Wednesday July 6Most participants may travel to Schenectady in the morning. (If some arrive the night before, we may plan an extra activity.) |
Time |
Leader |
Title |
| 11:00am | Becky | Welcome, logistics, introductions |
| 11:20am | Riccardo | Introduction to ALFALFA and the Arecibo Telescope |
| 12:10pm | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00pm | Lyle | Fundamentals of Radio Astronomy |
| 1:50pm | Break | |
| 2:00pm | Sabrina | Overview of the Arecibo Telescope |
| 2:50pm | Break | |
| 3:00pm | Martha | Using ALFA for ALFALFA |
| 3:50pm | Break | |
| 4:00pm | Brian & Sabrina |
Introduction to CIMA and Remote Observing |
| 4:50pm | Dinner | |
| 6:00pm | Setup for Remote Observation | |
| 6:30pm | Start Observing | |
| 8:30pm | Adjourn for day | |
Thursday 7 July |
Time |
Leader |
Title |
| 8:00am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:30am | Brian | Overview of the Local Universe |
| 9:20am | Break | |
| 9:30am | Riccardo | Overview of Extragalactic HI |
| 10:20am | Break | |
| 10:30am | John | Optical Counterparts of HI-rich Galaxies |
| 11:20am | Break | |
| 11:30am | Martha | ALFALFA in 2005: Results and Plans |
| 12:20am | Martha/Jose/Becky | Lunch and Panel Discussion
Discussion will focus on how participants can participate in ALFALFA over the next year |
| 1:00pm | Intro to ALFALFA processing .... plus processing of the data taken the night before. Flexible, depending on interest and time |
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| 3:00pm | Adjourn | |