XMM-Newton-NEWS


XMM-Newton-NEWS  #39,    19-May-2004

ESA, XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre at
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Contents:


XMM-Newton Live Radiation Monitor Page

Users curious to monitor the radiation conditions during science observations may be interested in the new information page provided on the SOC portal at

   http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_obs_info/radmon/index.php

Plots are presented, updated in quasi real time, and showing the radiation levels reported by the spacecraft radiation monitor on a range of time scales spanning the preceding 48 hours.

Anticipated time line for next XMM-Newton Announcement of Opportunity

The fourth XMM-Newton "Announcement of Opportunity" (AO4) is approaching. Within this AO4, 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 an anticipated time line.

The planned key milestones for this Announcement are:

Announcement of Opportunity 30 August 2004
Due date for Proposals 8 October 2004 (12:00 UT)
Final OTAC approved programme December 2004/January 2005

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

Astro-E2 ESA Guest Investigator Programme

Scientists belonging to institutions within ESA Member States may apply for observing time on the Japanese/US X-ray astronomy mission Astro-E2 through the ESA Astro-E2 Guest Investigator Programme (EAO-1). The aim of the programme is to maximize the scientific return from the mission through co-operation between European and Japanese scientists. The Announcement of Opportunity has opened on 2004 May 18. Proposals to participate in the EAO-1 must be prepared in accordance with the information available electronically from the web link below. Proposals must be submitted to ESA by August 18, 2004 at the latest with a copy to the relevant national funding institutions. The EAO-1 documents must be retrieved electronically from the ESA's Astro-E2 WWW home page;

   http://www.rssd.esa.int/Astro-E2

Users unable to retrieve the Astro-E2 documentation, or with other problems, are requested to contact;

   AstroE2-help@rssd.esa.int


Yours sincerely,
XMM-Newton SOC