SARA Western Conference
March 27-29, 2020, Domenici Science Operations Center, JVLA, Socorro, NM
Conference Schedule
Time |
Activity/Title |
Presenter |
Location |
Friday, March 27th |
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Before 8AM |
Breakfast |
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Hotel |
8:00 – 9:00 |
Registration |
Dave Westman |
DSOC Auditorium |
9:00 – 9:15 |
Introductions, etc. |
Ken Redcap |
" |
9:15 – 10:00 |
Keynote Speech |
JVLA Asst. Director, Mark McKinnon |
" |
10:00 – 10:45 |
Reducing Observations from the JVLA, ALMA, ATCA and EVLBI Radio-Telescope Archives |
Dr. Richard Russell, DSES |
" |
10:45 – 11:00 |
Morning Break |
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" |
11:00 – 12:00 |
Radio Galaxy Zoo |
Anna Kapinska, NRAO |
" |
12:00 – 1:00 |
Lunch |
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" |
1:00 – 1:45 |
Radio JOVE Observations of the Galactic Radio Background at HAARP, Gakona, Alaska |
Whitham Reeve |
" |
1:45 – 2:30 |
Building a Custom Space Weather Dashboard |
Keith Payea |
" |
2:30 – 3:00 |
Afternoon Break |
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" |
3:00 – 3:45 |
Direct Sampling Input on RASDR2 for 15-28MHz Spectral Observations |
Bogdan Vacaliuc |
" |
3:45 – 4:30 |
SARA Board Meeting, Lab tours |
Ken Redcap |
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4:30 |
Adjourn |
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7:00 - |
Dinner at restaurant |
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El Sombrero Restaurant 210 Mesquite St, Socorro |
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Saturday, March 28th |
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8:30 – 9:00 |
Breakfast |
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Hotel |
9:00 – 9:45 |
Microwave SETI Geographically-spaced Synchronized Signal Detection System |
Skip Crilly |
DSOC Auditorium
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9:45 – 10:30 |
Astronomical Radio Interferometry and Satellite RFI |
David Westman |
" |
10:30 – 11:00 |
Morning Break |
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" |
11:00 – 11:45 |
LWA talk |
Savin Varghese, UNM |
" |
11:45 – 12:45 |
Lunch |
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" |
12:45 - 1:30 |
Python Program for Mitigating Radio Frequency Interference Observed in SpectraCyber Receiver Drift Scan Data Files |
Jon Ayres, DSES |
" |
1:30 - 2:15 |
LOFASM astronomy |
Ken Redcap |
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2:15 – 2:30 |
Group Photo
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In front of Science Operations Center |
2:30 - 3:15 |
Solar Activity Observatory using RadioJOVE |
Maria Isabel Perez Martinez and her team from Mexico |
" |
3:15 |
Adjourn |
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Sunday, March 29th |
TRAVEL TO VLA VIA PRIVATE VEHICLES |
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10:00 AM – 1:00 PM |
Arrive at VLA for tour of VLA and LWA Site 1 |
Dave Westman |
VLA Site |
1:00 PM |
Lunch |
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Sponsored by Magdalena Astronomical Society, Inc., held at the Astronomical Lyceum, 402 S Main St Magdalena, NM |