From matthew.colless at anu.edu.au Mon Oct 20 13:19:20 2014 From: matthew.colless at anu.edu.au (Matthew Colless) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 02:19:20 +0000 Subject: [ASA] AstroSats 2014 Workshop In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7DC36DB3-2965-4440-8BBC-C17E6AB8281A@anu.edu.au> AstroSats 2014 Workshop - Mount Stromlo - 12 December 2014 The purpose of AstroSats2014 is to bring together the astronomical research and satellite engineering communities to explore science cases and astronomical instrumentation concepts suitable for small satellites (particularly Cubesats, but potentially other nanosats or balloon missions). The goal is to identify well-justified and viable missions taking advantage of the facilities and capabilities at Australian institutions, including those at the ANU Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre (AITC), that could be funded within existing grant schemes. AstroSats2014 will be held on Friday, 12 December 2014, commencing 09:30 and concluding at 17:30. The workshop will be held at the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Cotter Road, Weston Creek, ACT. For more information please see the attached flyer and Cubesats information sheet. 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AstroSats2014.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 416311 bytes Desc: AstroSats2014.pdf URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: CubesatsInfo.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 2014563 bytes Desc: CubesatsInfo.pdf URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carterb at usq.edu.au Mon Oct 20 14:42:30 2014 From: carterb at usq.edu.au (Brad Carter) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:42:30 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Fourth Australian Exoplanet Workshop - time to register and book flights & accommodation Message-ID: Registrations remain open for the 4th Australian Exoplanet Workshop 25 & 26 Nov 2014 at USQ Toowoomba. The workshop brings together researchers working on exoplanets to give talks, with observational or theoretical perspectives welcome on any topic related to exoplanet science. Please note: * Due to the travel time needed its best to arrive Mon 24th for an informal evening get-together. * Most interstate visitors to USQ fly to Brisbane Airport and use the Airport Flyer minibus to get to Toowoomba, but direct flights between Sydney and Toowoomba can now be booked via Qantas . * Please book your flights and accommodation soon to get the best fares and rooms. * For more details and registration (deadline Fri 7 Nov) visit the workshop website at: http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/planets/FourthWorkshop2014 * There is no registration fee to attend, but please indicate your attendance via the registration page, which includes the option to submit a title and abstract for your talk. * While there are no funds available to offer a general student subsidy, students facing financial hardship can contact the organisers regarding travel support. Brad Carter on behalf of the SOC and LOC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On the afternoon and on the 26th, ATUC hold a Closed Session, during which a report to the ATNF Director is drafted. If you, as a user (or potential user) of the ATNF, are aware of any issues that need to be raised at the next ATUC meeting, or would like to offer praise or feedback on ATNF activities, please contact any member of ATUC over the next few weeks. Information on ATUC and how to contact its members can be found at: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/management/atuc (ATUC reports, responses, online feedback form) Regular ATUC summaries are in the ATNF newsletter: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/news/newsletter Regards, Jo Dawson (for) Virginia Kilborn ATUC Chair -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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More... The Giant Magellan Telescope Project gets a new partner Universidade de S?o Paulo joins the GMT consortium. The consortium of universities and research institutes involved in the Giant Magellan Telescope project recently got a new partner: Universidade de S?o Paulo. The Executive Board of the S?o Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in Brazil announced that it has approved a $40 million contribution to the Giant Magellan Telescope project. Brazilian participation in the GMT project is welcome news. The country has a strong and growing record of astronomy excellence, with strengths in chemical evolution of galaxies and stellar atmospheres. S?o Paulo's partnership also brings the project closer to being fully funded. More... Second Annual GMT Community Science Meeting Meeting poster designed by Petrula Vrontikis. The Second Annual GMT Community Science meeting, "Transient Phenomena in Astronomy and Astrophysics," took place October 6 - 8, 2014 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D. C. The next generation of sky surveys and time-domain experiments will soon open a new window on transient phenomena in the Universe. "Transient Phenomena in Astronomy and Astrophysics" brought together experts from around the world to discuss the state of the field and our understanding of objects identified through their explosive variability. Topics included gamma-ray bursts as probes of the early universe, supernova explosions, the discovery potential of large-scale optical and radio time domain surveys, and electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational wave sources. More than 130 scientists attended the meeting, and the presentations were excellent. More... Copyright ? 