Monday, June 13 |
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| Transportation from Dulles airport
to Observatory.
Work on Scavenger Hunt #0 Find your Team members on the way. Upon arrival at Observatory: pick up keys. Boxed dinners (sandwiches, chips, dessert and beverages) will be located in the bunkhouse. Settle into rooms. Note: while at the Observatory, stay on marked paths. Please do not wander around the site on your own (some areas are restricted) and DO NOT leave the Observatory grounds. |
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Tuesday, June 14
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| 07:30 | Breakfast at Cafeteria (optional) | |||
| 09:00 | Karen O'Neil Director of Green Bank Observatory |
Welcome | ||
| 09:10 | Greg | Introduction to Radio Astronomy | ||
| 09:40 | Luke | Extragalactic HI Surveys | ||
| 10:10 | Jay Lockman Green Bank Telescope Principal Scientist |
Overview of Green Bank | ||
| 10:45 | Break | |||
| 11:00 | Martha | What HI tells us about Galaxies & Cosmology | ||
| 11:30 | Martha & Team Leads |
Find your team members here. | ||
| 11:45 | Lunch at Cafeteria | |||
| 12:45 | Sue Ann Heatherly (Green Bank) | Observing with the 40-foot telescope at Green Bank | ||
| 13:15 | Sue Ann + Team Leads | Group 1: Training on 40-ft telescope | Group 2: Work on Scavenger Hunt #1 | |
| 14:15 | Sue Ann + Team Leads | Group 2: Training on 40-ft telescope | Group 1: Work on Scavenger Hunt #1 | |
| 15:15 | Break | |||
| 15:30 | Martha | The Arecibo Pisces-Perseus Supercluster Survey | ||
| 16:15 | Martha & Team Leads
Everyone |
Work on Scavenger Hunt #1 | ||
| 17:00 | Dinner at Cafeteria | |||
| Evening | All | Observing continued.
Discussion of questions from Scavenger Hunt #1 Assignment of Scavenger Hunt #2 Free time; sleep! |
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Wednesday June 15
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| 07:30 | Breakfast at Cafeteria (optional) | |||
| 09:00 - 11:00 | GB staff & Team Leads | Observatory Tour: Assemble outside Cafeteria
Note: Weather-Permitting - Rain Date Wednesday (in which case Wednesday and Thursday morning schedules will flip) | ||
| 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 | John | HI Mapping with Interferometers | ||
| 13:30 | Team Leads | Continue working on Scavenger Hunt #2 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 17:00 | Dinner at Cafeteria | |||
| 19:00 | All |
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Thursday June 16
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Time |
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Parallel Advanced Session | |
| 07:30 | Breakfast in Cafeteria (optional) | |||
| 09:00 | Student Presentations | Talks:
Alex Gordon (Macalester): Expanding the SHIELD Sample Posters: Logan Hess (UWSP): "Nature versus Nurture" for Spiral Galaxies in Different Environments Harold Johnson (CSU): H-alpha Observations of MKW10 Zack Weaver (Colgate): The 2013-2015 Optical Outburst and Historic Light Curve of the Blazar 3C 454.3 | ||
| 9:20 | Martha | NSF Responsible Code of Research
For example: Link to Union College Policy and Quick Reference Guide using CORE Website Module 1 under the RCR Modules from CMDITR |
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| 9:30 | Break/Posters | |||
| 10:00 | Martha and team leaders | Work on Scavenger Hunt #3
Find your team members here. |
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| 10:45 | Richard Prestage Green Bank |
The Green Bank Focal L-band phased Array for the GBT (FLAG) | ||
| 11:15 | Richard Prestage Green Bank |
Tour of PAF (Frontend) and Beamformer (Backend) Teams A & B first; then Teams C, D & E; work on SH #3 when not on tour |
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| 12:15 | Lunch at Cafeteria | |||
| 13:15 | All | Continue work on Scavenger Hunt #3 | ||
| 14:45 | Break | |||
| 15:00 | All | Continue to work on SH #3 | ||
| 16:00 | All | 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! | ||
Friday, June 17 |
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| Depart on NRAO Bus to Dulles airport. Pickup at 6am SHARP outside Residence Hall. Breakfast sandwiches will be provided for the trip. The Wade Bus will meet NRAO bus for 11am departure from Dulles. | ||||