ALFALFA

The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey


First ALFALFA Undergraduate Workshop Agenda

Wednesday July 6

Most participants may travel to Schenectady in the morning. (If some arrive the night before, we may plan an extra activity.)

Time

Leader

Title

11:00am Becky Welcome, logistics, introductions
11:20am Riccardo Introduction to ALFALFA and the Arecibo Telescope
12:10pm   Lunch Break
1:00pm Lyle Fundamentals of Radio Astronomy
1:50pm   Break
2:00pm Sabrina Overview of the Arecibo Telescope
2:50pm   Break
3:00pm Martha Using ALFA for ALFALFA
3:50pm   Break
4:00pm Brian &
Sabrina
Introduction to CIMA and Remote Observing
4:50pm   Dinner
6:00pm   Setup for Remote Observation
6:30pm   Start Observing
8:30pm   Adjourn for day

Thursday 7 July

Time

Leader

Title

8:00am   Continental Breakfast
8:30am Brian Overview of the Local Universe
9:20am   Break
9:30am Riccardo Overview of Extragalactic HI
10:20am   Break
10:30am John Optical Counterparts of HI-rich Galaxies
11:20am   Break
11:30am Martha ALFALFA in 2005: Results and Plans
12:20am Martha/Jose/Becky Lunch and Panel Discussion
Discussion will focus on how participants can participate in ALFALFA over the next year
1:00pm   Intro to ALFALFA processing .... plus
processing of the data taken the night before.
Flexible, depending on interest and time
3:00pm   Adjourn

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Last modified: Tues May 17 2005 by becky