Sunday, January 11 |
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| 01:00 - 05:30 | ALFALFA Early Arrivals | A2010 Observing Run in the Control Room | ||
| Throughout the day | Arrival in Puerto Rico. Transportation to Observatory.
Pick up keys and registration materials in the cafeteria. Settle into rooms. Walk to viewing platform at Visitor Center. Please do not wander around the site on your own. |
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| 18:00-? | Becky | Registration and informal evening
meal at cafeteria 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 12
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Time |
Leader/Activity |
Title/Description |
Parallel Advanced Session |
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| 01:00 - 05:30 | Mike, ALFALFA faculty | A2010 Observing Run in the Control Room One hour sessions led by ALFALFA observers See the Observing Signups | ||
| 07:00 - 09:00 | Breakfast at Cafeteria (optional) | |||
| 09:00 | Robert Kerr Director of Arecibo Observatory |
Welcome | ||
| 09:10 | Luke |
Overview of the Arecibo Telescope
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Advanced Session I
9:15: Martha/Riccardo: ALFALFA and Followup Update 9:30: Adriana: Bulge/Disk Decompositions for Nearby Early-Type Spiral Galaxies 9:45: Becky: Update on Hα Observations 10:00: Martha: How to help students through grad school and REU applications |
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| 09:40 | Jessica | Introduction to Radio Astronomy | ||
| 10:20 | Break | |||
| 10:40 | Riccardo | "Too Shy to Shine" Galaxies | ||
| 11:45 | Lunch at Cafeteria | |||
| 12:45 | Mike | Overview of the Local Universe | Advanced Session II
Faculty Discussion and Planning |
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| 13:15 | Martha | ALFALFA followup with LBW | ||
| 13:45 | Martha & Team Leads | Assignment of Scavenger Hunt #1 | ||
| 14:00 | Break | |||
| 14:15 | Martha + Team leads
Everyone |
Work on Scavenger Hunt #1 | ||
| 15:15 | Luke and Mike Everyone |
Remote Observing Demonstration | ||
| 16:15 | Martha & Team Leads
Everyone |
Discussion of questions from Scavenger Hunt #1
Assignment of Scavenger Hunt #2 Find your team members here. |
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| 17:00 | Dinner at Cafeteria | |||
| Evening | All | 19:00 Movie at the Learning Center: Arecibo at the movies: Contact (1997) (optional)
Free time; sleep! |
Tuesday January 13
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Time |
Leader/Activity |
Title/Description |
Parallel Advanced Session |
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| 01:00 - 05:30 | Luke, ALFALFA faculty | A2010 Observing Run in the Control Room One hour sessions led by ALFALFA observers See the Observing Signups |
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| 07:00-07:20 | Breakfast at Cafeteria (optional) | |||
| 07:30 - 11:00 | NAIC staff & Team Leads | Observatory Tour: Assemble at Learning Center (Platform Visitors)
Note: Subject to Change Telescope Schedule and Weather-Permitting - Rain Date Wednesday (in which case Tuesday and Wednesday morning schedules will flip)
Platform Visitors Return to Learning Center after tour | ||
| 11:00 | Team Leads | Work on
Scavenger Hunt #2
Find your team members here. |
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| 12:00 | Lunch at Cafeteria | |||
| 13:00 | Team Leads | Continue working on Scavenger Hunt #2 | ||
| 13:30 | Ellen Howell (Arecibo Observatory) | Geology of Puerto Rico | ||
| 14:30 | Break | |||
| 14:45 | Martha, David, & Team Leads | Continue working on Scavenger Hunt #2 | ||
| 16:30 | Martha |
Discussion of remaining issues related to Scavenger Hunt #2
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| 17:00 | Dinner at Cafeteria | |||
| 19:00 | All |
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Wednesday January 14
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Time |
Leader/Activity |
Title/Description |
Parallel Advanced Session | |
| 07:00-09:00 | Breakfast in Cafeteria (optional) | |||
| 09:00 | Student Presentations | Talks:
Alison Farrish (Cornell): Exploring the Pisces-Perseus Supercluster with L-Band Wide: First Results Erik Alfvin (Macalester): The role of cold gas in low-level supermassive black hole activity Posters: Will Harney (Union): The Quenching of Star Formation in the Group Environment: HI Observations of Star-Forming Group Galaxies Sarah Martens (Madison): Star Forming Rates and HI Gas Content in Galaxy Groups Alyssa McElory (WTAM): Star Formation in the Zw1400+09 Poor Cluster Galaxies Jacob Tatro (UWSP): Bulge-Disk-Bar Decomposition of Galaxies in Groups and Cluster of Galaxies in the context of the ALFALFA Undergraduate Project |
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| 09:30 | Brendan | Local insights into supermassive black hole formation, growth, and feedback | ||
| 10:00 | Break/Posters | |||
| 10:20 | Martha and team leaders | Work on Scavenger Hunt #3
Find your team members here. |
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| 12:15 | Lunch at Cafeteria | |||
| 13:15 | Dana Whitlow (Arecibo Observatory) | Q&A with Dana about Arecibo | ||
| 13:45 | Patrick Taylor (Arecibo Observatory) | Planetary Radar Astronomy at Arecibo | ||
| 14:30 | Break | |||
| 15:00 | All | Continue work on Scavenger Hunt #3 | ||
| 16:00 | Students: continue to work on SH #3 | Faculty discussion of future plans | ||
| 17:00 | Dinner at Cafeteria | |||
| 19:00 | All | SH#3 Teams present their results! | ||
Thursday, January 15 |
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Depart on Shuttle 1 or Shuttle 2 (both Grayline buses). Be sure you know your assignment.
Meet at Observatory Gate (Guard House) at 4:15am for Shuttle 1 and 8:30AM for Shuttle 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 and submit receipt to Becky. |
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