Third Annual Conference on

            Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems

                           October 13-15, 1993
                          Victoria, B.C. CANADA


Dear Colleague,

The proceedings of the Third Annual Conference on Astronomical Data
Analysis Software and Systems will be published as part of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series. So that the
published volume remains a manageable size it will be necessary to
enforce strict page limits: invited papers will be limited to 10 pages
while contributed oral talks and poster papers will be limited to 4
pages.  All papers must include abstracts.

The text of the paper in LaTeX and any Encapsulated PostScript graphics
files should be deposited by anonymous ftp to the node ftp.dao.nrc.ca in 
the directory pub/adass/papers.  One hard copy of the paper, complete with 
graphics, and copies of any illustrations at production size that were not
provided electronically should be sent to us by regular mail
(Dennis Crabtree, DAO, 5071 W. Saanich Rd., Victoria, B.C., CANADA V8X 4M6).
At least six keywords appropriate for your paper should be included with the
electronic copy.  The deadline for receiving the electronic copy is
*November 12m 1993*. The deadline for receiving the hard copy plus 
illustrations is *November 19, 1993*.  If we receive manuscripts after 
that date we can not guarantee that they will be included in the published 
proceedings. Deposit the LaTeX copy of your manuscript along with any computer
graphics in EPS format in the directory pub/adass/papers on the
node ftp.dao.nrc.ca.  Identify the LaTeX copy by using the last name plus
the first name initial of the first author, e.g., hanischr.tex.  Any
EPS files should be identified in a similar way, e.g., hanischr1.eps,
hanischr2.eps. Authors with multiple papers will need to indicate this
as well, e.g., crabtreed1.tex, crabtreed1_1.eps. (Alternatively, files
can be sent by email to softconf@dao.nrc.ca.) 

Electronic markup (LaTeX) and submission instructions are available by
anonymous ftp from the node "ftp.dao.nrc.ca" in the directory
pub/adass/proceedings/. A README file contains information about the 
contents of the directory and directions for preparing your paper.

As with past Proceedings, we will select one figure from the submitted
manuscripts to use on the cover of the volume.
 
If you have any questions about the Proceedings please send electronic
mail to softconf@dao.nrc.ca or contact one of the editors.



                                         Sincerely,



                                         The Editors


                       Dennis Crabtree (NRC/DAO/CADC)  Bob Hanisch (STScI) 
                            crabtree@dao.nrc.ca         hanisch@stsci.edu    

                                    Jeannette Barnes (NOAO)
                                       jbarnes@noao.edu