From j.kammerer.bw at googlemail.com Mon Aug 6 10:15:15 2018 From: j.kammerer.bw at googlemail.com (Jens Kammerer) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 10:15:15 +1000 Subject: [ASA] First Announcement: Mt Stromlo Student Seminars 29-30 Nov 2018 Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to present the 2018 Mt Stromlo Student Seminars, a two-day conference which will be held on the 29th and 30th of November at Mt Stromlo Observatory in Canberra. There is no registration fee and there will be a free conference dinner for attendees. The seminars are designed to be a fun and relaxed event for students involved with or interested in astronomy and astrophysics. The event will give you or your students the chance to network with your peers (and future colleagues), practice your public speaking skills, and learn about a variety of interesting topics. To register please visit http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/xmas18/index.html. Registration is due on 7 November 2018. Abstract submission details are available on the website. Limited travel funding is available. Attached is a poster regarding the conference. Please pass this along to students/colleagues who might be interested. Kind regards, Jens Kammerer on behalf of the LOC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: poster_mt_stromlo_student_seminars.png Type: image/png Size: 15878773 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Paul.Francis at anu.edu.au Tue Aug 7 12:00:38 2018 From: Paul.Francis at anu.edu.au (Paul Francis) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 02:00:38 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Call for SSO 2.3m proposals Message-ID: <6DC82939-00AE-4A99-AB04-6B4C92D2BA15@anu.edu.au> Dear Observer, The closing date for observing proposals for time on the ANU/RSAA 2.3m telescope at Siding Spring Observatory (SSO) in the quarter 1st November 2018 - 31st January 2019 is 23:59 August 21, 2018. NOTE - the proposal form has (slightly) changed. Use the new form. All proposers need to tell us whether they plan to observe in person or remotely, and whether they are requesting paid or unpaid nights. Proposals with these fields left blank will be discarded. Instruments available: Nasymth A: WiFeS Nasymth B: Imager or Echelle. Observing proposals must be submitted electronically via the RSAA web pages. Full instructions are available at http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observers/observing-rsaa. *************************** PLEASE NOTE *********************************** The ANU 2.3-metre telescope at Siding Spring Observatory is scientifically productive and a valuable resource for student training and instrument development. These diverse and significant benefits justify its continued operation for the foreseeable future. The full cost to the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) of operating the 2.3m telescope (including staff, maintenance and repairs) corresponds to approximately $1200 per night. To defray this cost, RSAA is offering priority on the 2.3m telescope to paying customers from Australia and elsewhere, while simultaneously ensuring a level of open access to astronomers at all Australian institutions. 40% of the telescope time will be allocated to paid priority proposals, which will need to contribute $400 per night towards the running costs of the telescope. The remaining 60% of the time is open-access and remains free. To be eligible to apply for open-access time, 50% or more of the proposers must be based at Australian institutions. In future years the price of a priority night will increase and the fraction of open-access nights will decrease. 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On top of teaching the students the skills they need for modern survey astronomy, they also aim to create a collaborative, supportive learning environment, and work to empower the students to teach the skills they learn to others. They strive to create an inclusive program, and particularly encourage applications from students from traditionally underrepresented groups in astronomy. If you are interested in applying the deadline is August 22nd - visit the _LSSTC Data Science Fellowship website_?to learn more! Cheers, Sarah ** -- ---------------------- Assoc/Prof Sarah Brough ARC Future Fellow and Research Director School of Physics UNSW Sydney PH: 02 9385 5470 ---------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: