As mentioned already in our newsletter, we at AstroOps really wish to improve our service to you - and we really need your input. Please give us a few minutes of your time to tell us what we do well and where you think we need to improve.
We are all suffering from survey overload, so all of our survey questions are optional - you only need to answer those questions you want to answer. And at the end of the survey, you will have the option to enter a lucky draw for one hour of P0 time for SALT!
Please find attached the December issue of our SALT Newsletter summarising our year, highlighting the new RSS guider work, the HRS surgery in the later part of the year, the SALT Conference in November, etc.
We also wish to remind you all that our Call for Proposals for semester 2019-1 is open, with deadline 31st January 2019 at 16:00 UT.
If you are going on holiday this time of the year, have a wonderful time!
Wishing you lots of SALT time and all the best for 2019 from all of us,
The SALT Astronomy Operations team
2018.12.15
Konkurs wniosków obserwacyjnych na I semestr 2019
Oto oryginalna wiadomość:
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to inform you that we are now accepting SALT Phase 1 proposals for the period 01 May 2019 - 31 October 2019 (2019 Semester 1).
The Phase 1 proposal deadline is Thursday, 31 January 2019, at 18:00 SAST (corresponding to 16:00 UTC).
This proposal call is for SALTICAM, RSS, HRS, and BVIT. All details of the status of specific instrument modes are available in the Call for Proposals link below, including changes from previous semesters.
Please submit your proposal via the SALT Principal Investigator Proposal Tool (PIPT). Instructions, software, and other information about proposing for SALT can be found on the SALT website.
Przypomnienie o terminie rejestracji
na konferencję SALT w listopadzie 2018
Oto oryginalna wiadomość:
Dear SALT community,
Thank you to all who have expressed interest in the November SALT conference thus far! We are looking forward to productive and interesting meeting.
This is a reminder that the registration deadline is almost upon us - if you have not yet done so, please sign up at
http://salt-conference-2018.salt.ac.za
by the end of day on
* Friday 17 August *
For more information, see the original announcement below. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
Ros (on behalf of the LOC/SOC)
We invite the SALT community to join us for a conference “Advances with SALT”, to be held in Pretoria, South Africa, from 14 – 16 November 2018.
The conference will reflect on the recent scientific achievements enabled by SALT and look forward to new developments, providing an opportunity for SALT users and staff to gather together to discuss new results, upcoming projects, the strategic vision and plans for SALT’s future. In addition to keynote and contributed presentations, there will be practical sessions on making the most of SALT and dealing with data, less formal “unconference” sessions and discussions. We invite contributions on a broad range of science topics, instrumentation, SALT in outreach and other SALT-related themes.
The conference registration fee, covering the cost of lunches and refreshments, the conference dinner and a t-shirt, is R2500. We particularly encourage students and emerging researchers that use SALT or have an interest in using it in future to attend! We expect to be able to waive the registration fee and provide a limited number of travel grants for students from both South Africa and the international SALT partners, thanks to financial support from the SA National Research Foundation and SALT. Please indicate on the registration form if you are a student applying for support.
Venue:
The conference takes place at the NRF’s Albert Luthuli Auditorium in Pretoria. Accommodation is available at the nearby Lynwood City Lodge, and should be booked before 15 September to take advantage of the group rate. Please see the website for more information.
Important dates:
Registration and abstract submission deadline: 15 August
The programme will be announced and recipients of travel grants will be notified in early September.
Kind regards,
Ros Skelton and Encarni Romero Colmenero, on behalf of the LOC and SOC
SOC:
Matt Bershady (co-chair)
Encarni Romero Colmenero (co-chair)
Joanna Mikolajewska
Saurabh Jha
Brian van Soelen
Brent Miszalski
Ros Skelton
LOC:
Ros Skelton
Encarni Romero Colmenero
Christian Hettlage
Nhlavutelo Macebele
Lisa Crause
Nazli Mohammed
Surayda Moosa
and the SALT Astronomy Operations team
Druga zapowiedź konferencji SALT w listopadzie 2018
Oto oryginalna wiadomość:
Second announcement
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We invite the SALT community to join us for a conference “Advances with SALT”, to be held in Pretoria, South Africa, from 14 – 16 November 2018.
