Herschel
Space Observatory

In this issue

1. Using Herschel Data: Introductory Webinars
2. Herschel Science Centre Online Data Processing Workshop
3. IPAC Visiting Graduate Student Fellowship 2015
4. Conferences and workshops of interest to Herschel users

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1. Using Herschel Data: Introductory Webinars

The NASA Herschel Science Center will be hosting a series of 2-hour long introductory webinars on Herschel. These are directed to astronomers who have never used Herschel data before and are interested in a quick introduction to the basics.

The webinars will take place from 10:00 am to 12:00 am (PDT) on the following dates:

• July 14: An Introduction to the Herschel Science Archive
• July 15: An Introduction to SPIRE photometry
• July 16: An introduction to photometry and spectroscopy with PACS
• July 17: An Introduction to HIFI
• August 13: An Introduction to SPIRE spectroscopy

No registration is necessary. More information is available here.

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2. Herschel Science Centre Online Data Processing Workshop

The Herschel Science Centre, in collaboration with the Instrument Control Centres and the NASA Herschel Science Center, is organizing an online data processing workshop June 24-27, 2014. The workshop is targeted to beginning users interested in accessing and interpreting Herschel data for the first time, with no previous experience using HIPE (the Herschel Interactive Processing Environment). Presentations and demos will take place in the morning (Central European Summer Time) while the afternoons will be devoted to individual work. More information is available here.

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2. IPAC Visiting Graduate Student Fellowships

The Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) at Caltech announces the availability of 6-month graduate student fellowships. The program is designed to allow students from U.S. or international institutions to visit IPAC-Caltech and perform astronomical research in association with an IPAC scientist. Applicants should have completed preliminary course work in their graduate program. Funding will be provided by IPAC for the 6-month period. Students are expected to be at IPAC during the duration of the Fellowship, January to July.
The call for 2015 applications is now open. Deadline: September 5, 2014. More information is available from the Fellowship Webpage.

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3. Conferences and workshops of interest to Herschel users

• The Universe in the light of AKARI: 9-11 July 2014, Oxford, UK
• From Galactic to Extragalactic Star Formation: 8- 12 September 2014, Palais du Pharo, Marseille, France
• Star Formation Across Space and Time: 11-14 November 2014, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands