Newsletter - 6 February 1995
This is another update concerning the current status of instruments
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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT CFHT USERS MEETING
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GENERAL INFORMATION AND HOTEL RESERVATION ---- 1 - 3
PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME ------------- 4 - 6
ACCESS TO THE SITE --------------------------- 7 - 8
Additional list of Hotels -------------------- 9
GENERAL INFORMATION
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ADDRESSES:
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"The 4th CFHT users meeting" will be held in Lyon, May 15-17, 1995.
The conference address is:
Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon (ENSL)
46 Allee d'Italie
F-69364 Lyon Cedex 07
See the access information for travel information.
HOTEL RESERVATION:
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Two Hotels are proposed near the conference site (within walking distance).
Please make your reservation at one of these Hotels
BEFORE MARCH 30th, PREFERABLY BY FAX.
To have the special rate, please, specify that it is for the:
"HAWAIIAN-MEETING"
IBIS LYON GERLAND (**) MERCURE (***)
Les Berges du Rhone Les Berges du Rhone
68, avenue Leclerc 70, avenue Leclerc
F-69007 LYON F-69007 LYON
tel: + 33 78 58 30 70 tel: + 33 72 71 11 11
fax: + 33 78 72 28 61 fax: + 33 72 71 11 00
price with breakfast:
335 FF 510 FF
A list of additional hotels, located near the Perrache railway station, is
included at the end. Prices include breakfast.
In case of problems, please contact G. Paturel at Lyon Observatory:
Observatoire de Lyon
F-69561 Saint-Genis Laval Cedex
tel: +33 78 86 83 83
fax: +33 78 86 83 86
e-mail: patu@image.univ-lyon1.fr
MONEY AND PUBLIC TELEPHONE:
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One hundred French Francs correspond to about twenty US dollars:
100 FF ~ US $20
US $1 ~ FF 5.00
CA $1 ~ FF 3.60
In France public telephones require a card (like a credit Card) which
is sold in any newsstands (e.g. in the railway station or airport).
The lowest capacity Card is about FF 60. Note that except for Paris
there are no unique area codes. Long distance calls to the US or
Canada may also be made with telephone company calling cards.
MEALS:
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Lunches will be taken at the cafeteria on the conference site. Each
participant must have his badge with the conference label to have
access to the cafeteria. The price is FF 60 per day. If you wish to
eat elsewhere, there are several restaurants near the ENSL.
A dinner for the meeting participants will be arranged for Tuesday
evening May 16. Details will be furnished at a later date; price
approximately FF 200.
ACCESS TO INTERNET:
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Each participant will have an account on the computer of the site.
The confidential password will be given in a letter provided at the
registration desk, on the first day.
XEROX COPIES:
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A xerox machine will be available near the conference room. The copies
will be free but people will have to make them themselves.
PRELIMINARY AGENDA
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Monday, 15 May
- 09:00 : Registration
- 10:00 : Director's summary [Couturier]
- 11:00 : Coffee break + Registration
- 11: 20: SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS
- 11:25: CNOC [Carlberg]
- 11:40: CFRS [Lilly]
- 11:55: Weak-Lensing [Mellier]
- 12:10: Absorbers [Boisse]
- 12:25: Lunch
- 14:00: Deep IR Imaging [Cowie]
- 14:15: Distant Radiosources [Rocca]
- 14:30: Dynamics of M31 [Bacon]
- 14:45: Stellar Populations in M31 [Richer]
- 15:00: Cepheids in Virgo [McClure]
- 15:15: Lithium and Berylium Abundances [Lemoine-not yet
confirmed]
- 15:30: Globular Clusters [Stetson]
- 15:45: Coffee break and registration for the dinner of Tuesday 16
- 16:15: Asterosismology of White Dwarfs [Fontaine-not yet
confirmed]
- 16:30: Doppler Imaging [Rice]
- 16:45: Planetary Nebulae with BEAR [Cox]
- 17:00: Large Format IR Detectors [Hoddap]
- 17:15: Thermal IR Imaging [Rouan]
- 17:30: UH AO Imaging [Roddier-not yet confirmed]
- 17:45: High Resolution Spectroscopy [Walker]
- 18:00: Jupiter/SL9 Collision [Drossart]
- 18:15: End
Tuesday, 16 May
- 09:00: The Instrumentation of Large Telescopes and the
Impact on Science [Alloin]
- 09:40: The On-Line and Near Future CFHT Instrumentation
[Glaspey]
- 10:20: Coffee Break
- 10:50: The Future CFHT Instrumentation [Salmon]
- 11:30: The Gemini Telescopes [Mountain]
- 12:30: Lunch
- 14:00: THE FUTURE OF CFHT
- 14:00: The Point of View of the Agencies
- 15:00: Setting the Background [Chambers]
- 15:30: The (unofficial) View of the French SAC Members
[Bouvier]
- 16:00: The (unofficial) View of the Canadian SAC Members
[de Robertis]
- 16:30: The (unofficial) View of the Hawaiian SAC Members
[Hu]
- 17:00: Break
- 17:30: Open Discussion
- 18:30: End
- 20:00: Dinner in a restaurant in Lyon.
