From dfisher at swin.edu.au Mon Jan 4 09:22:26 2021 From: dfisher at swin.edu.au (Deanne Fisher) Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 22:22:26 +0000 Subject: [ASA] ASTRO3D Postdoc on IFU survey at Swinburne Message-ID: Hello, I would like to call your attention to an Astro 3D postdoc position at Swinburne. The position is focused on the DUVET survey, an optical IFU survey focusing on feedback and outflows using the Keck Cosmic Web Imager. If you or anyone you know is looking for job this year please pass on the following link. https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/4Xc4C2xMQzirGLv8fnXAAC?domain=jobregister.aas.org The application deadline is 23-January. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Thanks, Deanne A.Prof Deanne B. Fisher Deputy Director & ARC Future Fellow Astro3D Centre of Excellence (CI) Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing Swinburne University Phone: +61 39214 4996 email: dfisher at swin.edu.au web: deannefisher.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tayyaba.zafar at mq.edu.au Mon Jan 4 13:25:28 2021 From: tayyaba.zafar at mq.edu.au (Tayyaba Zafar) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 02:25:28 +0000 Subject: [ASA] ESO-CUBES: Near-UV workshop: 3-5 Feb 2021 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all, Australia is involved with the upcoming ESO CUBES instrument through a fibrelink project connecting CUBES with UVES. We are going to have a virtual workshop from 3-5 February 2021 to discuss the science for ESO-CUBES. The deadline for the contributed talks is 11th January 2021. Interested parties please register. The announcement is attached below. Regards, Tayyaba Zafar Australian Astronomical Optics Macquarie University ====================== Science with UV-efficient ground-based spectrographs Online workshop: 3-5 Feb 2021 A broad range of fundamental science is pushing for significantly better spectroscopic sensitivity at near-UV wavelengths. The four 8.2m telescopes of ESO?s Very Large Telescope (VLT) are the world?s most scientifically productive ground-based observatory at visible/infrared wavelengths. Looking to the future of the VLT there is a long-standing aspiration for an optimised ultraviolet spectrograph, culminating in plans for the Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph (CUBES). With a science case strongly motivated by stellar astrophysics and nucleosynthesis, and also driven by compelling cases from extragalactic astronomy and Solar System science, CUBES will provide a world-leading capability to obtain high-resolution spectroscopy (R = 20,000) in the near ultraviolet (300 ? 400 nm), with a tenfold sensitivity gain compared to existing instruments (e.g. ESO?s UVES instrument). This online workshop (4hrs max per day) aims to: * Introduce the CUBES project. * Both develop and disseminate the cases assembled for CUBES. * Place CUBES in the wider context of current and future facilities. * Identify synergies with other VLT instruments, the ELTs, and space missions. Confirmed invited speakers: ---- Juan-Manuel Alcala (INAF-OAC) Piercarlo Bonifacio (GEPI-Paris) Pat C?t? (NRC-Herzberg) Annalisa De Cia (Geneva) Gayandhi De Silva (AAO-Mcq) Boris G?nsicke (Warwick) Alessandro Marconi (Firenze) Alessandra Migliorini (INAF-IAPS) Johan Richard (CRAL) Rodolfo Smiljanic (CAMK) Chuck Steidel (Caltech) Registration & abstracts: ---- Registration for the workshop is now open at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ElJXCANpgjC0PM0khGh6vE?domain=chrisevans170.wixsite.com We also invite contributed talks on near-UV science - either directly linked to CUBES or the wider landscape of recent results and other future facilities. In case of over-subscription some of these might be accommodated as shorter talks with a chance for further discussion online. A schedule for the workshop will be announced in mid January. on behalf of the SOC: Beatriz Barbuy (U. S?o Paulo), Gabriele Cescutti (INAF-OATS), Stefano Cristiani (INAF-OATS), Valentina D'Odorico (INAF-OATS), Chris Evans (UKATC), Vanessa Hill (OCA, Nice), Bruno Leibundgut (ESO), Cyrielle Opitum (Edinburgh), Tayyaba Zafar (AAO-Mcq) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Christopher.Lidman at anu.edu.au Thu Jan 7 09:08:03 2021 From: Christopher.Lidman at anu.edu.au (Christopher Lidman) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 22:08:03 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Retirement Farewell Party for Steve Lee - March 12, 2021 Message-ID: <9325C783-3FA2-46A0-AD8E-64BC95565520@anu.edu.au> Dear Colleagues, After more than 40 years of service to the Australian and UK astronomical communities, Steve Lee will be retiring this year. As many of you know, Steve has been a night assistant at the AAT for most of his career, and has provided night time support to generations of astronomers. We?ll be organising a farewell in Coonabarabran on March 12th. Note that the date of the event has changed from when it was first announced on December 18th. During the event there will be an opportunity for people to participate remotely. To express your interest in attending the event, either in person or remotely, please provide us a response using this link before January 20th. With our very best wishes for the new year John Goodyear, Steve Chapman, Kristin Fiegert, and Chris Lidman. A/Professor Chris Lidman Director, Siding Spring Observatory, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia Work: +61-2-6125-0238 Christopher.Lidman at anu.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ilya.mandel at monash.edu Thu Jan 7 21:09:42 2021 From: ilya.mandel at monash.edu (Ilya Mandel) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2021 21:09:42 +1100 Subject: [ASA] ANITA workshop registration In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5FDF56A8-A99F-4431-816D-D9B0C1C5317E@monash.edu> Dear colleagues: ?he 2021 ANITA (Australian National Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics) workshop registration is now open. Please register via https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/OjhsCjZ1N7ivn44WFWGjhR?domain=asa-anita.github.io by January 31. As a reminder, we will hold an online-only workshop this year. The workshop will take place over zoom starting the week of 8 February, 2021. To avoid zoom poisoning, we will hold the workshop over multiple two-hour sessions, running Monday noon ? 2 PM AEDT and Friday noon ? 2 PM AEDT over several consecutive weeks (the exact number of sessions to be determined based on the number of talk submissions). As always, early career researchers are particularly encouraged to contribute talks. Theoretical Astrophysics should be interpreted in the broadest sense, and we welcome all relevant contributions. We will hold the ANITA school on the topic of Green Computing (software optimisation, etc.) at a later date. We hope to be able to host an in-person school if possible, but there will be an opportunity to participate online-only. On behalf of the ANITA steering committee, Ilya P.S. https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/E02SCk81N9tpOyyxFV0M1V?domain=asa-anita.github.io is a direct registration link. === Ilya Mandel Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics School of Physics and Astronomy Monash University, Australia https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/jdIiClx1Njiv2wwQFyFV8E?domain=ilyamandel.github.io