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Undergraduate ALFALFA Team Workshop
June 19-23, 2018
Things to Know Before Workshop
To prepare for the workshop, we suggest that participants have a working knowledge of the following topics (with appropriate links):
Basic night sky coordinates:
Time Zones (ALFALFA blog)
The Celestial Sphere
Coordinate Systems
Sidereal Time
Alternate site with more text on Coordinates and Time Zones
(See
Celestial Sphere
and
Time and Coordinates
sections)
Basic properties of galaxies and how they are measured.
A Galaxy Primer
Cornell Astro 201 FAQ about galaxies
Hubble's Law and Structure of the Universe
Atlas of the Universe
Hubble's Law
Universe in a Box
Background information about Radio Astronomy
NRAO
Radio Astronomy Topics:
What is Radio Astronomy?
What are Radio Telescopes?
What are Radio Waves?
Radio Frequency Interference
Introduction to Arecibo Observatory Lecture by Martha Haynes
(large file - may be slow to download over slow connections)
Radio Astronomy, Arecibo, and using ALFA for ALFALFA
The 21 cm line and its importance to astronomy.
The 21-cm Line: The Physics (ALFALFA Blog)
The 21-cm Line: Why Observe It? (ALFALFA Blog)
ALFALFA and HI in Galaxies
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
Introduction to the SDSS survey
Video Introduction to the SDSS
SDSS Galaxy Tutorials
Other Useful Links
Celestial coordinates, time and ALFALFA
Basics of ALFALFA Observing
What is ALFA? (ALFALFA blog)
ALFALFA Observing Mode
Rotating ALFA for ALFALFA
ALFALFA Two Pass Strategy
Observing Log (ALFALFA blog)
Reducing ALFALFA Data: Processing (ALFALFA Blog)
Reducing ALFALFA Data: Flagging (ALFALFA Blog)
Reducing ALFALFA Data: Gridview
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