Wednesday, 17 May
- 09:00: CONTRIBUTED SCIENCE TALKS
- Wide Field Imaging: Megacam
- MegaMOS
- etc...
- 12:30 Lunch
- 14:00: OPEN DISCUSSION: Chairpersons: J. Bergeron
and G. Walker
- 17:30: Conclusions
- 18:00: End
Thursday 18 May : Scientific Advisory Council (TAC)
Friday 19 May : Scientific Advisory Council (TAC)
Saturday 20 May : Scientific Advisory Council (TAC)
Saturday 20 May : Board of Directors
Sunday 21 May : Board of Directors
ACCESS TO THE SITE
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The city map of Lyon will be provided in time, by ordinary mail, to all the
participants.
ARRIVAL BY AIR IN PARIS
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ORLY AIRPORT:
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You should use the "Orlyval" automatic train up to "Antony" and then the train
"RER" ligne B up to Chatelet - Les Halles" and then ligne A2 or A4 up to the
railway station "Gare de Lyon" (about 1 h) to take the train "TGV".
ROISSY CHARLES-DE-GAULLE:
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You should use the train "RER" ligne B up to "Chatelet-les-Halles" and
then ligne A2 or A4 up to the railway station "Gare de Lyon" (about 1h30min)
to take the train "TGV".
"TGV" takes 2h15min to go from Paris to Lyon and the last "TGV" leaves Paris
"Gare de Lyon" at 21:50. Cost for "TGV" which depends on the departure time,
is about FF 850 (1st class round trip) and about FF 600 (2nd class round trip).
Please, note that use of the "TGV" requires both a ticket and a seat reservation
(special ticketing windows). Don't forget to punch your ticket when entering the
railway platform.
To reach your hotel see "ARRIVAL BY TRAIN".
ARRIVAL BY AIR IN LYON (SATOLAS):
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You should use the shuttle "Satobus" starting from the exit of each
terminal.
The Satobus starts every 20 min (from 5:00 to 23:00) on working days
and Saturday morning and it starts every 30 min from Saturday 13:00 to
Sunday night (23:00) to railway station Lyon-Part-Dieu (30 min)
or railway station Lyon-Perrache (40 min).
cost: FF 45 or FF 80 for return trip (ask for "un aller-retour"), valid
two months.
ARRIVAL BY TRAIN:
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Lyon has two train stations ; "TGV" first arrives to Lyon Part-Dieu station
and then takes 10 min to its terminal station "Lyon-Perrache". Given the more
convenient location of the Lyon-Perrache station it is advisable to choose a
train that will stop there.
When you are at the railway station LYON-PERRACHE, to reach either hotel IBIS
or hotel MERCURE near ENSL:
1) You may walk: about 1/2 hour, along cours Charlemagne and Pont Pasteur
(crossing the "Rhone")
2) You may use a Taxi: cost approximately FF 40.
3) You may use a Bus: number 96, cost FF 7,50, 10 min ride. Don't forget to punch
your ticket when entering the bus.
When you are in the railway station PART-DIEU, to reach either hotel IBIS or
hotel MERCURE near ENSL:
1) You may use a Taxi: cost approximately FF 70
2) You may use the "metro" (underground) ligne B up to "Jean Mace" and then
a Bus: number 96, cost FF 7.50,
20 min (the metro ticket is valid also for the bus, but don't forget to
punch it each time you enter either metro or bus).
Note that metro/bus tickets are sold in every bus and in the metro:
cost FF 7,50 per ticket or FF 65 if you buy a book of 10 tickets.
All recommended additional hotels are near the Perrache railway station,
which is at walking distance from the center of Lyon.
ADDITIONAL LIST OF HOTELS
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Hotel PULLMAN-PERRACHE (****)
12 cours de Verdun
69002 Lyon
fax: +33 78 37 06 56
price: 555 FF
Hotel CHARLEMAGNE (***)
23 cours Charlemagne
69002 Lyon
fax: +33 78 42 94 84
price: 450 FF
Hotel CAMPANILE (**)
17 Place Carnot
69002 Lyon
fax: +33 78 37 29 98
price: 330 FF
Hotel NORMANDIE (**)
3 rue du belier
69002 Lyon
fax: +33 72 40 98 56
price: 300 FF
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