General:
- Notes from transients focus meeting are available here
VLASS News:
- Observing and data processing status: Amy Kimball and Mark Lacy
- >2000 2.1 SE images out now!
https://archive-new.nrao.edu/vlass/HiPS/VLASS2.1/SingleEpoch/
https://archive-new.nrao.edu/vlass/se_continuum_imaging/VLASS2.1/
https://www.cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/search/?collection=VLASS&noexec=true
Cal Level: Calibrated — QL Images
Cal Level: Product — SE Images
Cal Level: Analysis Product — NRAO SE Continuum Catalogs
- Science highlights:
- 405 citations to Lacy+20!
- Events:
- RADIAL/CHTC meet-up at AAS 244 - Yjan Gordon organizing, Brian Kent and Mark Lacy will be at the meeting as well. Others?
- Abstract deadline for attendees tomorrow
- DEADLINE (10 days!)
- Conferences:
- Rare GEMS in Big Data (Kristina, Kate submitted an abstract)
- Hotwiring the Transient Universe (Dillon submitted an abstract)
Greg submitted two abstracts - SPARCS (Kristina will give a remote talk on VLASS)
- HEAD meeting? (Greg, Kate will be there; Kate will highlight VLASS)
- IAU General Assembly (Mark will present a talk on VLASS in Galaxies & Cosmologies session; )
- Next ADASS meeting will be in Malta in November. Please express what astro/computing topics you would like showcased at the meeting in Malta:
- Talk: “An update on processing the multi-epoch VLASS stacks on UW-Madison’s CHTC" - Yjan Gordon
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- The Epoch 4 white paper has been submitted to Tony Beasley and is posted on the VLASS white papers webpage here
Review plan:
- NRAO will conduct an external review of the Epoch 4 proposal in late summer
- Revisions to the white paper are due by the end of April.
Feedback:
- The transient science case needs to be amplified
Discussion:
- Feedback from the SSG requested on the revised draft. Sections 5.6 and 8 are relatively new, and review by other SSG members is needed.
Priorities for revisions:
- Figures, including a clear graphic motivating the transient case
- Logistics/implementation review (everyone)
- Updated citation rate/author distribution plots (B. Kent)
- Additional input/details on:
- Multi-messenger synergy (G. Shroeder? - request for input sent)
Future meetings: (subject to change; check your email/Slack for updates)
- SSG: April 15 at 1pm EDT / 11am MDT / 17:00 UTC
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Reference material:
- Terms of reference document: pdf
- VLASS Slack workspace and SSG channel (contact Bryan Gaensler)
- Confluence page