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Bulletin     |             CC     XX XX    OO OO          | February
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Welcome to the Chandra X-ray Center's Electronic News Bulletin Number 70.

CXC Web site: cxc.harvard.edu

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Contents:

1.  Updated Observation Visualizer (ObsVis) Tool

2.  Radio Galaxies in the Chandra Era

3.  HEAD MEETING DEADLINES

 
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Item 1.  Updated Observation Visualizer (ObsVis) Tool
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ObsVis is a tool to aid in observation planning which allows the
inspection of sky images with overlaid instrument fields-of-view
(FoV). ObsVis interfaces with the SAOimage DS9 image display tool, and 
facilitates detailed manipulation of Chandra pointing and instrument
parameters.  

ObsVis was updated in Dec 2007 with the CIAO4.0 release.
With the latest release Feb 2008 (part of CIAO4.0.1), several minor bugs
were fixed, and features added.  ObsVis can now display multiple
Chandra FoVs on a sky image, which can be grouped in a variety of
ways.  ObsVis can also generate an evenly-spaced grid of pointings on
the sky. FoVs can be saved to a file for later reloading. 

A quick ObsVis primer page is available at
     http://cxc.harvard.edu/obsvis/index.html
with a more detailed manual at
     http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao/ahelp/obsvis.html

ObsVis runs either as a standalone package, or as part of CIAO.
The standalone package can be downloaded from
    http://cxc.harvard.edu/obsvis/download.html
If you already have CIAO 4.0 installed, you should download
the ObsVis 4.0.1 patch from the  CIAO download page. 
    http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao4.0/download/

 
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Item  2. Radio Galaxies in the Chandra Era
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We remind our readers that the Chandra X-ray Center will be hosting a 
Science Workshop

	Radio Galaxies in the Chandra Era from
	8-11 July, 2008

in Cambridge, MA at the Harvard Student Organization Center at Hilles,
just across Garden Street from the CfA.

Please access the workshop webpage 
             http://cxc.harvard.edu/radiogals08
for details including a list of Invited Speakers, a form for
registration/abstract submission, and information about
accommodations.

DEADLINES:
	Wednesday April 30, 2008  	 
registration and abstract submission for contributed talks and poster 
presentations
	Wednesday May 21, 2007	
final registration/submission, for poster presentations only


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Item  3.  HEAD MEETING DEADLINES
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Dear HEAD members,

This is your final notice to book a hotel room and register for the HEAD 
meeting without paying the late registration fee.

The hotel deadline is Feb 28th.  The registration deadline is March 1st.

Please make your arrangements now and remember to buy a banquet ticket!

See the conference website for more information:
http://www.confcon.com/head2008/ 

The program has been available on-line since February 15th.

All the best,
Ann Hornschemeier




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