Sunday, January 15 |
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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 16
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Time |
Leader/Activity |
Title/Description |
Parallel Advanced Session |
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| 00:00 - 07:00 | Martha, Betsey, Greg | A2010 Observing Run in the Control Room Our first-ever LBW followup for ALFALFA, limited to advanced observers (who need to test the observing procedures) | ||||
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Breakfast at Cafeteria | |||||
| 09:00 | Bob Kerr (Director, Arecibo Observatory) | Welcome | ||||
| 09:15 | Betsey | Overview of the Arecibo
Telescope
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Advanced Session I
9:15: Martha: ALFALFA Update 9:30: Lyle: Measuring HI Content of Extended Sources 9:45: John: SHIELD 10:05: Aileen: X-ray data | |||
| 09:45 | Jessica | Introduction to Radio Astronomy | ||||
| 10:25 | Break | |||||
| 10:45 | Martha | Introduction to ALFA and ALFALFA | ||||
| 11:15 | Martha & Team Leads | Assignment of Scavenger Hunt #1 | ||||
| 11:45 | Lunch at Cafeteria | |||||
| 13:00 | Greg | Overview of the Local Universe | ||||
| 13:30 | Martha | ALFALFA followup with LBW | ||||
| 14:00 | Break | |||||
| 14:15 | Martha + Team leads | Work on Scavenger Hunt #1 | ||||
| 15:15 | Betsey and Greg | Introduction to CIMA and Remote Observing | Advanced Session II
15:15: Catherine: HI Deficiency 15:30: Parker: Dynamical Masses 15:45: Becky: Hα Observations/Groups |
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| 15:45 | Greg and Betsey | Setup for Remote Observing | ||||
| 16:00 - 17:15 | Greg 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 17
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Time |
Leader/Activity |
Title/Description |
Parallel Advanced Session |
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| 00:00 - 07:00 | Betsey, ALFALFA faculty | A2010 Observing Run in the Control Room One hour sessions led by ALFALFA observers for beginners See the Observing Signups While observing, complete the Observing Scavenger Hunt |
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| 08:00-08:30 | Breakfast at Cafeteria | |||||
| 08:30 - 10:30 | Tours of the Telescope (Part 1): Dana Whitlow
Meet at the Learning Center Wear Closed-Toe Shoes! | Telescope Platform
Dish Electronics | ||||
| 10:45 | Break | |||||
| 10:55 | Becky | NSF Responsible Code of Research: CITI Introduction (PDF)
CITI Website GSU Training Website GSU CITI Instructions (PPT) |
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| 11:00 | Student Presentations | Talks:
Jordan Bramble (GMU): A Study of Interacting Galaxies in ALFALFA and SDSS Mike Pinkard (Lafayette): USGC U579: The Group of Galaxies Surrounding HCG 069 Scott Suriano (Oneonta/Cornell): Properties of Optical and HI-selected Galaxies in Zw1400+0949 Clara Thomann (Macalester): Dynamical Modeling of SHIELD Galaxies: AGC 749237 Posters: Benjamin Hendrickson (U. Wisconsin Stevens-Point): Halpha Reduction of Large MOSAIC Images Nathan Nichols (Hartwick): Dynamical Mass Calculations for the WBL 509/AWM 3 Galaxy Group Lyle Reed (Skidmore): Starbursts versus Stripping: Where is the Gas in Groups of Galaxies? Wyatt Smith (Union): Star Formation and Nuclear Activity in the NGC 5846 Group of Galaxies Lucas Viani (Union): Star Formation in the NGC 5846 Group of Galaxies Catherine Weigel (Hartwick): HI Deficiency Estimates in the AWM 3 Galaxy Cluster |
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| 12:00 | Lunch at Cafeteria | |||||
| 13:00 | All | Work on Scavenger Hunt #1 Look at posters |
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| 13:30 | Patrick Taylor (NAIC) | Planetary Radar Astronomy at Arecibo | ||||
| 14:15 | John | Interfrerometry at the VLA | ||||
| 14:45 | Break | |||||
| 15:00 | Martha, David, & Team Leads | Discussion of any leftover questions
from Scavenger Hunt #1
(LBW) Scavenger Hunt #2 (LBW & TOPCAT) assigned Find your new team members here. TOPCAT experts: David and Wyatt Note that there is also a Scavenger Hunt #2 about ALFALFA to try another time. |
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| 17:00 | Martha |
Discussion of remaining issues related to SH #2
Scavenger Hunt #3 assigned | ||||
| 17:30 | Dinner at Cafeteria | |||||
| Evening | All | 19:00 Movie at the Learning Center:
The Dambusters (1955) (optional) Free time; work on Scavenger Hunt #3; sleep! |
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Wednesday January 18
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Time |
Leader/Activity |
Title/Description |
Parallel Advanced Session | |||
| 00:00 - 07:00 | Betsey, Greg, faculty | A2010 Observing Run in the Control Room Click here to see your observing slot | ||||
| 06:45-08:30 | Breakfast in Cafeteria (optional) | |||||
| 07:30 - 10:00 | Dana, Tom | Tours of the Telescope (Part 2): Dana Whitlow
Meet at the Learning Center: 7:30 am sharp Wear Closed-Toe Shoes! Tours under the Dish (Part 2): Tom Balonek Meet at the Cafeteria: 8:30am sharp |
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| 10:30 | Martha and team leaders | Work on Scavenger Hunt #3 | ||||
| 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 | Dana Whitlow (NAIC) | Q&A with Dana about Arecibo | ||||
| 14:30 | 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: Forbidden Planet (1956) (optional) Free time (optional) Free time; sleep! |
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Thursday, January 19 |
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| Depart on Bus 1 or Bus 2. Be sure you know your assignment.
Meet at Observatory Gate (Guard House) at 4:15AM for Bus 1 and 8:45AM for Bus 2 to hand in your room key to the guards. (If raining, meeting place will be cafeteria.) 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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