From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Tue Sep 1 17:45:33 2015 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 17:45:33 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Talks from the 2015 Harley Wood School of Astronomy Message-ID: <64E45F57-BDF8-41E2-97DE-4D2693E16E77@sydney.edu.au> The ASA web pages include a page with the beginnings of a list of links to resources of particular interest to student members. See http://asa.astronomy.org.au/students.html A recent addition is a link to a Vimeo channel of talks from the 2015 Harley Wood School of Astronomy. Suggestions for more links are very welcome. John ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Cheers, Jill --------------- The Bolton Fellowship is Australia's longest standing prize fellowship and provides an outstanding opportunity for postdoctoral astronomy research in Australia. This Bolton Fellowship is targeted towards wide-field radio astronomy that enables new and cutting-edge science from the world?s fastest and most data intensive radio telescope array, the 36-dish Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). The Bolton Fellow will work as part of the ASKAP scientific commissioning team and pursue independent research that best demonstrates the Early Science capabilities of ASKAP. The Bolton Fellow will be based at the CASS office in Perth, Western Australia and is expected to work closely with CASS staff in Sydney. The Bolton Fellowship comes with a generous discretionary research allowance, assistance with relocation and other benefits. CASS is committed to adhering to family friendly policies and supports a flexible working environment. This position is available as either a full time or part time position, dependent upon Australian visa requirements. CASS is committed to increasing awareness, demonstrating best practice, and implementing initiatives to improve diversity within our workplace. Women and minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Candidates should have, or expect to have by the agreed start date, a PhD in astronomy, physics, or a related field. Applications must be made through https://jobs.csiro.au/ (using Job Reference # 3521). Applications close 11:59 pm AEST Friday, November 6, 2015. ________________________________ Dr Jill Rathborne Research Scientist CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science PO Box 76 Epping NSW 1710 Australia Ph: +61 2 9372 4651 ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bgaensler at dunlap.utoronto.ca Tue Sep 1 23:46:28 2015 From: bgaensler at dunlap.utoronto.ca (Bryan Gaensler) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 09:46:28 -0400 Subject: [ASA] Job opportunities: Dunlap, SKA Message-ID: <0C912DB5-8F96-4E20-AC94-E0F7B666C29A@dunlap.utoronto.ca> Dear colleagues, Please note several new employment opportunities, and pass these on to anyone who may be interested: * Dunlap Postdoctoral Fellowships, University of Toronto, Canada, close Nov 15 (https://jobregister.aas.org/job_view?JobID=51704) * Postdoctoral position in radio polarimetry, University of Toronto, Canada, closes Nov 1 (https://jobregister.aas.org/job_view?JobID=51697) * Square Kilometre Array Project Engineer, Jodrell Bank, UK, closes Sep 30 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ny4p86s46c4gvsm/ska%20computing%20lead.pdf) * Postdoctoral positions on Square Kilometre Array calibration/imaging algorithm development, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, close Sep 30 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/5hz9rl0pogl5k56/groningen.txt) regards Bryan PROFESSOR BRYAN M. GAENSLER PhD FAA Director | Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Room 101-A, 50 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada T +1 416 978 6223 | M +1 416 522 0887 | F +1 416 946 7287 E bgaensler at dunlap.utoronto.ca | W http://dunlap.utoronto.ca/~bgaensler -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bgaensler at dunlap.utoronto.ca Wed Sep 2 01:50:49 2015 From: bgaensler at dunlap.utoronto.ca (Bryan Gaensler) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 11:50:49 -0400 Subject: [ASA] Job opportunities: Dunlap, SKA In-Reply-To: <0C912DB5-8F96-4E20-AC94-E0F7B666C29A@dunlap.utoronto.ca> References: <0C912DB5-8F96-4E20-AC94-E0F7B666C29A@dunlap.utoronto.ca> Message-ID: Apologies, the 3rd job below is for the SKA Computing Lead, not the SKA Project Engineer. The link has the correct information. Bryan > On 1 Sep 2015, at 09:46, Bryan Gaensler wrote: > > Dear colleagues, > > Please note several new employment opportunities, and pass these on to anyone who may be interested: > > * Dunlap Postdoctoral Fellowships, University of Toronto, Canada, close Nov 15 (https://jobregister.aas.org/job_view?JobID=51704) > > * Postdoctoral position in radio polarimetry, University of Toronto, Canada, closes Nov 1 (https://jobregister.aas.org/job_view?JobID=51697) > > * Square Kilometre Array Computing Lead Project Engineer, Jodrell Bank, UK, closes Sep 30 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ny4p86s46c4gvsm/ska%20computing%20lead.pdf) > > * Postdoctoral positions on Square Kilometre Array calibration/imaging algorithm development, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, close Sep 30 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/5hz9rl0pogl5k56/groningen.txt) > > > regards > Bryan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From itso at aao.gov.au Wed Sep 2 14:52:40 2015 From: itso at aao.gov.au (International Telescopes Support Office) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 14:52:40 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Call for Gemini proposals in Semester 2016A Message-ID: <55E68098.50804@aao.gov.au> 2016A Call for Gemini proposals Proposals for Australian access to the Gemini telescopes for Semester 2016A (1 Feb - 31 July 2016) are due by *5:00pm AEST, Wednesday 30 September 2015.