XMM-Newton-NEWS


XMM-Newton-NEWS  #145,    22-Feb-2013

XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre at
ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre,
P.O. Box - Apdo. 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain

SOC Home Page: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/
Helpdesk web interface: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk
Helpdesk email address: xmmhelp@sciops.esa.int
News Mailing List: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/newsletter

Contents:



13th XMM-Newton SAS Workshop

The XMM-Newton SOC announces the 13th SAS Workshop, which will be held at the European Space Astronomy Centre of ESA, near Madrid (Spain), between the 10th and the 14th of June 2013.

The SAS Workshop provides an introduction to the procedures and techniques of the Science Analysis System to reduce and analyse astronomical X-ray data from the XMM-Newton Observatory. The 5-day workshop is organised around 5 half-days of presentations and 5 half-days of practical training sessions. The sessions cover all aspects of data reduction and data analysis for all the X-ray cameras and the Optical Monitor on-board XMM-Newton.

Interested persons should send an email through the XMM-Newton Helpdesk at:

     https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk

not later than the 15th of April 2013.

Please specify in the subject line: 
"Interest in participating in the 13th XMM-Newton SAS Workshop"
and provide the following information: 

Name                   :
Organisation           :
Address                :
Country                :
Phone                  :
E-mail                 :
Main Research Field    :

In need of transportation between the pre-booked
accommodation in Madrid and the workshop venue at ESAC?     : YES/NO
Bringing your own laptop?                                   : YES/NO
No fee is required to attend the SAS Workshop.

More information is given at the workshop website:

     http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_data_analysis/sas_workshops/current/

Communicating your XMM-Newton results

The XMM-Newton SOC has a strong interest in monitoring and potentially publishing on the Web your scientific results. Scientists wishing to communicate their work on XMM-Newton data (outstanding scientific results, academic theses, images...), can find some guidelines on how to do it at the following page:

     https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/communicating-your-results

Conference Announcement: "Science Operations 2013"

The European Space Astronomy Centre, in collaboration with the European Southern Observatory, announces the Science Operations Conference SciOps2013, that will be held at ESAC from 10th to 13th September 2013.

The objective of SciOps 2013 is to present and discuss the various approaches to science operations in spacecraft missions and ground-based facilities for Astronomy and Solar System Science.

Full details are given at the Conference Web Page:

     http://www.sciops.esa.int/sciops2013



Yours sincerely,
XMM-Newton SOC