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** Carol 1 adult 2 students 3:05 p.m., Lynn pick up or take SuperShuttle to Pasadena?
 
** Carol 1 adult 2 students 3:05 p.m., Lynn pick up or take SuperShuttle to Pasadena?
 
* Hotel - please double check your check out date is Friday, June 28 with Saga front desk.
 
* Hotel - please double check your check out date is Friday, June 28 with Saga front desk.
* Evening. (Possibly) dinner or BBQ.
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=== NITARP pizza Gathering ===
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: 6:30 pm
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: Keith Spaulding Building
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==Monday, 24 June==
 
==Monday, 24 June==
* Introductions.
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*8:30 Introductions, Goals & Agenda (Babar) [[File:visit_slides.pdf]]
* Tour of KS and meet Wanetta
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*9:00 Tour of KS and meet Wannetta (Carolyn)
* Infrared portraits
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*9:30 Primer on NGC 281 (Scott, via webEx). [[File:NGC281.pdf]]
* Goals, Agenda discussion.
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* 10:30 Photometry kickoff
* NGC 281 photometry
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: Protostar assignments. [[File:adoptasource.txt]]
** Presentations by individual groups.
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: Keeping Notes
** Discussion and consolidation
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: Naming conventions & rules
* Pick 14 protostar candidates (1 per person) to follow during the summer visit.
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* 11:00 Photometry Experiences & Updates (1/2 hour presentation from the teams) I: West Coast
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: Peggy, Lynn
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* Noon Lunch Break
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* 1:00 Photometry Experiences & Updates (1/2 hour presentation from the teams) II: East Coast
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: Carol, Melissa
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* 2:00 Photometry discussion and comparisons
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: What is a source?
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: Limits of survey?
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* 2:30 Break
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* 2:45 Photometry of NGC 281 using APT.
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* 4:45 General Q&A
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* 5:00 End of day 1.
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==Tuesday, 25 June==
 
==Tuesday, 25 June==
* Photometry (continued).
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* 8:30 Announcements
* Plans for finalizing data.
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** Changes to schedule today.
* Division of final photometry list for subsequent analysis.
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** Programming "volunteer" needed.
* SEDs
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** Extra laptop available.
** How to generate SEDs
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* 8:40 Photometry & Programming
** How to interpret SEDs
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* 9:00 APT (Russ Laher)
** Plots of 14 protostars.
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* 10:30 Spectral Energy Distributions, their uses and color-color diagnostics (Elise Furlan)
** SED fitting by models.
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* 11:30 Photometry, SED Q&A
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* Noon Lunch
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* 1:00 Plotting data in python
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* 1:30 Photometry & Programming
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* 3:00 Kim Burtnyk Interviews (20 min slots for each teacher).
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* 4:15 Status report from Volunteers.
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* 4:44 Piper stand up comedy minute.
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* 4:45 General Q&A
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* 5:00 End of day 2.
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==Wednesday, 26 June==
 
==Wednesday, 26 June==
* Morning: SEDs and protostar discussion.
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* 8:00 Raid astronomy treasure vault.
* Afternoon: Break.
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* 8:30 Announcements
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** Volunteers for 100um and 160um data
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** Kim Burtnyk here at 3:30
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* Putting NGC 281 in context: Short presentations on other star-forming regions
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: 8:45 Babar on Orion [[File:Orion.pdf]]
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: 9:00 Luisa
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* 9:15 Finish photometry and FWHM analysis
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: Photometry, 1 file per team = 4 teams X 3 filter = 12 files total.
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* 11:15 Band merging: Basic concepts, resolution differences, approaches and decision making.
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* Noon: Lunch
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* 1:00 Start on band merging for your one source.
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:Create SEDs of assigned protostars. 
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:Identify missing photometry.
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* 3:00 Astronomy at Learning Works (Carolyn)
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: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/explore/blog/277-Bringing-Astronomy-to-Kids-in-Crisis
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* 3:30 Band merging and assembling continued.
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* 4:00 Results from 100um and 160um volunteers
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* 4:29 Piper stand up comedy minute.
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* 4:30 End of day 3
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==Thursday, 27 June==
 
