[ASA] Roland Bacon upcoming WST Talks

[Sabine Bellstedt]

Dear ASA Members,

Many of you will have seen the announcement for the Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) Science and Technical workshops<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/sWZcCr81nytrlWrj7c7oMqC?domain=mso.anu.edu.au> that will be held in December.

In the lead-up to these workshops, Roland Bacon (based at the Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, and WST Coordinator) will be presenting a number of WST talks across the country (see abstract below). As these will likely be of general interest (especially to those who are as yet unfamiliar with WST), these talks are being made accessible for the full community to join online.

Swinburne University of Technology Colloquium
When: Thursday 16 November at 10:30 AEDT (07:30 AWST)
Zoom link: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/NiHfCvl1rKiEzREgqiX1pGN?domain=swinburne.zoom.us

CSIRO, Perth de Laeter Colloquium
When: Thursday 30 November at 18:00 AEDT (15:00 AWST)
Teams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MmRkYTI3ZTItMGY4My00ZWQ1LWFmMDgtNWQ4NWUxZTY2OTdh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%220fe05593-19ac-4f98-adbf-0375fce7f160%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22ac1ced23-dbfc-4b3b-bc0a-8f233c12b675%22%7d

Abstract: The WST project aim to study and built an innovative 10-m class wide-field spectroscopic survey telescope (WST) in the southern hemisphere with simultaneous operation of a large field-of-view (5 sq. degree) and high multiplex (20,000) multi-object spectrograph facility with both medium and high resolution modes (MOS), and a giant panoramic integral field spectrograph (IFS). The ambitious WST top-level requirements place it far ahead of existing and planned facilities. In just its first 5 years of operation, the MOS will target 250 million galaxies and 25 million stars at medium resolution + 2 million stars at high resolution, and 4 billion spectra with the IFS.  WST will achieve transformative results in most areas of astrophysics. The combination of MOS and IFS spectroscopic surveys is one of the key aspects of the project. It is very attractive because of the high complementarity between the two approaches. I will detail this innovative point using the example of the MOS and MUSE surveys performed in the CDFS region. The project aims to be the next major post-ELT project. It is supported by a large consortium of very experienced institutes plus ESO, representing 9 European countries and Australia.

Regards,
Sabine, on behalf of the WST Science meeting SOC

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Dr Sabine Bellstedt
Research Fellow, ICRAR, University of Western Australia

WAVES<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/yCwiCwV1vMfv32vQki9LO3s?domain=wavesurvey.org> DDF Survey Project Scientist
2021/22 Superstar of STEM

Email: sabine.bellstedt at uwa.edu.au<mailto:sabine.bellstedt at uwa.edu.au>
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