http://integral.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Integral Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:32:58 -0400 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/integral/inthp_prop_tools.html#ao07start Switch from JEM-X1 to JEM-X2 and 14th SPI annealing. id_20 19 October 2009 http://astronomy2009.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=45693 Students from India and South Africa have been selected as the winners of the European Space Agency's 'Be an INTEGRAL astronomer' competition. id_19 18 October 2009 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/integral/ao7-docs/AO7_approved_DatarightProposals.pdf The ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration (Prof. David Southwood) has approved the recommendation of the Time Allocation Committee (TAC) for proposals to obtain data rights to targets within AO-7 observations. id_18 2 October 2009 http://www.iasf-roma.inaf.it/extremesky2009/ The workshop "The Extreme sky: Sampling the Universe above 10 keV", celebrating 7 years of INTEGRAL, will be held on 13-17 October 2009 at Castello Aragonese, Otranto (Lecce), Italy. id_17 28 May 2009 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/integral/ao7-docs/Integral_25523_letter_May_2009.pdf ESA has released the 7th Announcement of Opportunity for data rights to targets within AO-7 observations. The deadline for proposals is July 3, 2009. Additional information can be found on the ESA INTEGRAL website and on the "Proposals and Tools" page of the INTEGRAL US GOF. id_16 26 May 2009 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/integral/ao7-docs/AO-7_GI__obs_solicit_v3.pdf NASA announces the INTEGRAL AO-7 US Guest Observer Program. Details of this program can be found on the "Proposals and Tools" webpage of the INTEGRAL GOF. id_15 4 May 2009 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/integral/ao7-docs/AO7_TAC_approved_programme.pdf The INTEGRAL AO-7 General Program, as recommended by the Time Allocation Committee (TAC) and approved on the 15th of April by the ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration (Prof. David Southwood), has been released. id_14 1 May 2009 http://astronomy2009.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=44563 To mark the International Year of Astronomy ESA launched a competition for students to use INTEGRAL data for investigating objects in the Galactic bulge. id_13 14 Apr 2009 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/integral/inthp_prop_tools.html#ao07stats Preliminary statistics on the proposals that have been received in answer to INTEGRAL's 7th Announcement of Opportunity are available. id_12 11 Mar 2009 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/integral/news/inthp_spi5.html On 19 February, following exit from a perigee passage, another SPI Ge detector was lost. id_11 10 Mar 2009 http://www.sciops.esa.int/index.php?project=INTEGRAL&page=Public_TOO INTEGRAL has observed as a public TOO the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar 1E1547.0-5408, which has recently shown intense bursting activity. id_10 27 Jan 2009 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/integral/ao7-docs/AO7_LetterDSRE.pdf ESA has released the 7th Announcement of Opportunity for observing proposals with INTEGRAL. The deadline for proposals is February 20, 2009. Additional information can be found on the ESA INTEGRAL website and on the "Proposals and Tools" page of the INTEGRAL US GOF. id_9 13 Jan 2009 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/integral/inthp_prop_tools.html#ao06extension It has been decided to extend the duration of the ongoing AO-6 cycle by two months, until 16 October 2009. The duration of AO-7 will be extended by 2.5 months, it will therefore last from October 2009 until end of December 2010. Subsequent AO's are expected to be annual again. id_8 19 Nov 2008 http://www.iasf-roma.inaf.it/congress/public_html/Congress/index.htm INTEGRAL is celebrating six successful years in space today! Instruments and spacecraft are continuing to perform well and the scientific output keeps the community busy as recent workshops in Copenhagen and Rome demonstrate. We are all looking forward to more years of discoveries and interesting results. id_7 17 Oct 2008 http://www.sciops.esa.int/index.php?project=INTEGRAL&page=Public_TOO INTEGRAL is observing as a public TOO the black hole X-ray transient system H 1743-322, which recently entered an outburst. All the data are publicly available. For the observation schedule and instructions on how to download the data see web page linked above. id_6 10 Oct 2008 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/integral/inthp_prop_tools.html#ao07sched ISOC is preparing the release of the Announcement of Opportunity for AO-7. Key milestones are shown on the web page linked above. id_5 02 Sep 2008 http://www.rssd.esa.int/SYS/docs/ll_transfers/project=PUBDB&id=2848312.pdf At its meeting at ESAC on June 11 and 12, 2008, the INTEGRAL User Group recommended a new scheme for the distribution of the Open Time that means significant changes for the organization of AO-7 and future AOs. id_4 23 Jul 2008 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/integral/ao6-docs/AO-6_GI_solicitation.pdf NASA announces the INTEGRAL AO-6 US Guest Observer Program. Details of this program can be found on our "Proposals and Tools" webpage. id_3 20 Jun 2008 http://integral.esac.esa.int/AO6/AO6_TAC_approved_programme.pdf The INTEGRAL AO-6 General Programme, as recommended by the Time Allocation Committee (TAC) and approved on the 3rd of June by the ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration (Prof. David Southwood) has been released. id_2 18 Jun 2008 23:00:00 EDT SR08_Report.pdf INTEGRAL participated in the 2008 NASA Senior Review. In their report, the Senior Review Committee recognized the unique capabilities of INTEGRAL in the hard X-ray and soft gamma-ray regime as well as its important synergy with the upcoming GLAST mission. As a result, the committee recommended continuing NASA funding for INTEGRAL through FY10. id_1 6 Jun 2008