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Introduction
Forthcoming meetings of interest
The schedule of forthcoming meetings remains relatively quiet, though the dates for the next DESC Sprint Week have been confirmed as 25th–29th October 2021. This meeting will run in a hybrid format, with options to join virtually or from one of two meeting hubs that are being set up at Princeton University (USA) and at AstroParticule et Cosmologie (France). More details should appear soon on the DESC wiki (DESC membership login required).
Note that the current list of forthcoming meeting is always available on the Relevant Meetings page. You may also wish to check information held on the LSST organisation website LSST-organised events and the LSST Corporation website
Announcements
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Solar System Small Bodies
Applications are invited for a 2-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Astrophysics Research Centre (ARC) at Queen's University Belfast. The successful applicant will work with Dr. Meg Schwamb to develop and exploit next-generation tools for analysing and interpreting future Solar System moving object detections from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). Rubin Observatory science operations are planned to begin around mid-2024, with the survey expected to discover millions of asteroids and tens of thousands of distant Solar System planetesimals. The post will focus on developing software pipelines and utilities for LSST Solar System science and applying these techniques to present-day LSST-precursor datasets. This includes the development of a pipeline to discover distant Solar System bodies beyond ~100 au that are not expected to be discoverable by the main Rubin Observatory Solar System Processing pipeline.
To read the full details and to apply, visit: https://hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=924394FIBS&WVID=6273090Lgx&LANG=USA
Application Deadline: October 13, 2021
ARC website:
https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/astrophysics-research-centre/