Trinity College Dublin computer scientists and solar physicists have partnered to produce a web app that allows people to view the most recent NASA and ESA images of the Sun using their SmartPhones. The web app provides access via your SmartPhone to near-realtime data from SOHO, STEREO, Hinode, SDO, PROBA2 GONG, BBSO, Kanzelhohe and NOAA to name but a few.… continue to the full article

The journal Solar Physics publishes one or two Topical Issues (TIs) per year dedicated to a focussed topic, frequently with a small number of survey articles introducing regular unsolicited articles, all of which benefit from appearing together. Not infrequently, these stem from a monothematic conference or conferences, but all papers submitted for consideration for a TI are handled and refereed in the same way as regular research papers, and submissions not associated with the conference are solicited.… continue to the full article

Dear Colleagues

This note is to advise that the 2012 Astronomy guidelines for Applicants have now been published and can be found at http://www.stfc.ac.uk/Our+Research/12214.aspx

There have been a few revisions, for example the duration of grant request and some minor changes to page limits etc .… continue to the full article

STFC is seeking nominations of outstanding individuals to appoint to the Astronomy Grants Panel (AGP). The AGP is responsible for assessing and making recommendations to the STFC Executive on research grant applications.

Vacancies have arisen due to normal rotation of membership.… continue to the full article

Many congratulations to David Pontin on being one of five winners this year of an Astronomy and Astrophysics Leverhulme Prize.

Well done David !… continue to the full article

The diary of forthcoming events has been input onto the STFC homepage (calendar at the bottom right corner of the page). Dates for December 2011, January and February 2012 have been added. You can view the diary at http://www.stfc.ac.uk/… continue to the full article

No registration required. No strings attached. Simply click to view or download all content from the astronomy journals: Solar Physics, Astrophysics and Space Science, Experimental Astronomy, The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, Astrophysics, Astronomy Letters, Astronomy Reports, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics, Earth, Moon, and Planets.… continue to the full article

At midday on 24th November the STFC Science Roadmap will go live. You may view it at:

http://www.stfc.ac.uk/roadmap/

The STFC Science Roadmap sets out the current STFC science programme, together with future opportunities for investment, and shows how they address a range of science challenges.… continue to the full article

Dear Colleague,

We would like to announce the release of version 7.0 of the CHIANTI
database for astrophysical spectroscopy. With Version 7.0, CHIANTI
now includes data for several new ions as well as significant updates to
many ions, including several key Fe species routinely observed by
Hinode/EIS and SDO.… continue to the full article

The Science and Technology Facilities Council offers free one-day Media Awareness and Communications Skills courses for researchers, as part of its Science in Society programme.

The Media course introduces scientists to the world of the mass media, press releases, how to be interviewed etc.… continue to the full article