ESO is planning a four-day workshop (Monday mid-day – Friday mid-day) to:

• Show-case a decade of groundbreaking scientific results, serving the ESO community at large;
• Bring the broad MUSE user community together to share their insights pertaining to the numerous challenges of MUSE data handling and analysis across a wide variety of scientific topics. A particular focus will be put on notoriously difficult aspects such as background subtraction, extraction of spectra in crowded fields, low surface brightness regime, LSF and PSF measurement and homogenization, astrometry or mosaicking;
• Reflect on the paradigm shift MUSE has triggered in the astronomical community on scientific, instrumental, and operational aspects;  
• Highlight and address existing and upcoming synergies with other major facilities such as ALMA and JWST and e.g., soon the ELT;
• Discuss the current challenges and prospects for science supported by integral-field spectroscopy, building on the MUSE experience.

In addition to talks and discussions, ESO is also planning a "MUSE Data Challenge". In that context, MUSE users are encouraged to share their expertise on challenges pertaining to sky subtraction and flat fielding problems, ideally providing their best solutions on a sample data set provided.

Important dates:

• Call for abstracts and registration open: 23 May 2024
• Deadline for abstract submission: 15 July 2024
• Deadline for registration and fee payment: 30 September 2024
• Workshop: 18 - 22 November 2024

More information about the workshop as well as the registration form can be found at the conference pages. Should you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact the MUSE24 Science Organizing Committee.

ESO is looking forward to meeting you in Garching in November!