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File:Star 16.jpg

2010-08-30T04:40:30Z

Antonow:

File:False alarm.jpg

2010-08-12T03:20:03Z

Antonow:

File:UsingIRAF.JPG

2010-08-10T15:51:30Z

Antonow:

File:Ourworkspace.jpg

2010-08-10T15:46:16Z

Antonow:

Variability of the Mid-IR Sky Summer visit

2010-08-01T03:33:34Z

Antonow: /* Potential Freetime Activities */

=Travel dates/times and other logistics=

'''Specific Travel Plans''' 

{| border="1"
|Peggy Piper Rich DeCoster
|arrive LAX 14:16 PDT on Thursday, 5-Aug on United 945 
depart LAX 13:05 PDT on Monday, 9-Aug on United 116 
Sharing Mini-Van
|-
|Beth Thomas
|TBD
|}

'''Students/Names (Sex) /Technology you are bringing''' 

{| border="1"
|-
|'''Teacher '''
|'''Student'''
|'''Student'''
|-
|Peggy Piper
|Joey Romero (M)
|Rebbecca Rosignolo (F)
|PC, possible Mac
|-
|Rich DeCoster
|Aneesh Sehgal (M)
|Alexander Antonow (M)
|-
|Beth Thomas
|Drew Brennan (M)
|Dallas Flemming (F)
|PC or possible Mac
|}

'''Hotel - nights of Aug 5 - Aug 8''' 

Quality Inn,
3321 E Colorado Blvd,
(626) 796-9291,
2 queen beds, non-smoking room,
complimentary breakfast, pool

=Potential Freetime Activities=

'''Point of Interest / Notes''' 

{| border="1"
|-
|'''Name '''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|Griffith Observatory
|Closed on Mondays. Great view of Los Angeles and Hollywood sign. Very relevant and very awesome (I've heard)! Early reservations required!
|-
|Huntington Gardens
|In Pasadena - not far from Caltech. Will be packed on Thursday (free day but no tickets left).
|-
|Venice Beach
|One of a kind beach and boardwalk. A good way to see Venice Beach and Santa Monica is by rental bikes.
|-
|Getty Museum
|Free admission, no reservations required. Beautiful view. Closed on Mondays. Free parking on Saturday after 5PM and museum open until 9PM.
|-
|Air and Space Museum
|At the California Science Center. Open 10AM to 5PM.
|-
|Universal City Walk
|Live Music at 8PM and 9:15PM on Saturday.
|-
|Mount Wilson Observatory
|North of Pasadena. Located at an altitude of 5715ft. Over 1.5 hours drive unfortunately due to closed roads.
|}

Variability of the Mid-IR Sky Summer visit

2010-08-01T03:29:49Z

Antonow: /* Potential Freetime Activities */

=Travel dates/times and other logistics=

'''Specific Travel Plans''' 

{| border="1"
|Peggy Piper Rich DeCoster
|arrive LAX 14:16 PDT on Thursday, 5-Aug on United 945 
depart LAX 13:05 PDT on Monday, 9-Aug on United 116 
Sharing Mini-Van
|-
|Beth Thomas
|TBD
|}

'''Students/Names (Sex) /Technology you are bringing''' 

{| border="1"
|-
|'''Teacher '''
|'''Student'''
|'''Student'''
|-
|Peggy Piper
|Joey Romero (M)
|Rebbecca Rosignolo (F)
|PC, possible Mac
|-
|Rich DeCoster
|Aneesh Sehgal (M)
|Alexander Antonow (M)
|-
|Beth Thomas
|Drew Brennan (M)
|Dallas Flemming (F)
|PC or possible Mac
|}

'''Hotel - nights of Aug 5 - Aug 8''' 

Quality Inn,
3321 E Colorado Blvd,
(626) 796-9291,
2 queen beds, non-smoking room,
complimentary breakfast, pool

=Potential Freetime Activities=

'''Point of Interest / Notes''' 

{| border="1"
|-
|'''Name '''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|Griffith Observatory
|Closed on Mondays. Great view of Los Angeles and Hollywood sign. Very relevant and very awesome (I've heard)! Early reservations required!
|-
|Huntington Gardens
|In Pasadena - not far from Caltech. Will be packed on Thursday (free day but no tickets left).
|-
|Venice Beach
|One of a kind beach and boardwalk.
|-
|Getty Museum
|Free admission, no reservations required. Beautiful view. Closed on Mondays. Free parking on Saturday after 5PM and museum open until 9PM.
|-
|Air and Space Museum
|At the California Science Center. Open 10AM to 5PM.
|-
|Universal City Walk
|Live Music at 8PM and 9:15PM on Saturday.
|-
|Mount Wilson Observatory
|North of Pasadena. Located at an altitude of 5715ft. Over 1.5 hours drive unfortunately due to closed roads.
|}

Variability of the Mid-IR Sky Summer visit

2010-08-01T03:13:46Z

Antonow: /* Potential Freetime Activities */

=Travel dates/times and other logistics=

'''Specific Travel Plans''' 

{| border="1"
|Peggy Piper Rich DeCoster
|arrive LAX 14:16 PDT on Thursday, 5-Aug on United 945 
depart LAX 13:05 PDT on Monday, 9-Aug on United 116 
Sharing Mini-Van
|-
|Beth Thomas
|TBD
|}

'''Students/Names (Sex) /Technology you are bringing''' 

