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West of #ESA's space astronomy center #ESAC Spain's major #wildfires are raging, threatening towns and people's livelihood. Fires are out of control and further development will depend on weather.

We hope that people stay safe and #Spain gets all the support it needs.

Both #NASA's Robledo and ESA's Cebreros antenna stations had their local personnel evacuated as a precaution, it is currently unclear if the fires reached either installation. Both are mainly operated remotely.

#astronomy

West of #ESA's space astronomy center #ESAC Spain's major #wildfires are raging, threatening towns and people's livelihood. Fires are out of control and further development will depend on weather.

We hope that people stay safe and #Spain gets all the support it needs.

Both #NASA's Robledo and ESA's Cebreros antenna stations had their local personnel evacuated as a precaution, it is currently unclear if the fires reached either installation. Both are mainly operated remotely.

#astronomy

Euclid Update – Revised Timeline

In a post last week I hinted that I hoped soon to be able to provide an update on progress with the European Space Agency’s Euclid Mission. People within the Euclid Consortium have known for some time, but it has now been officially announced by ESA, that the timeline for the first full Data Release (DR1; originally scheduled for October 2026) has now been revised.

The plan now is for DR1 to happen in stages, with a first tranche to occur in November 2026 (precise date yet to be announced). The complete data release will take place in mid-2027 (probably in June). The sky area covered by DR1 will be about covering a large sky area of about 1900 deg².

To give a little more background, the data products from the Euclid survey are divided into three levels of data processing function:

• LE1 – the “raw” data frames, prior to calibration, generated at the Science Operations Centre from the time-ordered data and telemetry received from the spacecraft
• LE2 – the calibrated and corrected data for the two instruments (VIS and NISP) – images, spectra, catalogues of point sources, etc
• LE3 – the high-level data products (galaxy catalogues, cosmic shear maps, etc) designed for cosmological analysis

The first release will comprise LE1 and LE2 only. This will be called DR-Foundation. The LE3 data will be added next year to make the full DR1. Since LE3 is required for the cosmological analysis that is the prime motivation for the Euclid mission, it follows that there will be no official cosmology results from Euclid DR1 until mid-2027 at the earliest. Other results based on “Foundation” data may of course emerge before then.

I hope this clarifies the situation.

P.S. Irish physicists and astronomers will be particularly interested to know that the LE1 data includes information about the spacecraft and instrument pointing orientations, which is stored in the form of quaternions…

Euclid Update – Revised Timeline

In a post last week I hinted that I hoped soon to be able to provide an update on progress with the European Space Agency’s Euclid Mission. People within the Euclid Consortium have known for some time, but it has now been officially announced by ESA, that the timeline for the first full Data Release (DR1; originally scheduled for October 2026) has now been revised.

The plan now is for DR1 to happen in stages, with a first tranche to occur in November 2026 (precise date yet to be announced). The complete data release will take place in mid-2027 (probably in June). The sky area covered by DR1 will be about covering a large sky area of about 1900 deg².

To give a little more background, the data products from the Euclid survey are divided into three levels of data processing function:

• LE1 – the “raw” data frames, prior to calibration, generated at the Science Operations Centre from the time-ordered data and telemetry received from the spacecraft
• LE2 – the calibrated and corrected data for the two instruments (VIS and NISP) – images, spectra, catalogues of point sources, etc
• LE3 – the high-level data products (galaxy catalogues, cosmic shear maps, etc) designed for cosmological analysis

The first release will comprise LE1 and LE2 only. This will be called DR-Foundation. The LE3 data will be added next year to make the full DR1. Since LE3 is required for the cosmological analysis that is the prime motivation for the Euclid mission, it follows that there will be no official cosmology results from Euclid DR1 until mid-2027 at the earliest. Other results based on “Foundation” data may of course emerge before then.

I hope this clarifies the situation.

P.S. Irish physicists and astronomers will be particularly interested to know that the LE1 data includes information about the spacecraft and instrument pointing orientations, which is stored in the form of quaternions…

#espécies #invasoras #flora #ESAC https://azinheiragate.blogspot.com/2026/03/quero-casa-cheia.html

Of course it's raining on the day when I have five walking meetings and sunny on the day when I only have one. But at least I got some sunlight while changing buildings.

#astrodon #esa #esac

Of course it's raining on the day when I have five walking meetings and sunny on the day when I only have one. But at least I got some sunlight while changing buildings.

#astrodon #esa #esac

DOLORES, MAR, Y ANDREA.
De cuando dibujábamos modelos reales. Dibujos del natural, lo llamaban en la escuela. Aún hoy las veo y las reconozco. Amaba hacer esto💜

#art #illustration #drawing #sketch #sketches #doodle #natural #portrait #pencil #tempvsfrangit #cantabria #mastoart #dibujo #fediart #artistsonmastodon #esac

Fascinating #folklore project: a #map of #folk tunes gathered by Oskar Kolberg, great ethnographer of 19th century, to listen and download. Mostly territories of Commonwealth of Both Nations (that is, today's #Poland, #Lithuania, #Belarus and #Ukraine), but also #Lusatia, #Slovakia, #Slovenia, #Croatia, #BosniaHerzegovina and #Serbia. Sadly, not linked to lyrics, music only, but still a delightful journey.

