Sunday, January 10 |
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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 11
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Leader/Activity |
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Parallel Advanced Session |
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| 02:00 - 07:15 | Tom & Becky
Betsey & Ann |
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 in Cafeteria (Optional) | |||||
| 09:00 | Mike Nolan (NAIC) | Welcome | ||||
| 09:15 | Betsey | Overview of the Arecibo Telescope
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Advanced Session I Lyle: Beam Deconvolution PDF Riccardo: Mini Haloes |
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| 09:45 | Jessica | Introduction to Radio Astronomy | ||||
| 10:25 | Break | |||||
| 10:45 | Martha | Introduction to ALFA and ALFALFA
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| 12:00 | Lunch | |||||
| 13:00 | Ann | Overview of the Local Universe &nsbp PDF | Advanced Session II Martha: ALFALFA Update PDF Becky: Undergraduate Groups Project |
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| 13:30 | Riccardo | Overview/History of Extragalactic HI PDF | ||||
| 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 Jess: Galflux Upper Limits Flagging Review |
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| 15:45 | Ann and Betsey | Setup for Remote Observing | ||||
| 16:00 - 17:15 | Ann and Betsey | Remote Observing Demonstration Run | ||||
| 17:30 | Dinner at Cafeteria | |||||
| Evening | All | 19:00 Movie at the Learning Center: Golden Eye (optional)
Free time; sleep! |
Tuesday January 12
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Time |
Leader/Activity |
Title/Description |
Parallel Advanced Session |
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| 02:00 - 07:15 | Betsey & Ann plus others | 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 |
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| 08:00-09:00 | Breakfast in Cafeteria (optional) | |||||
| 09:00 - 12:00 | Tours of the Telescope: Rey Velez
Meet in Library | 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 | |||||
| 13:30 | Patrick Taylor (NAIC) | Planetary Radar Astronomy at Arecibo | ||||
| 14:15 | John | ALFALFA Followup: Galaxies at z=0 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 17:15 | Martha |
Scavenger Hunt #3 assigned | ||||
| 18:30 | BBQ at the Cafeteria/Pool | |||||
| Evening | All | 20:00 Movie at the Learning Center: The Dish (optional)
Free time; work on Scavenger Hunt #3; sleep! |
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Wednesday January 13
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Time |
Leader/Activity |
Title/Description |
Parallel Advanced Session | |||
| 02:00 - 07:15 | Betsey & Ann | 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 | Geoff Baum (St. Lawrence): N-Body Simulation and Visualization Using OpenGL and MPI
PJ Stevens (Georgia Southern): Mapping the 500 kpc HI Plume in NGC 4532/DDO 137 with the Green Bank Telescope Tess Senty (Humboldt): Using IDL to Explore the Environment Surrounding NGC 5701 and NGC 877/6 Galaxies Nancy Irisarri(UPR): Kinematic modeling of the gas-rich dwarf galaxies UGC 5846 and KKH 11 Ali Bramson (U. Wisconsin-Madison): The Hayabusa Spacecraft Model of Itokawa: Lessons Learned for Radar Shape Models Noch Chin & Schuyler Smith (Union): ALFALFA HI Observations of the NGC 5846 Group of Galaxies (poster) Katie Derloshon (U. Indiana): New Hα Dots Found in Narrow-Band Images of ALFALFA Galaxies (poster) |
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| 10:15 | 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 | |||||
| 13:15 | Julia Deneva (NAIC) | Pulsar Astronomy at Arecibo | ||||
| 14:00 | Team Leads | ALFALFA Data Reduction Demos and Activities: Flagbb, Gridview, Source Extraction | ||||
| 15:00 | Break | |||||
| 15:15 | Martha and team leaders | Work on Scavenger Hunt #3 | ||||
| 16:30 | 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: Contact (optional)
Free time; sleep! |
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Thursday, January 14 |
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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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