Sunday, January 16 |
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| Throughout the day | Arrival in Puerto Rico. Buses to Observatory.
Pick up keys and registration materials in the cafeteria. Settle into rooms. | |||||
| 16:00 | Becky | Meet others at tables in front of cafeteria. Walk to platform viewing area in front of control room Please do not wander around the site on your own. |
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| 18:00-? | Becky | Registration and informal evening
meal at cafeteria Sign up for observing slots. (Sunday: advanced observers, Monday: beginners) See ALFALFA observing schedule Assignment of Scavenger Hunt #0 For the Scavenger Hunt activities, you will be assigned to a team. Find your team members here. Meet the other members of your team over dinner and start to work on the 0th Scavenger Hunt activity. | ||||
Monday, January 17
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Parallel Advanced Session |
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| 01:45 - 06:30 | Ann/Becky + Advanced Faculty | A2010 Observing Run in the Control Room One hour sessions for advanced observers Sign up for your session at dinner Sunday |
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| 08:00 - 09:00 | Breakfast at Cafeteria | |||||
| 09:00 | Mike Nolan (NAIC) | Welcome | ||||
| 09:15 | Betsey | Overview of the Arecibo Telescope PDF
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Advanced Session I
Martha: ALFALFA Update PDF Undergraduate Groups Project Discussion | |||
| 09:45 | Jessica | Introduction to Radio Astronomy PDF | ||||
| 10:25 | Break | |||||
| 10:45 | Martha | Introduction to ALFA and ALFALFA PDF
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| 11:45 | Lunch at Cafeteria | |||||
| 13:00 | Ann | Overview of the Local Universe | Advanced Session II Jessica: HI contouring Jess' PDF Becky & Jessica: SDSS magnitudes Jim: Interferometry Followup PDF |
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| 13:30 | Eric | Overview/History of Extragalactic HI | ||||
| 14:00 | Break | |||||
| 14:15 | Martha + Team leads | Work on Scavenger Hunt #1 | ||||
| 15:15 | Betsey and Ann | Introduction to CIMA and Remote Observing | Advanced Session III
Rose: Local Cluster Survey Eric: HI in Groups |
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| 15:45 | Ann and Betsey | Setup for Remote Observing | ||||
| 16:00 - 17:15 | Ann and Betsey
Everyone |
Remote Observing Demonstration Run | ||||
| 17:30 | Dinner at Cafeteria | |||||
| Evening | All | 19:00 Movie at the Learning Center: Arecibo at the movies: selected scenes from Goldeneye (1995) and Contact (1997) (optional)
Free time; sleep! |
Tuesday January 18
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Time |
Leader/Activity |
Title/Description |
Parallel Advanced Session |
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| 01:30 - 06:15 | ALFALFA faculty | A2010 Observing Run in the Control Room One hour sessions led by ALFALFA observers for beginners Sign up for your session at dinner Sunday Click here to see your observing assignment While observing, complete the Observing Scavenger Hunt |
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| 08:00-08:30 | Breakfast at Cafeteria | |||||
| 08:30 - 12:00 | Tours of the Telescope: Angel Vazquez
Note new start time! Meet in Library Wear Closed-Toe Shoes! | Telescope Platform
Dish Electronics (Weather Permitting: in case of bad weather, Tuesday and Wednesday morning schedules switch) While touring, try out the Tour Scavenger Hunt | ||||
| 12:00 | Lunch at Cafeteria | |||||
| 13:30 | Patrick Taylor (NAIC) | Planetary Radar Astronomy at Arecibo | ||||
| 14:15 | Rose | Star Formation Tracers PDF | ||||
| 14:45 | Break | |||||
| 15:00 | Team Leads | ALFALFA Data Reduction Demos and Activities: BPD, Flagbb Scavenger Hunt #2 assigned |
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| 16:00 | Martha and team leads |
Find your new team members here. |
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| 16:30 | Students: continue to work on SH #2 |
Faculty discussion of team projects, etc | ||||
| 17:00 | Martha |
Scavenger Hunt #3 assigned | ||||
| 17:30 | Dinner at Cafeteria | |||||
| Evening | All | 19:00 Movie at the Learning Center:
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) (optional) Free time; work on Scavenger Hunt #3; sleep! |
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Wednesday January 19
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Time |
Leader/Activity |
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Parallel Advanced Session | |||
| 01:30 - 06:15 | ALFALFA faculty | A2010 Observing Run in the Control Room Click here to see your observing slot | ||||
| 08:00-08:45 | Breakfast in Cafeteria (optional) | |||||
| 09:00 | Student Presentations | Talk: Matt Dunlap (GMU): Characterizing Nearby Galaxies in the ALFALFA and SDSS Surveys
Posters: Halley Darling (Union): ALFALFA HI Observations of the NGC 5846 Group of Galaxies Alissa Earle (Siena): ALFALFA and the Local Cluster Survey Catherine Weigel (Hartwick): Group Membership and HI Sources in the WBL 368 Galaxy Group |
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| 9:20 | Jim | Interferometry PDF | ||||
| 9:50 | Becky | NSF Responsible Code of Research: CITI Introduction (PDF)
CITI Website GSU Training Website GSU CITI Instructions (PPT) |
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| 10:00 | Martha and team leaders | Discussion of issues related to Scavenger Hunt #2
Work on Scavenger Hunt #3 |
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| 10:45 | Break | |||||
| 11:00 | Ellen Howell (NAIC) | Geology of Puerto Rico | ||||
| 12:00 | Lunch at Cafeteria | |||||
| 13:15 | Julia Deneva (NAIC) | Pulsar Astronomy at Arecibo | ||||
| 14:00 | ALFALFA Team Leads | ALFALFA Data Reduction Demos and Activities: Flagbb, Gridview, Source Extraction | ||||
| 15:00 | Break | |||||
| 15:15 | All | Continue work on Scavenger Hunt #3 | ||||
| 16:00 | Students: continue to work on SH #3 | Faculty discussion of future plans | ||||
| 17:30 | Dinner at Cafeteria | |||||
| Evening | All | 19:00 Movie at the Learning Center: Apollo 13 (1995) (optional)
Free time; sleep! |
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Thursday, January 20 |
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| Depart on Bus 1 or Bus 2. Be sure you know your assignment.
Meet at Observatory Gate at 4:00AM for Bus 1 and 8:30AM for Bus 2 to hand in your room key to the guards. Shuttles leave at 4:30AM and 9:00AM from the Observatory Gate. Shuttle assignments Breakfast available at Cafeteria for those scheduled for later shuttle. Those on the early shuttle can purchase breakfast at the airport. |
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