From cormac.reynolds at csiro.au Mon Oct 2 23:12:07 2017 From: cormac.reynolds at csiro.au (Cormac Reynolds) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 14:12:07 +0200 Subject: [ASA] ATUC Meeting 1-2 November 2017 In-Reply-To: <40d9be06-a83e-6b85-c92b-414699b5c7d3@csiro.au> References: <40d9be06-a83e-6b85-c92b-414699b5c7d3@csiro.au> Message-ID: Dear Users of the Australia Telescope National Facility, The Australia Telescope Users Committee (ATUC) meet regularly to discuss issues that affect users of the ATNF. The next ATUC meeting is to be held at the ATNF headquarters in Marsfield on the 1st and 2nd November, 2017. The programme will be posted on the ATUC web pages a couple of weeks before the meeting. On the morning of the 1st, an Open Session will be held that consists of reports and updates on the various aspects of ATNF operations. All users are welcome to register to attend the Open Session which usually runs until mid-afternoon. An agenda for the Open Session, with details for remote participation, will be made available on the ATUC web page (see below). On the afternoon of the first and through the second day of the meeting, ATUC hold a Closed Session, during which a report to the ATNF Director is drafted. All attendees of the Open Session are requested to register (free) at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/38L3BqU309lpuw?domain=events.csiro.au 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: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/q0YwBQfM9Je8Tz?domain=atnf.csiro.au (registration, ATUC reports, responses, online feedback form). Regards, Cormac Reynolds (for ATUC) From itso at aao.gov.au Tue Oct 3 09:47:35 2017 From: itso at aao.gov.au (International Telescopes Support Office) Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 09:47:35 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Special Call for Blanco proposals in Semester 2018A Message-ID: In order to provide a more competitive pool of proposals for ATAC exchange time on the CTIO Blanco 4m telescope in Semester 2018A (1 Feb - 31 July 2018) the proposal deadline has been extended until: *5pm AEST Friday 6th October 2017 */ / For details on how to apply see https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/drxzBeuxKO1mf8?domain=aao.gov.au (As a reminder Magellan proposals for Semester 2018A are also due by 5pm AEST on Friday 6 Oct 2017 - see https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Db1pBJUZ8kE3HQ?domain=aao.gov.au) *What's new for Semester 2018A?* * In Semester 2018A there will be 5 nights on the Blanco 4m telescope available to the Australian community. A three week shutdown for recoating of the Blanco primary mirror has been tentatively scheduled for April 2018. The Dark Energy Survey (DES) has been granted the first halves of Feb 2-11 inclusive, and the DECals survey has been granted 22 dark/grey nights distributed throughout the semester. The rest of the semester should have few restrictions with approximately 60 nights available for allocation by the NOAO and Australian TACs. * The DECam imager and the COSMOS spectrograph are available for Australian proposals. COSMOS is available in an imaging, longslit and multi-object spectroscopy modes. The Astronomy Research with the Cornell InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (ARCoIRIS) instrument will be relocated to SOAR during the 2018 calendar year. Depending on demand, ARCoIRIS may be scheduled on Blanco early in 2018A before being taken out of service to carry out opto-mechanical modifications inside the dewar. 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The estimated schedule for this work is: 8 February to 23 May for HERMES and 12 February to 6 May for the 2dF positioner. Other instruments that use AAOmega but not the 2dF fibre feed (e.g. SAMI, KOALA) will still be available during this period. Proposals should follow the standard guidelines for content and formatting as outlined in the web link above, and must be submitted through the AAO proposal system, Lens: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/V81oBdUEMNmZC9?domain=aao.gov.au Observers who applied for AAT time at the recent AAO call for proposals may apply for more time. The deadline is 5:00pm AEDT Wednesday 18th October. -- Lee Spitler AAT Technical Secretary Senior Lecturer Australian Astronomical Observatory & Macquarie University Sydney, Australia P: +61 (2) 9850 4161 www.physics.mq.edu.au www.aao.gov.au From ahassan at swin.edu.au Tue Oct 3 16:36:07 2017 From: ahassan at swin.edu.au (Amr Hassan) Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 05:36:07 +0000 Subject: [ASA] =?utf-8?q?Challenge_Proposals=3A_ADACS_Hackastron=2C_Sky_M?= =?utf-8?q?ining_=E2=80=93_Perth_3-5_November_2017?= Message-ID: <4FBF34C4-6D4B-4B71-813F-D736A3019A90@swin.edu.au> Challenge Proposals: ADACS Hackastron, Sky Mining ? Perth 3-5 November 2017 Hackastron is public hackathon taking place in early November 2017 where scientists, coders, technologists and enthusiasts from academia and industry are invited to come together to access Astronomy data and work with challenges Australian Astronomers face. ADACS invites all Australian Astronomers to submit a challenge for Hackastron 2017 by completing the form by following the link below before the deadline of 16th October 2017. A panel will select the successful challenges which will be advertised on the ADACS website after the 23rd October. Expected participants will include data scientists and computer programmers from many fields. The event runs over a weekend and participants will tackle real life astronomy challenges in collaboration with Australian Astronomers. Thus, your challenge will need to have a demonstrable outcome within 48 hours. For more details visit: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/0RmgBrsZOrw8c7?domain=adacs.org.au Submit your Challenge: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/wxnJB6Tlw0dNIw?domain=adacs.org.au This workshop is sponsored by the Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) initiative. ADACS is funded under the Astronomy National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) Program via Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL). On behalf of the ADACS team, Dr. Amr H. Hassan Service Delivery Manager Astronomy Data and Computing Services Swinburne University of Technology H29, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia Phone: +61-3-9214-8546 Fax: +61-3-9214-8797 https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/aYDOBJiKxek4tL?domain=adacs.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pete.wheeler at uwa.edu.au Thu Oct 5 16:03:33 2017 From: pete.wheeler at uwa.edu.au (Pete Wheeler) Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 05:03:33 +0000 Subject: [ASA] The Ninth Australasian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation Message-ID: <2DF4E83D-4D82-47BF-A7D2-29FAE25D07D7@uwa.edu.au> For your information. 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Information on the instrument is available on the AAT web pages: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/GN1YBofZEeZ9I3?domain=aao.gov.au Through ESO, Australian astronomers now have access to a number of similar instruments on the NTT and VLT. https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/YZ5qB0unRon9s5?domain=eso.org https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/K410BnU3gX3xCK?domain=eso.org Please send replies directly to me at chris.lidman at aao.gov.au Kind Regards, Chris Lidman ---- Dr. Chris Lidman Head of National Facilities Support Australian Astronomical Observatory Phone: ++61 (0)2 9372 4823 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: