.hopkins at aao.gov.au Tue Jan 14 13:40:29 2014 From: andrew.hopkins at aao.gov.au (Andrew Hopkins) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:40:29 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Fwd: 12th Asia-Pacific Regional IAU Meeting - 2nd Newsletter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <52D4A39D.5050006@aao.gov.au> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: 12th Asia-Pacific Regional IAU Meeting - 2nd Newsletter Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:35:58 +0900 From: APRIM 2014 Reply-To: APRIM 2014 To: APRIM 2014 -- 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... URL: From andrew.hopkins at aao.gov.au Thu Jan 16 10:17:13 2014 From: andrew.hopkins at aao.gov.au (Andrew Hopkins) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:17:13 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Call for proposals to host the 2015 ASA Harley Wood Winter School and Annual Science Meeting Message-ID: <52D716F9.8090304@aao.gov.au> Dear colleagues, This is a reminder of the call for proposals to host the 2015 ASA Harley Wood Winter School and Annual Science Meeting over the period 3 - 10 July 2015. The deadline for proposals is 31 January 2014. For more information on what to include in the proposal see the following website: http://asa.astronomy.org.au/meetings/ASM_instructions.html#Future An Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) has been held since the ASA's formation in 1966. The event has now grown to include more than 200 participants and several auxiliary meetings and talks as well as the Harley Wood Winter School for students, which is held over the preceding weekend. It is now a major event on the Australian Astronomy calendar and is a fantastic opportunity for the host institute to showcase their staff, students, facilities and research. The ASM is typically held at the hosting university, however, the ASA Council strongly encourages the hosting university to explore commercial conference venues as well. We also encourage the host to consider using a commercial event organiser to aid in the planning and management of the event. A complete list of previous host institutions is available at: http://asa.astronomy.org.au/asm.html Please contact me if you have any queries. Best regards, Andrew Hopkins President, ASA From Maxim.Voronkov at csiro.au Thu Jan 16 12:08:46 2014 From: Maxim.Voronkov at csiro.au (Maxim Voronkov) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 12:08:46 +1100 Subject: [ASA] RadioAstron proposal deadline Message-ID: <22BADB19-03A8-483B-8A8B-3F68050A8C08@csiro.au> Dear colleagues, I'd like to draw your attention to the forecoming proposal deadline for the observing time with the RadioAstron satellite. Below is the information I've received. Cheers, Max ----------- RadioAstron Announcement of Opportunity - 2 The space VLBI Mission RadioAstron, led by the Astro Space Center (ASC) of Lebedev Physical Institute, provides a range of specific and unique capabilities for detecting and imaging sources of cosmic radio emission at the highest angular resolution. The optimal utilization of these capabilities relies on the construction and execution of a balanced scientific program for the Mission. The scientific program of RadioAstron consists of three major parts: the Early Science Program (ESP), Key Science Program (KSP), and General Observing Time (GOT) projects. The Early Science Program, which finished in June 2013, explored the main scientific capabilities of RadioAstron observations and paved the way for the subsequent KSP and GOT programs. RadioAstron KSP observations commenced in July 2013. The KSP is aimed specifically at focusing on the areas of strongest scientific impact of RadioAstron and ensuring a long-lasting scientific impact for the Mission. KSP observations within the AO-1 period are being carried out between July 2013 and June 2014, inclusive. Starting from the AO-2, proposals are invited for the RadioAstron Key Science Program and General Observing Time experiments to be submitted by 27 January 2014, 23:59 UT, to the Mission, and to ground radio telescopes required for the specific observations by their respective proposal deadlines. AO-2 observations will be performed between July 2014 and June 2015 inclusive. It is anticipated that about 2/3 of the total time will be devoted to KSP programs (new or continued) and about 1/3 to GOT observations. Proposals are to be submitted by e-mail as single pdf files to the address: ra_submit at asc.rssi.ru Details can be found at http://www.asc.rssi.ru/radioastron/ao-2/ao2.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Ray.Norris at csiro.au Thu Jan 16 11:13:06 2014 From: Ray.Norris at csiro.au (Ray.Norris at csiro.au) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:13:06 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Clustering Measurments of AGN References: <13906C22-DA4B-4EB5-BEA7-2BD0E026999A@csiro.au> Message-ID: First announcement of the first ever workshop dedicated to: Clustering measurements of Active Galactic Nuclei ESO Headquarters, Garching, Germany, 14 - 18 July 2014 Galaxies and AGN are not randomly distributed in the Universe. The distribution of AGN, revealed by clustering measurements, enables new insights into the physical conditions that govern the accretion onto supermassive black holes. At the same time, high precision AGN clustering can provide constraints on cosmological parameters. Therefore, AGN clustering measurements have gained a significant interest in the community in the last decade. In particular, upcoming large surveys will generate AGN samples with several million objects and offer the unique opportunity to study AGN and galaxy co-evolution, AGN physics, and cosmology with AGN clustering measurements. This ESO workshop, which will be the first ever workshop dedicated to AGN clustering, aims to summarise our current understanding of AGN clustering and how the community should prepare for upcoming data sets and challenges. Scientific topics covered at the conference include: - Zoo of AGN & a consistent picture of AGN large-scale clustering properties - What we can learn from galaxy clustering measurements - Synergy between large-scale structure simulations and AGN clustering measurements - Locating AGN in dark matter halos: AGN small-scale clustering & Halo occupation distribution studies - Future large AGN samples for clustering measurements & challenges http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2014/AGN2014.html Ray.Norris at csiro.au CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia Tel: +61 417 288 307 http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rnorris Ray.Norris at csiro.au CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia Tel: +61 417 288 307 http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rnorris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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