XMM-Newton-NEWS


XMM-Newton-NEWS  #168,    4-Dec-2014

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Contents:



XMM-Newton Science Archive (XSA) v8.3 release and XSA v7.2 discontinued

A new version of the XMM-Newton Science Archive (XSA v8.3) is available at:

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

Search by "File" is now possible for up to 1000 names or positions (in previous XSA versions this was limited to 400 entries). Also, the Mosaic ODF sub-sets are now searchable by coordinates.

As announced in a previous issue of this Newsletter (#151), the old XSA v7.2 java interface and associated AIO client files, which do not provide access to the updated EPIC, Slew Survey and OM catalogues, to the full reprocessed pipeline products or to the data ingested after July 2013, will be discontinued in January 2015.

Anticipated timeline for next XMM-Newton Announcement of Opportunity: AO-15

The planned key milestones for the fifteenth XMM-Newton "Announcement of Opportunity" have been established. Within this AO-15 a new call to submit proposals for observations to be performed with the XMM-Newton observatory will be issued.

To be prepared for this, please find below the anticipated timeline:

 Announcement of OpportunityTuesday 25 August 2015
 Due date for ProposalsFriday 9 October 2015 (12:00 UT)
 Final OTAC approved programmemid December 2015
   
For approved proposals only:
 Start of phase II proposal submissionTuesday 12 January 2016
 Closure of phase II proposal submissionFriday 5 February 2016
 Start of AO-15 observationsMay 2016

The official "Announcement of Opportunity" will be made public in the XMM-Newton News and on the XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre Home Page.



Yours sincerely,
XMM-Newton SOC