2014, GMTO Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 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We encourage post-doctoral researchers using the radio and optical facilities in Australia to submit abstracts, and for all astronomers to attend the meeting. If you wish to attend this meeting please register by the deadline at: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/conferences/2014/boltonsymp/index.html Kind regards, James Allison (CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science) Andy Green (Australian Astronomical Observatory) ------------------------------------------------------ Dr James Allison Bolton Fellow CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, P.O. Box 76, Epping NSW 1710, Australia Rm: 201 Tel: +61(0)293724206 Email: jallison.astro at gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From angel.lopez-sanchez at aao.gov.au Wed Oct 22 15:21:13 2014 From: angel.lopez-sanchez at aao.gov.au (Angel R. Lopez-Sanchez) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:21:13 +1100 (EST) Subject: [ASA] =?iso-8859-1?q?1st_Announcement_Conference_=93Multiwaveleng?= =?iso-8859-1?q?th_Dissection_of_Galaxies=94=2C_24-29_May_2015_=2C_Sydney?= Message-ID: <61696.10.80.112.135.1413951673.squirrel@aaomail.aao.gov.au> FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT ?Multiwavelength Dissection of Galaxies? 24 - 29th May 2015 Sydney, Australia We are pleased to announce the eighth meeting in the Southern Cross Astrophysics Conference series, entitled "Multiwavelength dissection of galaxies". This conference, which will be held in Coogee Beach, Sydney, Australia, between 24 - 29 May 2015, will focus on galaxy evolution, combining resolved optical/near-infrared integral field spectroscopy (IFS) data with other multiwavelength (from radio to X-rays) properties of nearby galaxies, and bringing these together with what is known in our Milky Way. This Conference expects to combine observations and the best available theoretical models to create a more complete picture of how galaxies, and in particular our Milky Way, formed and evolved. The Southern Cross Astrophysics Conferences, which are jointly supported by the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) and CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS), are held annually around Australia with the aim of attracting international experts with wide ranging skills to discuss a particular astrophysical topic. For more details, please see the workshop website: https://www.aao.gov.au/conference/multiwavelength-dissection-of-galaxies For general information on the conference, please email: dissection15 at aao.gov.au Important dates: - November 21st, 2014: 2nd Announcement and Registration and Call for Papers open. - February 6th, 2015: Call for Papers closes. - February 27th, 2015: 3rd Announcement and release of the Preliminary Program Schedule. - April 17th 2015: Registration closes. Deadline payment registration fee. - May 18th, 2015: Final Announcement. - May 24th, 2015: Welcome Cocktail and Public Lecture. - May 25th - 29th, 2015: Conference dates. Confirmed invited speakers: - Joss Bland-Hawthorn: Near-field cosmology (R) - Rob Crain: EAGLE simulations and links between simulations and observations - C?sar Esteban: The physical and chemical properties of the interstellar medium of the Milky Way (R) - Ken Freeman: The structure of the Milky Way (R) - Lisa Fogarty: Kinematics of galaxies using the SAMI Galaxy Survey - Rosa Gonz?lez Delgado: Stellar populations in nearby galaxies using the CALIFA survey - Lisa Kewley: TAIPAN, HECTOR and the future of IFU studies in the era of panchromatic sky surveys - Baerbel Koribalski: Diffuse gas around galaxies and current HI surveys (R) - Claudia Lagos: Evolution of molecular and atomic gas and stars in galaxies and scaling relations - Sarah Martell: An introduction to the GALAH (Galactic Archaeology with HERMES) survey - Naomi McClure-Griffiths: Neutral gas within and around the Milky Way (R) - Richard McDermid: A review of extragalactic IFS surveys (ATLAS-3D, CALIFA, SAMI, MANGA) (R) - Mercedes Moll?: Chemical evolution models of galaxies including the Milky Way - Jill Rathborne: Star formation in the Milky Way and implications for other galaxies - Sebasti?n S?nchez: Properties of HII regions of galaxies using the CALIFA survey - Evan Skillman:The physical and chemical properties of the interstellar medium of nearby galaxies (R) - Christy Tremonti: Exploring chemical evolution of galaxies with the MANGA survey Kind Regards, Angel R. Lopez-Sanchez (SOC chair) ------------------------------------------ Dr. Angel R. Lopez-Sanchez Australian Astronomical Observatory and Macquarie University Research Fellow -- 2dF/AAOmega Deputy Instrument Scientist -- AAT Scheduler P.O. Box 915, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia PH: +61 2 9372 4898, FAX: +61 2 9372 4880 http://www.aao.gov.au/local/www/alopez/ Outreach: http://angelrls.wordpress.com/ @El_Lobo_Rayado ------------------------------------------ From bryan.gaensler at sydney.edu.au Wed Oct 22 19:38:14 2014 From: bryan.gaensler at sydney.edu.au (Bryan Gaensler) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:38:14 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Reminder: PASA Editorial Board - Call for Applications In-Reply-To: <5a6fd5d5370640c689b718b12cd7c3ba@EX-TPR-PRO-04.mcs.usyd.edu.au> References: <5a6fd5d5370640c689b718b12cd7c3ba@EX-TPR-PRO-04.mcs.usyd.edu.au> Message-ID: <58A79DA9-FFE7-4B23-AFE4-0CBE004FC020@sydney.edu.au> Dear colleagues, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA) seeks two suitably qualified astronomers to join its Editorial Board for three-year terms, beginning January 2015. Applications can be made by sending a statement of strengths and suitability and a brief CV to the Chair of the PASA Editorial Board, Bryan Gaensler (bryan.gaensler at sydney.edu.au) by 31 Oct 2014. For full information, see http://sifa.org.au/PASA . regards Bryan