==Thursday, 27 June==
* JPL tour
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===JPL tour===
* Science goals results for 14 protostars.
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* 1:00 Work on constructing SEDs.
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: Share SED and color-color plot results.
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: Set breaks.
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* 2:30 Lynn's assessment of the 2nd peak sources.
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* 4:30 Summary & Review.
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* 4:59 Piper standup comedy minute.
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* 5:00 End of SHIPs visit.
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===SHIPs sit down dinner===
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* 6:00 pm, reservations under Babar
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* El Portal restaurant
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: 695 E Green Stree, Pasadena, CA (Beware, Green Street is one way).
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: http://goo.gl/maps/5VAhy
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** Lynn 1 adult 3 students return van 6:10 p.m. flight.
 
** Lynn 1 adult 3 students return van 6:10 p.m. flight.
 
** Melissa 1 adult 4 students return van 10:35 pm. flight.
 
** Melissa 1 adult 4 students return van 10:35 pm. flight.
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==Evening excursions from the past==
 
==Evening excursions from the past==
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* Sporting event (one group had big fan and those interested went to game, no idea what team, rest of group wandered the beach)
 
* Sporting event (one group had big fan and those interested went to game, no idea what team, rest of group wandered the beach)
 
* Lunches - fast, need to get back to work!
 
* Lunches - fast, need to get back to work!
** At least one meal in the Caltech cafeteria with time to stop at book store
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* At least one meal in the Caltech cafeteria with time to stop at book store
** Walk to near by fast food, let kids scatter as long as no one goes alone, adults may choose to separate or use time to regroup w/o students
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* Walk to near by fast food, let kids scatter as long as no one goes alone, adults may choose to separate or use time to regroup w/o students
** Use travel from JPL back to Caltech to hit In and Out Burger or other interesting chain.
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* Use travel from JPL back to Caltech to hit In and Out Burger or other interesting chain.
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* Directions to In-and-Out burger http://goo.gl/maps/h0sh5
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* Directions to Von (grocery store) http://goo.gl/maps/i2Hfw
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* Directions to Target#1 http://goo.gl/maps/5659u
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* Directions to Target#2 http://goo.gl/maps/KLCZj

Latest revision as of 16:15, 27 June 2013

At the moment, this is just a bulletized list of items we wish to cover. An actual agenda (with times and durations) as well as when these items occur will follow.

Sunday, 23 June

  • Arrivals.
    • Lynn 1 adult 3 students pick up van 12:07 p.m. hang around airport or nearby beach to pick up Carol at 3:05 p.m. unless Carol arranges shuttle?
    • Peggy 1 adult 1:40 p.m. find Melissa's group for ride.
    • Melissa 1 adult 4 students pick up van 1:50 p.m.
    • Carol 1 adult 2 students 3:05 p.m., Lynn pick up or take SuperShuttle to Pasadena?
  • Hotel - please double check your check out date is Friday, June 28 with Saga front desk.

NITARP pizza Gathering

6:30 pm
Keith Spaulding Building


Monday, 24 June

  • 8:30 Introductions, Goals & Agenda (Babar) File:Visit slides.pdf
  • 9:00 Tour of KS and meet Wannetta (Carolyn)
  • 9:30 Primer on NGC 281 (Scott, via webEx). File:NGC281.pdf
  • 10:30 Photometry kickoff
Protostar assignments. File:Adoptasource.txt
Keeping Notes
Naming conventions & rules
  • 11:00 Photometry Experiences & Updates (1/2 hour presentation from the teams) I: West Coast
Peggy, Lynn
  • Noon Lunch Break
  • 1:00 Photometry Experiences & Updates (1/2 hour presentation from the teams) II: East Coast
Carol, Melissa
  • 2:00 Photometry discussion and comparisons
What is a source?
Limits of survey?
  • 2:30 Break
  • 2:45 Photometry of NGC 281 using APT.
  • 4:45 General Q&A
  • 5:00 End of day 1.


Tuesday, 25 June

  • 8:30 Announcements
    • Changes to schedule today.
    • Programming "volunteer" needed.
    • Extra laptop available.
  • 8:40 Photometry & Programming
  • 9:00 APT (Russ Laher)
  • 10:30 Spectral Energy Distributions, their uses and color-color diagnostics (Elise Furlan)
  • 11:30 Photometry, SED Q&A
  • Noon Lunch
  • 1:00 Plotting data in python
  • 1:30 Photometry & Programming
  • 3:00 Kim Burtnyk Interviews (20 min slots for each teacher).
  • 4:15 Status report from Volunteers.
  • 4:44 Piper stand up comedy minute.
  • 4:45 General Q&A
  • 5:00 End of day 2.


Wednesday, 26 June

  • 8:00 Raid astronomy treasure vault.
  • 8:30 Announcements
    • Volunteers for 100um and 160um data
    • Kim Burtnyk here at 3:30
  • Putting NGC 281 in context: Short presentations on other star-forming regions
8:45 Babar on Orion File:Orion.pdf
9:00 Luisa
  • 9:15 Finish photometry and FWHM analysis
Photometry, 1 file per team = 4 teams X 3 filter = 12 files total.
  • 11:15 Band merging: Basic concepts, resolution differences, approaches and decision making.
  • Noon: Lunch
  • 1:00 Start on band merging for your one source.
Create SEDs of assigned protostars.
Identify missing photometry.
  • 3:00 Astronomy at Learning Works (Carolyn)
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/explore/blog/277-Bringing-Astronomy-to-Kids-in-Crisis
  • 3:30 Band merging and assembling continued.
  • 4:00 Results from 100um and 160um volunteers
  • 4:29 Piper stand up comedy minute.
  • 4:30 End of day 3


Thursday, 27 June

JPL tour

  • 1:00 Work on constructing SEDs.
Share SED and color-color plot results.
Set breaks.
  • 2:30 Lynn's assessment of the 2nd peak sources.
  • 4:30 Summary & Review.
  • 4:59 Piper standup comedy minute.
  • 5:00 End of SHIPs visit.

SHIPs sit down dinner

  • 6:00 pm, reservations under Babar
  • El Portal restaurant
695 E Green Stree, Pasadena, CA (Beware, Green Street is one way).
http://goo.gl/maps/5VAhy



Friday, 28 June

  • Departures.
    • Carol extended stay, 2 students 6:30 a.m. flight, shuttle?
    • Peggy extended stay.
    • Lynn 1 adult 3 students return van 6:10 p.m. flight.
    • Melissa 1 adult 4 students return van 10:35 pm. flight.


Evening excursions from the past

Our day time schedule is very structured, tends to be stressful/mindblowing and there is a hierarchy; Babar, teachers, students. My past groups have left the evenings to the design of the students. As a group they need to come up with where we are going, what we are going to do (wander is perfectly acceptable) and navigate us to these places (we drive, but they find and give directions). As much as possible we let them agree/disagree and come to a solution, we are just along for the ride (and a little supervision). The more these three separate groups of young people come together as a team, the more satisfying this experience will be for both adults and students.

Please add other ideas your group comes up with to these possible ideas are:

  • First (Sunday) night, trip to nearby Target to pick up munchies/drinks for hotel and Caltech. Consider asking each person to contribute one object to munch (bag of chips, box of cookies, twizzlers, etc) for Caltech stash that we will leave in closet of our work room.
  • Griffith Observatory
  • Hike the Hollywood sign
  • Santa Monica Pier, kids roam, adults sit and have meal
  • Venice Beach = culture shock (in a good way)
  • Walk the Universal City Walk
  • One night, nice sit down dinner
  • In and Out Burger seems to have some fascinated
  • Mount Wilson (I haven't done, but other groups have)
  • Sporting event (one group had big fan and those interested went to game, no idea what team, rest of group wandered the beach)
  • Lunches - fast, need to get back to work!
  • At least one meal in the Caltech cafeteria with time to stop at book store
  • Walk to near by fast food, let kids scatter as long as no one goes alone, adults may choose to separate or use time to regroup w/o students
  • Use travel from JPL back to Caltech to hit In and Out Burger or other interesting chain.
  • Directions to In-and-Out burger http://goo.gl/maps/h0sh5
  • Directions to Von (grocery store) http://goo.gl/maps/i2Hfw
  • Directions to Target#1 http://goo.gl/maps/5659u
  • Directions to Target#2 http://goo.gl/maps/KLCZj