As Kolberg worked in 19th century, his works obviously do not contain recordings, but the map gives #MIDI, #MusicXML and #EsAC.

#ethnography #CommonwealthOfBothNation #RzeczpospolitaObojgaNarodów
The Spatial Index of Tunes in Oskar Kolberg’s Collection

Bitácora Cósmica, día 94 de la expedición;

Hoy en #ESAC hemos recibido la visita de Diana Morant, actual Ministra de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades del Gobierno de España.

Para los miembros del proyecto #CESAR (Cooperation through Education in Science and Astronomy Research), incluida aquí quien escribe, ha sido un honor poder dar a conocer nuestra actividad y compartir nuestra pasión, que trasciende la exploración espacial para centrarse en la educación en ciencias y tecnologías del espacio, con el objetivo de inspirar vocaciones #STEM en las futuras generaciones 🚀✨

¡Dentro noticia! 🗞️
https://www.ciencia.gob.es/Noticias/2024/Septiembre/visita-morant-esac.html

Aaaand two days later, after a very worthy meeting on #ESAEuclid at #ESAC I'm now starting my way back home.

Zeroth leg: chartered bus to #Madrid (30min), then a few stations #Metro. I did bring a Metro travel card from 2019 and found 6 more trips on it...

Walk to #Atocha and now boarded a quite packed #Ouigo to #Barcelona.

#railacrosseurope

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Aaaand two days later, after a very worthy meeting on #ESAEuclid at #ESAC I'm now starting my way back home.

Zeroth leg: chartered bus to #Madrid (30min), then a few stations #Metro. I did bring a Metro travel card from 2019 and found 6 more trips on it...

Walk to #Atocha and now boarded a quite packed #Ouigo to #Barcelona.

#railacrosseurope

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After spending most of the week at our ESA science operations centre, #ESAC, near Madrid, it’s nice to be “home” at #ESTEC in The Netherlands in time for the weekend 🇪🇸🇳🇱

Off to Mainz though on Sunday for a sold-out (🙇‍♂️) public talk about #JWST in the Staatstheater auf Deutsch 🇩🇪, then back here for an #EIROforum meeting on Monday 😰

#LadiesAndGentlemenTheWeekend
#Sunset #Photography #Astrodon

https://ticket.staatstheater-mainz.de/eventim.webshop/webticket/seatmap?eventId=17825

After spending most of the week at our ESA science operations centre, #ESAC, near Madrid, it’s nice to be “home” at #ESTEC in The Netherlands in time for the weekend 🇪🇸🇳🇱

Off to Mainz though on Sunday for a sold-out (🙇‍♂️) public talk about #JWST in the Staatstheater auf Deutsch 🇩🇪, then back here for an #EIROforum meeting on Monday 😰

#LadiesAndGentlemenTheWeekend
#Sunset #Photography #Astrodon

https://ticket.staatstheater-mainz.de/eventim.webshop/webticket/seatmap?eventId=17825

Took a lunchtime wander around the arid site of our European Space Astronomy Centre #ESAC outside Madrid & found this burrow.

Probably the home to a Spanish wolf spider, Araña lobo (Lycosa hispanica), the largest spider in Spain.

I’ve seen these burrows on the site before & can say that the secretaries here *really* don’t appreciate being told about them 🕷️😱

#Photography #Entomology

Took a lunchtime wander around the arid site of our European Space Astronomy Centre #ESAC outside Madrid & found this burrow.

Probably the home to a Spanish wolf spider, Araña lobo (Lycosa hispanica), the largest spider in Spain.

I’ve seen these burrows on the site before & can say that the secretaries here *really* don’t appreciate being told about them 🕷️😱

#Photography #Entomology

Heading to Madrid & ESA’s European Space Astronomy Centre, #ESAC, home to the science operations teams for our astronomy, planetary, & heliophysics missions, for a busy week of meetings.

My first flight in more than 3 months, which is certainly a (welcome) change since pre-pandemic times.

But by rail, it would be a 24 hour journey to Madrid, so we’re not quite there yet with replacing intra-European flights ✈️🚄

Heading to Madrid & ESA’s European Space Astronomy Centre, #ESAC, home to the science operations teams for our astronomy, planetary, & heliophysics missions, for a busy week of meetings.

My first flight in more than 3 months, which is certainly a (welcome) change since pre-pandemic times.

But by rail, it would be a 24 hour journey to Madrid, so we’re not quite there yet with replacing intra-European flights ✈️🚄