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INES Access Guide No. 3 Classical Novae Compiled by: Angelo Cassatella Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche IFSI (Roma) and Rosario Gonz´alez-Riestra XMM Science Operations Centre ESAC (Madrid) and Pierluigi Selvelli Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche IASF (Roma), INAF-OAT (Trieste) Scientific Coordinator for the INES Acess Guides Dr. Willem Wamsteker 1 2 FOREWORD The INES Access Guides The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) Satellite (launched on 26 January 1978 and in or- bit until September 1996) Project was a collaboration between NASA, ESA and the PPARC. The IUE Spacecraft and instruments were operated in a Guest Observer mode to allow Ultraviolet Spec- trophotometry at two resolutions in the wavelength range from 115nm to 320nm: low resolution ∆λ/λ=300 (≈1000 km sec−1) and a high resolution mode ∆λ/λ=10000 (≈19 km sec−1). The IUE S/C, its scientific instruments as well as the data acquisition and reduction procedures, have been described in “Exploring the Universe with the IUE Satellite”, Part I, Part VI and Part VII (ASSL, volume 129, Eds. Y. Kondo, W. Wamsteker, M. Grewing, Kluwer Acad. Publ. Co.). A complete overview of the IUE Project is given in the conference proceedings of the last IUE Conference “Ultra- violet Astrophysics beyond the IUE Final Archive” (ESA SP-413, 1998, Eds. W. Wamsteker and R. Gonz´alezRiestra) and in “IUE Spacecraft Operations Final Report” (ESA SP-1215, 1997, A. P´erez Calpena and J. Pepoy). Additional information on the IUE Project and its data Archive INES can be found at URL http://sdc.laeff.esa.es. From the very beginning of the project, it was expected that the archival value of the data obtained with IUE would be very high. This expectation has been borne out fully. Even today, IUE data are still retrieved from the Archives at a rate of ≈ 5 spectra/hour, 24 hrs/day 365 day/yr. During the operational phase of the IUE Project, the ULDA/USSP (Uniform Low Dispersion Archive/ULDA Support Software Package) was developed by ESA (Wamsteker et al., 1989, Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser., Vol. 79, pg. 1-10) in preparation for the final archival disposition. The extremely good reception of this distributed Archive model by the scientific community, has led to the decision to develop the Final Archive server with a similar philosophy in the form of INES (IUE Newly Extracted Spectra). The INES system is again a complete data system, removing for nearly all the data usage the need of specialist knowledge of instrumental peculiarities. The various aspect of the INES System are described in: • W. Wamsteker, I. Skillen, J.D. Ponz, A. de la Fuente, M. Barylak, I. Yurrita, 2000, INES: Astronomy Data Distribution for the Future, Ap&SS, 273, p.155-161. • P.M. Rodr´ıguez-Pascual, R. Gonz´alez-Riestra, N. Schartel, W. Wamsteker, 1999, The INES System I: Improved data extraction procedures for IUE Low Resolution Spectra, Astron. As- troph. Suppl. Ser., 139, p.183-197. • A. Cassatella, A. Altamore, R. Gonz´alez-Riestra, J.D. Ponz, J.Barbero, A. Talavera, W. Wamsteker, 2000, The INES System II: Ripple Correction and Absolute Calibration for IUE High Resolution Spectra, Astron. Astroph. Suppl. Ser., 141, p.331-341. • R. Gonz´alez-Riestra, A. Cassatella, E. Solano, A. Altamore, W. Wamsteker, 2000, The INES System III: Evaluation of IUE NEWSIPS High Resolution Spectra, Astron. Astroph. Suppl. Ser., 141, p.343-355 • R. Gonz´alez-Riestra, A. Cassatella, W. Wamsteker (2001) The INES System IV: The IUE Absolute Flux Scale, A&A, 373, p.730-745. These five publications contain essentially all information needed for the use of IUE data from the INES system. The INES system represents an early prototype of what is presently being pursued 3 by the various Astronomical Virtual Observatory (AVO) initiatives. Currently, 19 National Hosts maintain functional installations of the INES system, giving access to all 104000 IUE Spectra directly for the end user, with a Principal Center (INTA/LAEFF) at URL http://sdc.laeff.esa.es. All INES (and ULDA) Guides are on-line accessible through the principal center at this URL, but access is also possible through the National Hosts. The quantity of data in the IUE Archive is sufficiently large that it is not necessarily simple to address the data efficiently in the context of an astrophysical problem, even though access to the data is extremely easy. Therefore the series of INES Access guides is intended to facilitate the use of the IUE Archive for scientists with a specific astrophysical problem in mind. The series of INES Access Guides follows the model of the ULDA Guides. Most of the information collected in the ULDA Guides 1-8 continues to be valid, but as they were mostly completed before the end of orbital operations for the IUE Project, they are not guaranteed to be complete for all data in the INES system. These Guides consist of a number of subject-oriented books, for which a specialist in the field has been invited to take the scientific responsibility. INES Access Guide No.3 treats the data of all Novae observed with IUE and has been compiled by Dr. A. Cassatella of IFSI-CNR, Rome, Italy, Dr. R. Gonz´alezRiestra of the XMM-Newton Operations Centre, ESAC, Madrid, Spain and Dr. P. Selvelli of IASF-CNR, Rome, and INAF-OAT, Trieste, Italy. The list of previously published INES/ULDA Access Guides is given below. For details of the access to INES through the National Hosts we refer to the details supplied at the above-mentioned URL, or recommend you to contact the INES Helpdesk at the LAEFF at VILSPA, Madrid, Spain ([email protected]). Other queries about the data or any specific questions about data content in relation to the INES system should be directed there. Willem Wamsteker 4 Previously issued IUE-ULDA Access Guides No.1 ESA SP-1114 C. la Dous Dwarf Novae and Nova-like Stars No.2 ESA SP-1134 M. Festou Comets No.3 ESA SP-1146 G. Longo, M. Capaccioli Normal Galaxies (Superseded by INES Guide. 