The objective of this session is to present and discuss the current status of photometry in the UV (90-350 nm) range. The recently approved resolution by the IAU will be described as well as the first steps being taken towards its implementation. There will be ample time for discussion on the implications for the UV data archives, the strategies for data calibration and the impact of the recent developments on UV instrumentation (coatings, filters and detectors).

Programme

• Session 1: Archives and Data Processing
9:00 SOC - Presentation of the session and objectives
9:10 Paul Scowen - NASA UV Small Missions: Data Processing and Archiving
9:40 Simon Rosen - XMM-Newton/OM: An amateur-sized telescope doing big-telescope science in the Ultraviolet
10:10 Discussion: ultraviolet data processing and archiving



• Session 2: Instrumentation and Data Calibration
11:15 Ana I. Gomez de Castro - The IAU UV Photometric System - Characteristics and implementation
11:40 David Valls-Gabaud - UV photometry with MESSIER
12:05 Paloma López-Reyes - The potential to develop filters for the far UV
12:30 Discussion: coordinated actions

Invited speakers

• Paul Scowen (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
• Simon Rosen (European Space Agency ESAC)
• David Valls-Gabaud (Observatoire Paris-Meudon)

Scientific organisers

Noah Brosch, Daniela Bettoni, David Valls-Gabaud, Paul Scowen, Mikhail Sachkov, Jayant Murthy, Luciana Bianchi, Johnn Hutchings, Martin Barstow, Jeff Linsky and Ana I Gómez de Castro (chair)

Contact

Contact email: nuva @ ucm.es