From duncan.galloway at monash.edu Mon Feb 1 11:46:30 2016 From: duncan.galloway at monash.edu (Duncan K Galloway) Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 11:46:30 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Deadline extended for proposals to host the 2017 ASA Harley Wood School of Astronomy and Annual Science Meeting References: Message-ID: <937F0766-6258-4BEC-91FE-A4C0CC5FBE3C@monash.edu> Dear colleagues, the deadline for proposals to host the 2017 ASA Harley Wood School of Astronomy, and the Annual Science Meeting has been extended until Friday, 19th February 2016 Please contact me if you have any questions about the proposal requirements, or see the information via the links in the original call below. Cheers, Duncan Galloway Vice-president, ASA Begin forwarded message: > Dear colleagues, > > This is a call for proposals to host the 2017 ASA Harley Wood School of Astronomy and Annual Science Meeting over the period 16 - 21 July 2017. > > The deadline for proposals is 31 January 2016. For more information on what to include in the proposal see the following website: http://asa.astronomy.org.au/meetings/ASM_instructions.php#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 School of Astronomy 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 provides a great opportunity to hear about the range of Australian astronomy and meet colleagues who you would not ordinarily meet in going to meetings in your own sub-field - as a host, this provides an excellent opportunity to have a very large representation. > > In recent years the ASM has been held at both the hosting university and at commercial conference venues. As the ASM is being held in Sydney in 2016, ideally the 2017 meeting will be held outside of Sydney. > > A complete list of previous host institutions is available at: http://asa.astronomy.org.au/asm.php > > Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries. > > > Kind regards, > > Virginia Kilborn > President, ASA > > -- > Virginia Kilborn > Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy > Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing > Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology > Swinburne University of Technology > Ph (w) +61 (0)3 9214 4380 > http://www.astronomy.swin.edu.au/~vkilborn/ -- Duncan Galloway, Senior Lecturer Monash Centre for Astrophysics (MoCA), School of Physics & Astronomy tel. +61 (0)3 99054422 | +61 (0)414 139763 http://users.monash.edu.au/~dgallow duncan.galloway at monash.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Amanda.Karakas at anu.edu.au Mon Feb 1 10:02:38 2016 From: Amanda.Karakas at anu.edu.au (Amanda Karakas) Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 10:02:38 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Fwd: Announcement on Nuclei in the Cosmos XIV in Japan In-Reply-To: <305C2B93-AADB-4476-B7D3-CF499BFD1D65@resceu.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> References: <4997FC42-09AD-486C-A26A-E2562FBDE65B@resceu.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <305C2B93-AADB-4476-B7D3-CF499BFD1D65@resceu.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Message-ID: Dear Colleagues and Friends, The 14th International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos (NIC-XIV) will be held on June 19 - 24, 2016 in Niigata, Japan (http://nic2016.jp/). On behalf of the NIC-XIV Organizing Committee we warmly invite you to submit your abstract which is due Wednesday February 10. IAC will select oral or poster presentation among those submitted abstracts. Since on-line abstract submission is open, please link to our Symposium web site below. We also send the notice of registration open herewith. 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You will need the most recent versions of the template and style files which can be obtained from the web pages. *************************** PLEASE NOTE *********************************** (1) WiFeS users are requested to indicate on the proposal form whether they will be present at the telescope or observe remotely. Remote observing is available only to experienced WiFeS observers but can now be carried out from Australian sites other than Mt Stromlo subject to technical feasibility. (2) Proposals for use of the 2.3m will only be considered if the PI is from the ANU or from another institution that contributes financially or has contributed financially and directly to the building and/or operations of the 2.3m telescope and its commissioned instruments. These institutions include those that collaborated on the successful ARC LIEF bid to fund the Blue Arm of the WiFeS spectrograph and the successful ARC LIEF bid for the WiFeS upgrade. All such proposals will be judged on their scientific merit alone. There will be no quotas placed on the amount of time available for qualifying institutions. These policies will remain in place for the present. Currently eligible (non-ANU) institutions are the AAO, UQld, UNSW and USyd as well as Swinburne, Monash and Macquarie. (3) Macquarie, Swinburne and Monash proposals have a certain amount of guaranteed time. All proposals wishing to claim this should state explicitly in the abstract how much of this time they wish to claim. (4) Limited first night support at the telescope is provided to new observers. Nevertheless new observers are strongly encouraged to be present at the telescope at least one night before their observing run to familiarise themselves with the telescope and instrument operating systems. The latest information on using the telescope and its instruments can be found at http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observers/obsering-rsaa. 