e-MERLIN Cycle 10 call for proposals
Deadline: Jan 15 2020 e-MERLIN requests proposals from the international astronomical community for observations to be made during Cycle-10. Proposals are competitively peer-reviewed under standard STFC rules by the PATT e-MERLIN Time Allocation Committee. Allocation will be made on the basis of scientific merit and technical feasibility alone. During e-MERLIN operations ~50% of observing time [...]
From observation to dissemination – RadioNet Transnational user A. Zavagno reports
My research field deals with the formation of high mass stars. I am interested in the role of already formed high mass stars (and their associated ionized - HII - regions) on the possible formation of a new generation of (high mass) stars. The many available infrared and submillimetre surveys have revealed the important of [...]
Newsletter 09/2019 issued
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10th OPTICON Gaia Science Alerts workshop
The workshop will be held in Catania, Sicily, 18 - 20 December 2019. The main goals of this year's workshop are: update on the Gaia mission, update on the improvements in the Gaia Alerts, Gaia Alerts highlights and results, synergies with radio, X-ray and high energy surveys, new members of the telescope network, new photometric calibration [...]
Multi-line Diagnostics of the Interstellar Medium
30.3 - 1.4.2020 / Hotel Le Saint Paul, Nice/FR. The conference aims to bring together scientists from a wide interdisciplinary community to address recent advances, current challenges and future directions in the field. The conference will feature three days of contributed and invited talks as well as posters on the topic of multi-line observations, analysis [...]
Effelsberg Call for Proposals
The 100-m radio telescope of the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie and the data reduction facilities are available to all qualified scientists. The present policy allows the allocation of up to 40% of available observing time to external astronomers. The directors of the institute make observing time available to applicants based on the recommendations of the Program [...]
The black hole picture worth 3M$
On September 5, 2019 the Breakthrough prize in fundamental Physics was awarded to the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration. The EHT revealed on April 10, 2019 - the first ever image of the black hole, which shows the 6 billion solar masses black hole at the centre of the galaxy Messier 87 located around 55 [...]
IRAM Call for proposals
The Call for Proposals on IRAM telescopes, both the NOEMA interferometer and the 30-meter telescope for the winter semester 2019/2020, covering the scheduling period 1 December 2019 to 31 May 2020 is available here (pdf file). This document describes the proposal submission procedure. A detailed description of the observing capabilities of the 30m telescope and [...]
LOFAR Call for proposal
International LOFAR Telescope Proposal Call to the Worldwide Community Cycle 13: 1 December 2019 - 31 May 2020 Submission deadline Wednesday 11 September 2019, 12 UT Submission only via the online tool NorthStar. ** Proposers must ensure that their justification files adhere to the instructions given in Northstar, including restrictions on formats and proposal length, repeated [...]