IC 417 Summer visit logistics - Revision history

Rebull: /* High-level schedule */

2015-06-10T21:16:33Z

High-level schedule

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2015-05-22T21:34:40Z

High-level schedule

2015-05-22T21:34:05Z

High-level schedule

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Math and Astronomy to know

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Excel to know

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Pre-visit priorities

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Pre-visit priorities

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Pre-visit priorities

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Pre-visit priorities

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 *Monday PM - get started on data!
 *Tues AM - Tues PM - work!
-*Wed AM- JPL Tour
+*Wed AM- JPL Tour -- entry at 8:45 for badging, tour starts at 9
 *Wed PM - work (in MR 244, rrrg)
 *Thurs morning - Luisa to stay out of your hair most of the day. Work on your own or small groups. Try to do some of the tasks we did as a group. Compare notes. Can you work on your own at home without me?

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 *Tues AM - Tues PM - work!
 *Wed AM- JPL Tour
-*Wed PM - work (in KS 300, rrrg)
+*Wed PM - work (in MR 244, rrrg)
 *Thurs morning - Luisa to stay out of your hair most of the day. Work on your own or small groups. Try to do some of the tasks we did as a group. Compare notes. Can you work on your own at home without me?
 *Thurs afternoon - Reconvene for any questions and help, discussion, etc.

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 *Sunday morning/early afternoon - arrive in LA
 *Sunday night - pizza party at Luisa's ... pizza arrives at 6. come by 5 or 5:30 if you want to play with Andrew!
-*Monday morning 8:30??? - tour of SSC, meet Wannetta
+*Monday morning 8:45 - tour of SSC, meet Wannetta
-*Monday morning 9-12? - lectures
+*Monday AM 9:15-11? - lectures
-*Monday afternoon 1-5 - get started on data!
+*Monday PM - get started on data!
 *Tues AM - Tues PM - work!
 *Wed AM- JPL Tour

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 *Monday morning 9-12? - lectures
 *Monday afternoon 1-5 - get started on data!
-*Tues AM - JPL Tour??
+*Tues AM - Tues PM - work!
-*Tues PM-Wed AM-Wed PM - work!
+*Wed AM- JPL Tour
 *Thurs morning - Luisa to stay out of your hair most of the day. Work on your own or small groups. Try to do some of the tasks we did as a group. Compare notes. Can you work on your own at home without me?
 *Thurs afternoon - Reconvene for any questions and help, discussion, etc.

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 *http://coolwiki.ipac.caltech.edu/index.php/Color-Magnitude_and_Color-Color_plots
 *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertzsprung%E2%80%93Russell_diagram
 =Excel to know=

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 =Excel to know=
-Basics of Excel programming. NOTE NOT VISUAL BASIC. just basic Excel. this is what i could find in a brief google search:
+Basics of Excel programming. NOTE NOT VISUAL BASIC. just basic Excel. This is what I could find in a brief google search:
 *http://www.excel-easy.com/basics.html
 *http://www.excel-easy.com/functions.html

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 #math skills (scientific notation, logarithms) - critical to getting through the visit
 #astronomy skills (magnitudes, HR diagrams) - fairly darn critical, but we will discuss. Just want to make sure you have the basics under your belt.
-#concepts from the videos that I've dropped into this playlist (still being added to): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjCjDYabTFm_5GYwt9A8hRh6OCGPG3csv  This is about 90 min long, broken into smaller pieces; the link here goes to the playlist, so it will autoplay the next video in the sequence. If you want your kids to watch those too, great; if you want to relay/expand on critical concepts, make sure to hit:
+#concepts from the videos that I've dropped into this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjCjDYabTFm_5GYwt9A8hRh6OCGPG3csv  This is about 90 min long, broken into smaller pieces; the link here goes to the playlist, so it will autoplay the next video in the sequence. If you want your kids to watch those too, great; if you want to relay/expand on critical concepts, make sure to hit:
 ##infrared light. There is light beyond the visible, and we will be working a lot with infrared, so you best know the basics.
 ##WISE and Spitzer. Space-based observatories. One is an all-sky survey, one is a pointed mission. Why having both is important. Resolution matters. Jargon for channels/filter names

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 ##WISE and Spitzer. Space-based observatories. One is an all-sky survey, one is a pointed mission. Why having both is important. Resolution matters. Jargon for channels/filter names
 ##IPAC. What it is .. and how it is not the Caltech astronomy department. I have no pull at all with the admissions office because I am not a professor!
-##Basics of star formation - the story that goes with the cartoon of star formation.
+##Basics of star formation - the story that goes with the cartoon of star formation (fig 1 in our proposal).
 #image review for our ~200 special objects - ideally we would get through all of them, but certainly could keep going after the visit (e.g., not on ‘critical path’ to making progress on visit). It would be good to at least do some of them in advance if not all of them ...
 #Basic Excel skills - I added some stuff below -- but this is NOT critical to do prior to your visit - we can and will go through this and learn it as we go. But if you come in knowing this stuff, it will be easier... and you will be in a position to help the others.