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URL: From Jill.Rathborne at csiro.au Wed Feb 3 15:52:17 2016 From: Jill.Rathborne at csiro.au (Jill.Rathborne at csiro.au) Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 04:52:17 +0000 Subject: [ASA] CASS Data Reduction Workshop: May 2-6, 2016 Message-ID: <87FDF80E-8AF6-476C-9085-2BCA7DDB45FA@csiro.au> CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) announce a Data Reduction Workshop May 2-6, 2016 in the Science Operations Centre, Marsfield (Sydney) Have you taken data with the Australia Telescope National Facility but haven't reduced it yet? Are you stuck on some arcane point of imaging and calibration? Would you like to produce a beautiful image for your next paper? Are you new to radio data reduction? If so, this is the workshop for you! We will provide you with desk space, server space, and software to meet your requirements. More importantly, we'll team you up with an expert who can help you get the most from your data. Depending on demand we may also provide introductory lectures to get you started. Coffee and tim-tams will also be provided. Please see the web page at: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/workshops/2016/DataReduction/ Registration is free, but please complete the registration form by 1 April 2016 so we can prepare for the workshop. For more information, contact the organiser Paolo.Serra AT csiro.au From mita.brierley at astronomyaustralia.org.au Thu Feb 4 12:32:54 2016 From: mita.brierley at astronomyaustralia.org.au (Mita Brierley) Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 12:32:54 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Reminder: Applications due 10th Feb 2016 for AAL GMT SAC position. Message-ID: <004001d15eeb$f8c2b350$ea4819f0$@astronomyaustralia.org.au> Dear ASA members, This is a reminder that applications for the position representing Australia on the Giant Magellan Telescope Science Advisory Committee are due on Wednesday 10th Feb 2016. Please note that there has been a change to the meeting schedule for 2016. The GMT SAC meets three times a year in-person, usually in the USA, and three times a year via teleconference. The first meeting will be on the 6th - 8th April 2016, in Pasadena, California. Any queries regarding the role can be made to Mark McAuley , AAL CEO, 03 9214 8036. Please feel free to circulate this email to your colleagues and suitable candidates. Kind Regards, Mita ________________________________________ Dr Mita Brierley Program Manager: Astronomical Infrastructure Astronomy Australia Ltd Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs T: 03 9214 8012 F: 03 9214 4396 E: mita.brierley at astronomyaustralia.org.au W: http://www.astronomyaustralia.org.au/ P: P.O. Box 2100 Hawthorn VIC 3122 Australia From: asa-bounces at physics.usyd.edu.au [mailto:asa-bounces at physics.usyd.edu.au] On Behalf Of Mita Brierley Sent: Wednesday, 27 January 2016 11:37 AM To: ASA Exploder Subject: [ASA] Call for nominations: AAL GMT SAC position. Applications due 10th Feb 2016 Dear ASA members, Astronomy Australia Ltd is seeking applications for a position representing Australia on the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) Science Advisory Committee (SAC). The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a next generation optical/infra-red telescope, and will have the resolving power of a 24.5 metre primary mirror. AAL is a founding member of GMTO Corporation and is entitled to nominate an astronomer to the GMT SAC. Applications to the AAL GMT SAC position are welcome from Australian-based astronomers with an active and successful research career of direct relevance to the GMT. Applications close at 9am AEDT Wednesday 10th February 2016. Further details can be found in the attached flier, and on the AAL website: http://astronomyaustralia.org.au/advertisments/43-advertisements/196-gmt-sac -vacancy-feb-2016 Please feel free to circulate this email to your colleagues and suitable candidates. 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The meeting will be open to all areas of interest in radio astronomy (science, engineering, and computing), with an emphasis on these areas playing a key role in the era of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) - a project in which both Italy and Australia are founding members. The conference will be held in the modern ARRC building in Technology Park, Perth, and will feature both invited and contributed presentations, along with plenty of time for discussion and informal exchanges, an attractive social program, and visits to local facilities of relevance (including the Pawsey Centre, CSIRO, and ICRAR). Named in honour of Pietro Baracchi, an Italian who played a central role in Australian astronomy in the late 1800s and early 1900s, this is planned to be the first in an ongoing series of meetings, alternating between Australia and Italy, covering a range of topics over time. A meeting website will soon be available with further information and registration. In order to register an early expression of interest as a participant, you can email Prof. Steven Tingay (stingay at ira.inaf.it) to be added to a list for subsequent announcements. Sponsorship for this meeting is being generously provided by the Embassy of Italy in Australia, CSIRO, ICRAR, and Curtin University. * Prof. Steven Tingay (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italia) Dr George Heald (CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Perth) Dr Oscar Moze (Ambasciata d'Italia, Canberra) -- Prof. Steven Tingay* Direttore dell'Osservatorio di Radio Astronomia (ORA) Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) Phone: +39 51 639 9400 Mobile (Italia): +39 342 350 2688 Mobile (Australia): +61 401 103 635 * On secondment from Curtin University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: