Announcement of intent to release a new installment of Science Verification data

A new installment of Science Verification data is planned for release on 26 October 2012. The datasets that will be included in this release correspond to targets suggested by the community and listed in Table 2 of the Science Verification web page.

The release will include the following Science Verification datasets:

- The protoplanetary disk HD163296: multiple spectral lines, demonstrating the mixed modes capability, at Bands 6 and 7

- The Galactic Centre, Sgr A*: recombination lines at Band 3

Future science verification releases will also be preceded by a similar announcement.