The conference will reflect on the recent scientific achievements enabled by SALT and look forward to new developments, providing an opportunity for SALT users and staff to gather together to discuss new results, upcoming projects, the strategic vision and plans for SALT’s future. In addition to keynote and contributed presentations, there will be practical sessions on making the most of SALT and dealing with data, less formal “unconference” sessions and discussions. We invite contributions on a broad range of science topics, instrumentation, SALT in outreach and other SALT-related themes.
The conference registration fee, covering the cost of lunches and refreshments, the conference dinner and a t-shirt, is R2500. We particularly encourage students and emerging researchers that use SALT or have an interest in using it in future to attend! We expect to be able to waive the registration fee and provide a limited number of travel grants for students from both South Africa and the international SALT partners, thanks to financial support from the SA National Research Foundation and SALT. Please indicate on the registration form if you are a student applying for support.
Venue:
The conference takes place at the NRF’s Albert Luthuli Auditorium in Pretoria. Accommodation is available at the nearby Lynwood City Lodge, and should be booked before 15 September to take advantage of the group rate. Please see the website for more information.
Important dates:
Registration and abstract submission deadline: 15 August
The programme will be announced and recipients of travel grants will be notified in early September.
Kind regards,
Ros Skelton and Encarni Romero Colmenero, on behalf of the LOC and SOC
SOC:
Matt Bershady (co-chair)
Encarni Romero Colmenero (co-chair)
Joanna Mikolajewska
Saurabh Jha
Brian van Soelen
Brent Miszalski
Ros Skelton
LOC:
Ros Skelton
Encarni Romero Colmenero
Christian Hettlage
Nhlavutelo Macebele
Lisa Crause
Nazli Mohammed
Surayda Moosa
and the SALT Astronomy Operations team
Konkurs wniosków obserwacyjnych na II semestr 2018
Oto oryginalna wiadomość:
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to inform you that we are now accepting SALT Phase 1 proposals for the period 01 November 2018 - 30 April 2019 (2018 Semester 2).
The Phase 1 proposal deadline is Tuesday, 31 July 2018, at 18:00 SAST (corresponding to 16:00 UTC).
This proposal call is for SALTICAM, RSS, HRS, and BVIT. All details of the status of specific instrument modes are available in the Call for Proposals link below, including changes from previous semesters.
Please submit your proposal via the SALT Principal Investigator Proposal Tool (PIPT). Instructions, software, and other information about proposing for SALT can be found on the SALT website.
Ogłoszenie o konferencji naukowej związanej z SALT
Oto oryginalna wiadomość:
First announcement
---------------------------
We invite the SALT community to join us for a conference “Advances with SALT”, to be held in Pretoria, South Africa, from 14 – 16 November 2018.
The conference will reflect on the recent scientific achievements enabled by SALT and look forward to new developments, providing an opportunity for SALT users and staff to gather together to discuss new results, upcoming projects, the strategic vision and plans for SALT’s future. In addition to keynote and contributed presentations, there will be practical sessions on making the most of SALT and dealing with data, less formal “unconference” sessions and discussions. We invite contributions on a broad range of science topics, instrumentation, SALT in outreach and other SALT-related themes.
The conference registration fee, covering the cost of lunches and refreshments, the conference dinner and a t-shirt, is R2500. We particularly encourage students and emerging researchers that use SALT or have an interest in using it in future to attend! We expect to be able to waive the registration fee and provide a limited number of travel grants for students from both South Africa and the international SALT partners, thanks to financial support from the SA National Research Foundation and SALT. Please indicate on the registration form if you are a student applying for support.
Venue:
The conference takes place at the NRF’s Albert Luthuli Auditorium in Pretoria. We are looking into a hotel block booking at the Lynwood City Lodge - more details on the accommodation will be provided as soon as possible.
Important dates:
Registration and abstract submission deadline: 15 August
The programme will be announced and recipients of travel grants will be notified in September.
Contact:
Please email us at conference2018@salt.ac.za if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
Ros Skelton and Encarni Romero Colmenero, on behalf of the LOC and SOC
SOC:
Matt Bershady (co-chair)
Encarni Romero Colmenero (co-chair)
Joanna Mikolajewska
Saurabh Jha
Brian van Soelen
Brent Miszalski
Ros Skelton
LOC:
Ros Skelton
Encarni Romero Colmenero
Christian Hettlage
Nhlavutelo Macebele
Lisa Crause
Nazli Mohammed
Surayda Moosa
and the SALT Astronomy Operations team
