ASTRO-F European Users Support Newsletter #1
ESAC, 7 June 2005
1. Call for Letters of intent results
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The Call for Letters of intent (LoI) for use of European Open Time on
the Japanese ASTRO-F mission opened on 11 May. The deadline was 31 May.
We are pleased to report a considerable interest in the use of this
infrared facility. A total of 129 Letters from 83 proposers were received.
Summary statistics follows:
LoI Proposer's (83) distribution by country:
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18 France
14 United Kingdom
11 Italy
10 Germany
6 Spain
5 Austria
4 Belgium
4 ESA
4 The Netherlands
2 Ireland
2 ESO
1 Greece
1 Portugal
1 Sweden
LoI Proposals (129) distribution by Science Category:
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12 Solar System
23 Interstellar Matter
50 Stellar/Circumstellar Physics
28 Extragalactic Systems
16 Cosmology
The Call for Proposals is foreseen to be issued early September 2005.
2. ASTRO-F Observers Factsheet
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In order to ease the preparation of the Observing Proposals this Autumn,
we have expanded the single-sheet key information on the ASTRO-F mission
and its two instruments into a 3-page observers factsheet:
http://www.astro-f.esac.esa.int/docs/ASTRO-F_Factsheet_v1.2.pdf
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