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Want to have CTA news delivered directly to your email inbox? The CTA Newsletter is an e-newsletter that is distributed 3-4 times per year. Each issue provides construction and project updates, news from the CTA Consortium, articles about our science goals, recently published CTA papers, upcoming conferences and CTA events, and more. The distribution list includes all CTA Consortium members and those who subscribe.

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Contact the editor: Megan Grunewald

May 2019

May 2019 Issue: English, Spanish

CTA-South Site Confirmed (and other news from the CTAO)

Project News:

Building CTA: Project Office Update

Dr. Roberta Zanin Joins the CTAO as its New Project Scientist

CTAO Goes to Chile for CTA-South Kick-off Meetings

Meet the CTAO’s Newest Team Members

Science Data Management Centre Building Winner Announced

Technology News:

SCT Prototype Achieves First Light Soon After Inauguration
LST Team Makes Major Strides in LST-1 Commissioning

Science News:

CTA’s First Science Symposium

High-Energy Neutrino Transients with CTA

Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array Now Available in Hard Cover and on Kindle

CTA Performance Webpage Updated

CTA’s First Data Challenge Completed

Next CTA Consortium Meeting: Lugano, 3-7 June

In Other News:

CTA in the News
First “Women of CTA” Event Celebrates Women in STEM
Recent CTA Papers
Upcoming Conferences

December 2018

December 2018 Issue: English, Spanish

Message from Prof. Takaaki Kajita

Project News:

News from the CTAO Council
Building CTA: Project Office Update
Science Data Management Centre Planning Underway
CTA Promoted to Landmark Status on the 2018 ESFRI Roadmap
EU Particle Physics & Astronomy Commit to the Open Science Cloud with Launch of ESCAPE

Technology News:

The LST-1 Makes its Debut as the First Telescope on a CTA Site
Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope Prototype Complete
ASTRI Protoype Dedicated to Guido Horn d’Arturo

Science News:

The Low End: Why CTA is Interested in Low-Energy Gamma Rays
CTA’s First Science Symposium
CTA Consortium Holds its Bi-annual Meeting in Berlin, Germany

In Other News:

CTA in the News
Whipple 10-m Telescope Turns 50
CTA Brochures Translated into Spanish and Japanese
CTA’s Summer Exhibition Wrap-up
“Exploring CTA Science with Ted & Friends” now Available in Spanish and Portuguese
Recent CTA Papers
Upcoming Conferences

May 2018

May 2018 Issue

Message from the CTAO Managing Director, Prof. Federico Ferrini
Navigating Towards Construction
What the Propagation of Energetic Light can tell us About the Evolution of Stars, Intergalactic Magnetic Fields and Fundamental Physics
CTA Consortium Meeting in Paris
Preparations Underway for the First Phase of the North Site’s Detailed Design
The Large-Sized Telescope Prototype’s “Mirror Dressing” Begins
Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope Prototype Primary Mirror Installation Complete
CTA Fact Sheets are Now Available in Five Languages
ASTRI Camera Prototype Captures Orion’s Belt in Visible Spectral Range Using the Variance Technique
The CTA Exhibit is Hitting the Road Again this Summer! See you at …
Recent CTA Papers
Upcoming Conferences and Abstract Deadlines

January 2018

January 2018 Issue

CTAO Council Updates and What’s Next for 2018
La Palma Consortium Meeting Wrap-Up
CTA in the Era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
Project Scientist, Jim Hinton, Featured in ‘Latest Thinking’ Video Series
CTA Performance – Instrument Response Functions Update
ESO Software Collaboration Leads to Shared Alarm System Development
Northern Hemisphere Site Construction Update
Mirror Dish Mounted to Large-Sized Telescope Prototype
Medium-Sized Telescope Prototype Records First Cherenkov Light with the FlashCam Camera
Introducing CTA to the Local Community in La Palma
CTA Exhibit Travels to South Africa for the International Texas Symposium
Recent CTA Papers
Upcoming Conferences and Abstract Deadlines