1) No.4 ESA SP-1153 (A,B) T.J.-L. Courvoisier, S. Paltini Active Galactic Nuclei No.5 ESA SP-1181 (I,II) C. la Dous, A. Gim´enez Chromospherically Active Binary Stars No.6 ESA SP-1189 E. Cappellaro, M. Turatto, J. Fernley Supernovae No.7 ESA SP-1203 M. Franchini, C. Morossi, M.L. Malagnini K Stars No.8 ESA SP-1205 A.I. G´omez de Castro, M. Franqueira T Tauri Stars Previously issued INES Access Guides No.1 ESA SP-1237 A.I. G´omez de Castro, A. Robles Herbig-Haro Objects No.2 ESA SP-1239 N. Brosch Normal Galaxies 5 INES National Host Information (as of 13 July, 2004) This section supplies the contact and address information for the currently operational INES National Hosts. The Principal Center of the INES System is the Spanish Laboratory for Space Astrophysics and Fundamental Physics (LAEFF) at VILSPA. The LAEFF has taken on the long-term support for the IUE data distribution for the Astrophysical Community in collaboration with the National Hosts. Currently Operational National Hosts Argentina Host: Stellar Spectroscopy Division Universidad Nacional de la Plata Casilla de Correo 677, La Plata, 1900 Buenos Aires ARGENTINA URL: http://amancay.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar/ INES Version: 2.0 Host Manager: Laura Arias E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +54-221-423 65 93/4 Fax: +54-221-423 65 91 Austria Host: Kuffner-Sternwarte Wien Johann Staud-Strasse 10 1160 Vienna, AUSTRIA URL: http://www.kuffner.ac.at/ines/ INES Version: 2.0 Host Manager Stefan Haslinger E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +43-1-91 48 130 Fax: +43-1-91 48 130/31 6 Belgium Host: Royal Belgian Observatory, Ringlaan 3, B-1180 Brussel. BELGIUM URL: http://ines.oma.be/ INES Version: 2.0 Host manager: Marijke Burger E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +32-2-373 02 40/373 02 11 Fax: +32-2-374 98 22 Canada (North American INES Principal Center Mirror site) Host: Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC) Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, 5071 West Saanich Road.,Victoria B.C., CANADA V8X 4M6 URL: http://ines.hia.nrc.ca/ INES Version: 2.0 Host manager: David Bohlender E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +1-250-363 00 01 Fax: +1-250-363 00 45 China, People’s Rep. of (Local access only) Host: Centre for Astrophysics University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. CHINA URL: http://iue.cfa.ustc.edu.cn/ines/ INES Version: 2.0 Host manager: Wang Ting-gui E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +86-551-30 18 52/527 Fax: +86-551-363 17 60 7 Costa Rica Host: School of Physics University of Costa Rica, San Jose, COSTA RICA URL: http://capella.efis.ucr.ac.cr/ines/ INES Version: 3.0 Host manager: Jorge P´aez E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +506-535323 Ext. 5147 Fax: +506-207 56 19 France Host: Centre de Donn´ees Astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg 11, rue de l’Universit´e, 67000 Strasbourg, FRANCE URL: http://godot.u-strasbg.fr/ INES Version: 3.0 Host manager: Pascal Dubois E-mail [email protected] Tel.: +33-3-88-15 07 53 Fax: +33-3-88-15 07 60 Israel Host: The Florence and George Wise Observatory, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv School of Physics and Astronomy Tel-Aviv 69978, ISRAEL URL: http://wise-iue.tau.ac.il/ INES Version: 3.0 Host Manager: Noah Brosch E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +972-3-640 74 13/14/640 92 79 Fax: +972-3-640 81 79 8 Italy Host: Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste Via G.B.
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  • August 2017 BRAS Newsletter

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    August 2017 Issue Next Meeting: Monday, August 14th at 7PM at HRPO nd (2 Mondays, Highland Road Park Observatory) Presenters: Chris Desselles, Merrill Hess, and Ben Toman will share tips, tricks and insights regarding the upcoming Solar Eclipse. What's In This Issue? President’s Message Secretary's Summary Outreach Report - FAE Light Pollution Committee Report Recent Forum Entries 20/20 Vision Campaign Messages from the HRPO Perseid Meteor Shower Partial Solar Eclipse Observing Notes – Lyra, the Lyre & Mythology Like this newsletter? See past issues back to 2009 at http://brastro.org/newsletters.html Newsletter of the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society August 2017 President’s Message August, 21, 2017. Total eclipse of the Sun. What more can I say. If you have not made plans for a road trip, you can help out at HRPO. All who are going on a road trip be prepared to share pictures and experiences at the September meeting. BRAS has lost another member, Bart Bennett, who joined BRAS after Chris Desselles gave a talk on Astrophotography to the Cajun Clickers Computer Club (CCCC) in January of 2016, Bart became the President of CCCC at the same time I became president of BRAS. The Clickers are shocked at his sudden death via heart attack. Both organizations will miss Bart. His obituary is posted online here: http://www.rabenhorst.com/obituary/sidney-barton-bart-bennett/ Last month’s meeting, at LIGO, was a success, even though there was not much solar viewing for the public due to clouds and rain for most of the afternoon. BRAS had a table inside the museum building, where Ben and Craig used material from the Night Sky Network for the public outreach.