RadioNet Newsletter 04/2024 issued
The RadioNet Newsletter 04/2024 has just been issued. Read here.
e-MERLIN Data School 2024
e-MERLIN will be holding the second e-MERLIN Data School at the University of Manchester/UK from 13-15 May 2024. The purpose of this school is to show up to 10 participants how to reduce e-MERLIN data using the e-MERLIN CASA Pipeline. The three-day school, co-sponserd by ORP, will include calibration, imaging and self-calibration tutorials, with an [...]
Open e-Merlin Call – Cycle 18
The e-Merlin call for proposals for Cycle 18 is now open. Read the call here. Please use the e-MERLIN proposal tool to submit your proposal. Access/funding is offered through the ORP (Opticon RadioNet Pilot) project. Deadline for proposal submission: 23rd May 2024, 13:59:59 UT
ERA scoreboard 2023 published
This report provides the results of the 2023 edition of the ERA Scoreboard. The ERA Scoreboard is one of the components of the new ERA Monitoring Mechanism, covering 18 indicators, including two general indicators measuring progress in the European Research & Innovation (R&I) system and 16 specific indicators, one for each Pact for R&I priority.
ORP School on Multi-messenger Astrophysics
The ORP School on Multi-messenger Astrophysics will take place on 2-6 September 2024, hosted by the Durham University in the UK and co-sponsored by ORP. This school is aimed at astronomy/physics students who want to learn more about astrophysical observations at other wavebands and messengers. It will cover all the electromagnetic radiation from high energy [...]
Open feedback opportunity for Horizon Europe work programme 2025
EC opened a survey and gives the opportunity to provide input for the development of the Horizon Europe ‘main’ work programme 2025. Responses submitted through the survey will contribute to the co-design of the work programme 2025, covering all 6 clusters, research infrastructures, European innovation ecosystems, the 5 EU Missions and the New European Bauhaus [...]
Opticon RadioNet Pilot new series: Science talk
On 3 April 2024, ORP launched the first episode of the online series "ORP science talk". This series allows scientists from the optical and radio spectrum, from ORP beyond, to present their work and scientific results. In the first episode Zsofia Nagy talked about young stellar objects and Cosimo Inserra about supernovas. Rob Beswick from the [...]
A wobbling magnetised star challenges the origin of repeating fast radio bursts
An international research team led by Gregory Desvignes from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn/DE has used the Effelsberg and Jodrell Bank radio telescopes to observe the precessing magnetar XTE J1810-197 — a highly magnetised and ultra-dense neutron star — shortly after its X-ray enhanced activity and radio reactivation. This precession damped [...]
2024 NEON Observing School
The 2024 NEON Observing School, mainly funded by ORP, will take place on 13-25 October 2024 in Athens/Greece, hosted by the National Observatory of Athens. This school provides hands-on observing experience on professional telescopes. During it the students will, together with an experienced tutor, go through all the steps from planning the observations to reducing [...]
YERAC 2024
YERAC 2024, the 53rd Young European Radio Astronomers Conference, will be held on 3-6 September in Madrid/Spain. It will be organized by the National Astronomical Observatory (OAN-IGN) and the Yebes Observatory (OY-IGN) and take place in the Real Observatorio de Madrid, including a visit to the Yebes Observatory. The participation is open to PhD students [...]