* A separate call for Magellan proposals in Semester 2016A (with a 7 Oct 2015 deadline) will be issued shortly. A call for proposals for Australian community access to the Keck telescopes in Semester 2016A (with a 10 Sep 2015 deadline) was issued earlier (http://ausgo.aao.gov.au/keck.html). *What's new for Semester 2016A?* * Australia will cease to be a full partner in Gemini after 31 December 2015. Astronomy Australia Ltd and the AAO have secured a limited-term partnership for 2016, providing a total of *7 classical nights* over Semesters 2016A and 2016B split between Gemini North and Gemini South. As a limited-term partner, Australia is *ineligible* to participate in the Gemini queue process, the exchange program with Subaru, or in the joint proposal process. Additionally, access to block-scheduled instruments is subject to scheduling constraints, and not guaranteed. The block-scheduled instruments in 2016A are *GSAOI, GRACES, DSSI, TEXES, and Phoenix*. * Proposals should request at least one, and at most two nights on any one telescope. Applicants must indicate in the Observing Conditions section the poorest conditions (principally the Image Quality and the Cloud Cover) they can use and still achieve their science goals. They should also specify a backup program (which may employ a different instrument if available) they would carry out if conditions are worse than this. * Although requests for queue mode on Gemini are not being sought in 2016A, ATAC may identify a subset of highly-ranked but unsuccessful programs submitted for classical time as being suitable for a "mini-queue" of programs to be executed by the scheduled PI (with assistance from Gemini staff), in case conditions are not good enough for their primary program. Applicants who would like their proposal to be considered for the mini-queue if not allocated classical time should indicate this in the technical justification section of their proposal. * Target-of-Opportunity (ToO) proposals cannot be submitted as classical programs. However, applicants may request classical time to follow up targets whose location and characteristics may not be known at the time of submission (e.g. supernovae, new objects of interest from ongoing surveys, etc.). * The Hamamatsu CCDs offering improved and extended sensitivity out to 1 micron are now in regular use in GMOS-South . A number of recent issues with apparent banding and charge smearing appear to have been resolved through controller upgrades. Applicants for 2016A should be sure to select "CCD Type = Hamamatsu array" in the GMOS-South Integration Time Calculator in planning their proposals. Pending the delivery of CCDs and new video boards, a similar CCD array may be installed in GMOS-North towards the end of Semester 2016A; however applicants should assume only the current e2v Deep Depletion CCDs will be available for science in Semester 2016A. * Student and early-career researchers involved in classical programs are eligible to apply for Gemini's "Bring One, Get One" travel subsidy program, when accompanying a senior observer. How to apply Gemini proposals must be submitted using the 2016A release of the Phase I Tool (PIT). For full details on instrument availability and application procedures, please see: http://ausgo.aao.gov.au/cfp.html as well as the official Gemini Observatory Call for Proposals at: http://www.gemini.edu/sciops/observing-gemini/2016a-call-proposals Need help? For general enquiries about Australian access to Gemini, please contact the International Telescopes Support Office (itso at aao.gov.au) at the AAO. For technical queries about a Gemini Phase I proposal, please use the Gemini Helpdesk: http://www.gemini.edu/sciops/helpdesk/?q=sciops/helpdesk Stuart Ryder Head of International Telescopes Support itso at aao.gov.au --------------------------------------------------------------------- *As of 1 July 2015, the Australian Gemini Office is now the International Telescopes Support Office. Please update your e-mail address book to use "itso at aao.gov.au" in place of "ausgo at aao.gov.au".* --------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sarah.brough at aao.gov.au Thu Sep 3 14:48:36 2015 From: sarah.brough at aao.gov.au (Sarah Brough) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 14:48:36 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Call for Pleiades Awards Applications Message-ID: <55E7D124.9010102@aao.gov.au> Dear ASA Members Applications for the 2015 ASA Chapter for Women in Astronomy Pleiades Awards are now open. The Pleiades Awards recognise organisations in Australian astronomy that: 1. Take active steps to advance the careers of women through focused programs and 2. Strive for sustained improvement in providing opportunities for women to achieve positions of seniority, influence and recognition. The Awards are bestowed by the ASA Chapter for Women in Astronomy to organisations that demonstrate a strong commitment to the aims of the Chapter. Applications are welcome from eligible organisations before the deadline of the end of Friday 30 October 2015. Further information and the application form are available from our webpages: http://asawomeninastronomy.org/ Many regards, Sarah Brough Chair, ASA Chapter for Women in Astronomy on behalf of the Steering Committee