{| border="1"
|-
|'''Teacher '''
|'''Student'''
|'''Student'''
|-
|Peggy Piper
|Joey Romero (M)
|Rebbecca Rosignolo (F)
|PC, possible Mac
|-
|Rich DeCoster
|Aneesh Sehgal (M)
|Alexander Antonow (M)
|-
|Beth Thomas
|Drew Brennan (M)
|Dallas Flemming (F)
|PC or possible Mac
|}

'''Hotel - nights of Aug 5 - Aug 8''' 

Quality Inn,
3321 E Colorado Blvd,
(626) 796-9291,
2 queen beds, non-smoking room,
complimentary breakfast, pool

=Potential Freetime Activities=

'''Point of Interest / Notes''' 

{| border="1"
|-
|'''Name '''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|Griffith Observatory
|Closed on Mondays. Great view of Los Angeles and Hollywood sign. Very relevant and very awesome (I've heard)! Early reservations required!
|-
|Huntington Gardens
|In Pasadena - not far from Caltech. Will be packed on Thursday (free day but no tickets left).
|-
|Venice Beach
|One of a kind beach and boardwalk.
|-
|Getty Museum
|Free admission, no reservations required. Beautiful view. Closed on Mondays. Free parking on Saturday after 5PM and museum open until 9PM.
|}

Variability of the Mid-IR Sky Summer visit

2010-08-01T03:09:11Z

Antonow: /* Potential Freetime Activities */

=Travel dates/times and other logistics=

'''Specific Travel Plans''' 

{| border="1"
|Peggy Piper Rich DeCoster
|arrive LAX 14:16 PDT on Thursday, 5-Aug on United 945 
depart LAX 13:05 PDT on Monday, 9-Aug on United 116 
Sharing Mini-Van
|-
|Beth Thomas
|TBD
|}

'''Students/Names (Sex) /Technology you are bringing''' 

{| border="1"
|-
|'''Teacher '''
|'''Student'''
|'''Student'''
|-
|Peggy Piper
|Joey Romero (M)
|Rebbecca Rosignolo (F)
|PC, possible Mac
|-
|Rich DeCoster
|Aneesh Sehgal (M)
|Alexander Antonow (M)
|-
|Beth Thomas
|Drew Brennan (M)
|Dallas Flemming (F)
|PC or possible Mac
|}

'''Hotel - nights of Aug 5 - Aug 8''' 

Quality Inn,
3321 E Colorado Blvd,
(626) 796-9291,
2 queen beds, non-smoking room,
complimentary breakfast, pool

=Potential Freetime Activities=

'''Point of Interest / Notes''' 

{| border="1"
|-
|'''Name '''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|Griffith Observatory
|Closed on Mondays. Great view of Los Angeles. Very relevant and very awesome (I've heard)! Early reservations required!
|-
|Huntington Gardens
|In Pasadena - not far from Caltech. Will be packed on Thursday (free day but no tickets left).
|-
|Venice Beach
|One of a kind beach and boardwalk.
|-
|Getty Museum
|Free admission, no reservations required. Beautiful view. Closed on Mondays. Free parking on Saturday after 5PM and museum open until 9PM.
|}

Variability of the Mid-IR Sky Summer visit

2010-08-01T03:03:10Z

Antonow: /* Travel dates/times and other logistics */

Acronyms and Vocab and Our Proposal, Oh my!!

2010-08-01T02:47:54Z

Antonow: /* Acronyms and Vocab */

=== Acronyms and Vocab ===
What do these mean? Here is the start of a list, fill in the answers right next to the words! Add more words/acronyms to the list! 

Aperture Radius 
Background Annulus 
Julian Day 
Janskys 
Luminosity 
Intensity 
RA and Dec 
Galactic coordinates 
APT - Aperture Photometry Tool 
DS9 
2MASS 
SIMBAD 
IRAC 
IPAC 
IRAF 
BCD - Basic Calibrated Data 

 

=== Our Proposal ===
'''Here is the link to our Spring 2010 proposal http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r4-variab/variabProposal.pdf'''
Read through our proposal. Below, list a few things that you totally understand as well as some questions you have.

Acronyms and Vocab and Our Proposal, Oh my!!

2010-08-01T02:47:25Z

Antonow: /* Acronyms and Vocab */

=== Acronyms and Vocab ===
What do these mean? Here is the start of a list, fill in the answers right next to the words! Add more words/acronyms to the list! 

Aperture Radius 
Background Annulus 
Julian Day 
Janskys 
Luminosity 
Intensity 
RA and Dec 
Galactic coordinates 
APT 
DS9 
2MASS 
SIMBAD 
IRAC 
IPAC 
IRAF 
BCD - Basic Calibrated Data 

 

=== Our Proposal ===
'''Here is the link to our Spring 2010 proposal http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r4-variab/variabProposal.pdf'''
Read through our proposal. Below, list a few things that you totally understand as well as some questions you have.

Identifying Objects in ds9: a Pictorial Tutorial by Alex Antonow

2010-07-15T03:06:06Z

Antonow:

All the following images can be downloaded in this compressed folder: 
[[Ds9_tutorial.zip]]
 
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File:Step09.JPG

2010-07-15T03:04:07Z

Antonow: uploaded a new version of "File:Step09.JPG": From the "Identifying Objects in ds9" tutorial.

File:Step09.JPG

2010-07-15T03:03:53Z

Antonow:

File:Step08.JPG

2010-07-15T03:03:34Z