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Subject: [Arcnodesall] ALMA science verification data release
From:    "Martin A. Zwaan" <mzwaan at eso.org>
Date:    Thu, June 2, 2011 6:50 pm
To:      "arcnodesall at eso.org" <arcnodesall at eso.org>
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Dear colleagues,

The Joint ALMA Observatory announces the availability of the first two
ALMA Science Verification datasets:
* The protoplanetary disk TW Hya at Band 7 (0.87 mm)
* The luminous infrared galaxy NGC 3256 at Band 3 (3 mm)

The data sets are available through the ALMA Science Portal at:
http://www.almascience.org, via the ALMA Data / Science Verification tab.

Uncalibrated and calibrated data are available, as well as images and data
cubes. Data reduction guides are also provided.

These datasets demonstrate the (very) early capabilities of ALMA. The
projects were observed before 10 antennas were available and while many of
the subsystems were still being tested, so they should not be construed to
represent the quality of the data that can be expected during Early
Science. They are provided here as a means for the user to become
acquainted with the ALMA data structure, observing strategies and
reduction techniques.

This latest step towards the start of ALMA operations is the result of a
great deal of work by many people from all over the world, particularly in
this case those responsible for the delivery of the ALMA archive, the
Science Team responsible for Commissioning and Science Verification, and
the teams responsible for Science Operations at the ARCs and at the JAO.







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Martin Zwaan

ESO, ALMA Regional Centre
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
D-85748 Garching, Germany

tel. +49-89-32006834
fax. +49-89-32006898





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