2006 News Archives
Constellation-X presentations given by Harvey Tananbaum and Nick White at the National Academy of Sciences Study on "NASA's Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation" is available. Please use link below to access the presenations page directly.
+ Constellation-X Presentations (2006-2007)
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National Academy of Sciences Study on "NASA's
Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for
Implementation"
New high-resolution simulations of hot spots moving through the accretion disk folded through latest Constellation-X response matrices. Visit our page on Diagnostics of Inner Accretion Disks: Broad Fe K Lines for more information.
The Constellation-X mission has issued a call for concepts for a Science Enhancement Package (SEP). The goal of the SEP is to enhance performance at the lowest and highest energies of the Con-X bandpass to achieve the mission science objectives. We are soliciting brief write-ups for SEP concepts. These are due Nov 13.
To view the Request for Information (RFI) along with reference information, go to the Constellation-X Project web site and follow the links under 'News and Events' for the RFI and reference information which will help you in formulating your response.
Constellation-X presentations given by Nick White, Harvey Tananbaum, and Ann Hornschemeier at the AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division meeting in October are now available in our resources area. Please use link below to access the presenations page directly.
+ Constellation-X Presentations (2006-2007)
+ Information on the 2006 HEAD Meeting
This is to confirm that the next Constellation-X FST meeting will be at Goddard Space Flight Center Dec 19 and 20, 2006. There will also be a workshop on Dec 18 to discuss Science Enhancement Package suggestions that are submitted in response to the RFI.
It is extremely important that people attending the meeting register ahead of the meeting so as to ensure that a badge to enter GSFC is available. Please note the following deadlines:
- November 6 – Non-US citizens, including green card holders (6 weeks)
- December 11 – US citizens (1 week)
If you intend to attend the FST meeting please send an email to
Sandy Barnes
(sbarnes(at)lheapop.gsfc.nasa.gov) and
Lee Mewshaw
(lmewshaw(at)seabrook.usra.edu).
They will then send to you the forms needed to be submitted to GSFC security.
Please do this even if you are not sure whether you will attend the meeting. It is much better to be safe, rather than sorry!
+ For more information see the Constellation-X Project Site
The new Constellation-X Image Gallery is now available.
The next Constellation-X Facility Science Team (FST) meeting will be held February 15 and 16 in Cambridge, MA. See the Constellation-X project web page for more information.
+ Constellation-X Project Site
+ FST Meeting Information on Project Site
Presentations from the Januray 2006 AAS Meeting are now available on our Presentations Page.
The available presentations are Chris Reynolds' Warner prize talk on black hole physics and the Constellation-X Townhall presentation by Nick White, Ann Hornschemeier and Mike Garcia.
+ Download Chris Reynolds' Presentation:
PowerPoint,
PDF
+ Download Constellation-X Townhall Presentation:
PowerPoint,
PDF
Constellation-X spectroscopy glasses are available for classrooms and educational events.
The Constellation-X Town Hall meeting at the January American Astronomical Society Meeting will be on Monday, January 9th from 12:30 to 1:30 PM. In addition, Constellation-X has two special poster sessions a the meeting on Monday, Session 12 on Constellation-X Instruments and Optics and Session 16 on Example Constellation-X Science.
Constellation-X is mentioned in Robert Naeye's article in the January 2006 issue of Sky & Telescope.
