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New Survey Finds that Single Burst of StarFormation Created Milky Way's Central Bulge

webmaster — 2020-10-29T13:18:56Z

Result contradicts previous studies suggesting two or more episodes of star formation. Like most spiral galaxies, the Milky Way has a roughly spherical collection of stars at its center called the bulge.

- 2020

Seminar by Yann Clénet, Monday Febrary 3rd 2020

2020-01-24T12:24:39Z

Yann CLÉNET, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Paris Observatory will give a seminar on MICADO, the ELT first-light imager on Monday February 3rd 2020 at 10:45 in the conference room of the Besançon Observatory

- 2020

The dat@OSU project for data management and promotion of research at OSU THETA

2019-06-28T17:03:25Z

Observatory of Universe Sciences (OSU) THETA of Franche-Comté Burgundy initiated the "Dat@OSU" project about management and promotion of data obtained from research realized in its laboratories and research teams
Following a workshop about scientific data bases in March2013, OSU THETA started the Dat@OSU project adressing management and promotion of scientific data produced in laboratories and research teams taking part in the structure.
A first phase of the project has consisted in the (…)

- Research data

DataBFC colloquium - research data in Burgundy Franche-Comté

2017-11-29T16:15:16Z

The "DataBFC" colloquium took place from November 13 to 15 2017 in Besançon (France) and was hosted by the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme et de l'Environnement Claude Nicolas Ledoux. About 90 persons attended this meeting which was dedicated to opening and managing research data in Burgundy Franche-Comté.

The "DataBFC" colloquium took place from November 13 to 15 2017 at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme et de l'Environnement Claude Nicolas Ledoux (MSHE) in Besançon (France). The event was jointly organized by the Observatory of Universe Sciences of Franche-Comté Burgundy (OSU THETA) and MSHE, under the auspices of the the Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) "Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté".
The background of this colloquium was Open Research Data, defined in particular by European directives, the European H2020 programme and the French law for a "digital republic"; it relied on different international, national and local experiences, among which the one of OSU THETA through the dat@OSU project.

It welcomed around 90 persons originating from different professional backgrounds (scientists, librarians, engineers, lawyers, ...), as well as from many disciplinary (Earth and Universe sciences, Humanities and Social Science, Environmental Sciences, Physics, Mathematics, …) and geographical (Burgundy Franche-Comté, Paris, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Lyon, Chambéry, Nancy, Strasbourg, Saclay, Lausanne, …) origins. This colloquium aimed at initiating a synergy about data openness and management of research data in Burgundy Franche-Comté, but was of concern to a much broader audience, which underlines the significance of this topic.

Four types of sessions were proposed:

general talks about research data by speakers intervening at the international or national levels;
a round table discussion with representatives of laboratories and local research structures to exchange about their policies and practices;
experience feedbacks of projects in Burgundy Franche-Comté about research data management;
a poster session.

The 16 talks were made by representatives of international, French or Swiss organisations, whose implication in research data management is recognized, such as the CNRS Directorate for Scientific and Technical Information (DIST), the National Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (INIST), the National Informatics Centre for Higher Education (CINES), the BBEES joint service unit (UMS BBEES), the Research Data Alliance, DataCite, the astronomical Virtual Observatory, the great infrastructure of research for Humanities and Social Sciences (TGIR Huma-Num), the Swiss Data Science Center, and local structures such as OSU THETA, MSHE, Chrono-environnement, the UTINAM Institute, Biogéosciences, the Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, the long term ecological research site Jurassian Arc (ZAAJ), ... The slides media of most talks are available on the colloquium web site.

The presentations allowed to address the different components of the data life cycle (Planning, Collection, Analysis, Documentation, Storage, Preservation, Display, Reuse) and to underline the key role of high quality data, identified as the FAIR data (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) [1]. Scientists and research institutions can thus promote their data while keeping on curating them.

To get such data, it is essential to set up Data Management Plans (DMP) from the beginning, to use good practice guidelines and to use professional skills (information and computer scientists, librarians, ...) and experience sharing through professional, technical and displinary networks.

Contact for more informations: databfc at sciencesconf.org

View online : DataBFC - opening and managing research data in Burgundy Franche-Comté

[1] M.D. Wilkinson et al., The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship, Scientific Data, 3, 160018 (2016)

Hotels

2017-11-29T08:56:20Z

hotels list for seminaries, workshops and varied meetings
Localisation of the Observatory in OpenStreeMap
Hôtel du Nord (44 Rooms, City center) 8 rue Moncey - 25000 Besançon (localisation in OpenStreetMap) +33 (0)3 81 81 34 56 Room : between 71 and 81 € - Breakfast : 8 € - Tourist taxes : 0,90 € Private parking (booking is required) : 8€/24 hours Website
Hôtel Régina (21 Rooms, City center) 91 Grande rue - 25000 Besançon (localisation in OpenStreetMap) +33 (0)3 81 81 50 22 Room : (…)

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The dat@OSU portal becomes interoperable with the ISIDORE French national portal

2017-02-28T15:06:24Z

On February 16th 2017, the "dat@OSU"referencing portal for OSU THETA research data became interoperable with the ISIDORE French national portal

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Start of the "e-PYTHEAS" ANR project

2017-02-10T18:19:29Z

The e-PYTHEAS ANR project aims at enhancing our understanding of the radiative properties of hot gaseous media to allow for improved analysis and interpretation of the large mass of data available on the thousands of exoplanets and exoplanetary systems known to date.

- 2017

5th European Frequency and Time Seminar (EFTS)

2016-10-24T14:13:57Z

The 5^th European Frequency and Time Seminar (EFTS) will take place at FEMTO-ST Institute from June 26^th to 30^th 2017.

- 2016

Post-doctoral position on the CS-Pulsar project

François Vernotte — 2016-07-19T12:26:21Z

Person in charge: François Vernotte, UTINAM, Observatory THETA, UBFC
Laboratory: UTINAM Institute, UMR UFC/CNRS 6213, Besançon (France)
Project partners: Enrico Rubiola, Femto-ST, Observatory THETA, UBFC Ismaël Cognard, LPC2E, Region Centre Observatory (OSUC), Orléans University (UO) Gilles Theureau, LPC2E, OSUC, UO Lucas Guillemot, LPC2E, OSUC, UO
Funding: First-TF
Abstract The cross-spectrum method (CSM) has been developed by Rubiola for estimating the phase noise of an oscillator (…)

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Seminar by Françoise Berthoud on June 24th

2016-06-22T14:53:25Z

Françoise Berthoud, head of the "Groupe de Service" EcoInfo will give a seminar on Friday June 24th at Besançon Observatory about the environmental impact of information and communication technologies.

- 2016