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INFORMAL ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER FOR THE EUVE SCIENCE PAYLOAD
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Volume 1, Number 7 January, 1992
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EUVE Launch Date
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May 28, 1992
EUVE Guest Observer NRA
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To be released one month before launch.
EUVE Status
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The EUVE spacecraft is in final testing at GSFC and is scheduled
to be shipped to Florida on January 27, 1992. Remaining techni-
cal issues include an elusive bit error problem on a tape record-
er and remaining software changes needed by the on-board flight
software.
EUVE Participation at January AAS Meeting
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The Center for EUV Astrophysics will support the January meeting
of the American Astronomical Society with four poster papers and
an exhibit booth. The papers are:
Infrared Photometry of Terzan 2 With the UKIRT IRCAM
by C.A. Christian (CEA/SSL/UCB)
New Measurements of 12C/13C Toward z Oph and x Per
by I. Hawkins, N. Craig (CEA/SSL/UCB), D.M. Meyer
(Northwestern University)
ROSAT Wide Field Camera Mini-Survey of the Diffuse Sky Background
in 90-188 eV Soft X-rays
by R. Lieu (CEA/SSL/UCB), J.J. Quenby, S.D. Sidher, and
T.J. Sumner (Imperial College, London), R. Willingale,
R.G. West (University of Leicester), A.W. Harris
(Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), S.L. Snowden, K. Bickert
(Max Planck Institut)
Heavy Elements in Hot DA White Dwarfs: Fe Abundance and
Diffusion Theory
by S. Vennes (CEA/SSL/UCB), P. Chayer, J.R. Thorsten,
S. Bowyer (CEA/SSL/UCB)
EUVE Booth at AAS
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All interested EUVE Guest Observers are encouraged to visit the
EUVE booth at the AAS. Highlight of the EUVE exhibit booth will
be an interactive simulation of the EUVE all-sky survey running
on a SPARCstation. The booth will also offer literature, photos,
and posters of EUVE, available throughout the conference. In ad-
dition, there will be an opportunity to schedule interviews for
several of the EUVE job openings listed in this bulletin. Further
information will be available at the exhibit or in the AAS job
center. The AAS meeting will be held at the Marriott Marquis
hotel in Atlanta, GA, from January 12-16, 1992.
New Job Openings at CEA
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The following positions are available at the Center for EUV As-
trophysics and the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of
California, Berkeley.
Assistant Research Astronomer/Physicist
Duty Scientist
Post Doctoral Researcher, EGO Center
Science Planner
Science Software Manager
Science Operations Programmer
Scientific Programmer
Systems Support Programmer
For further information, contact:
Ms. Cathie Jones
Space Sciences Laboratory
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510) 642-0816
cjones@ssl.berkeley.edu
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative
Action Employer.
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The EUVE Electronic Newsletter is issued on a monthly basis, or
as news events arise, by the Center for Extreme Ultraviolet As-
trophysics at the Space Sciences Laboratory, University of Cali-
fornia, Berkeley. The opinions expressed are those of the au-
thors.
Publisher: Roger F. Malina, Managing Editor: Camille Trentacoste
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Address all newsletter correspondence to:
pub@ssl.berkeley.edu (Internet)
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This newsletter is funded by NASA Contract NAS5-30180.
The EUVE Project is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
in Greenbelt, MD. The EUVE Project Manager at GSFC is Mr. Frank
Volpe, the GSFC Project Scientist for EUVE is Dr. Yoji Kondo. The
NASA Headquarters EUVE Program Scientist is Dr. Robert Stachnik,
the NASA Headquarters EUVE Program Manager is Mr. John Lintott.
Further information about the EUVE Guest Observer Program can be
obtained from:
Dr. Yoji Kondo
Mail Code 684
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
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