Programme of events
Programme v3.0 (28/09/09)
| Schedule | Presentations | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 21st September | |||
| 09:00-10:00 | The History of Parkes | John Sarkissian | pdf (15.8mb) |
| 10:00-11:00 | Radio Astronomy Fundamentals | Dick Manchester | pdf (3.4mb) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Morning Tea | ||
| 11:30-12:30 | Principles of Single-dish Telescopes | John Reynolds | pdf (3.8mb) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | ||
| 13:30-14:30 | Digital Backend Technology | Willem van Straten | pdf (5mb) |
| 14:30-15:30 | Telescopes of the World | John Storey | pdf (10.3mb) |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:00-17:00 | Proposal Writing, OPAL & ATOA | Jessica Chapman | OPAL ATOA |
| 17:00 | Finish | ||
| Tuesday 22nd September | |||
| 09:00-09:15 | Safety Induction | Brett Preisig | pdf (168kb) |
| 09:15-10:00 | Polarisation I | Jimi Green | pdf (3.3mb) |
| 10:00-11:00 | Polarisation II | Willem van Straten | pdf (3.4mb) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Morning Tea | ||
| 11:30-12:30 | Single-dish Spectral Line Observing | Andrew Walsh | pdf (10.1mb) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | ||
| 13:30-14:30 | Continuum Observing: Total Intensity & Polarisation | Ettore Carretti | pdf (2.5mb) |
| 14:30-17:00 | Tutorial Session 1 | Various | |
| 18:00 | On-site Dinner & Evening Talk (Making Beer in Space) | Andrew Walsh | |
| Wednesday 23rd September | |||
| 09:00-10:00 | Observing with high time resolution | Mike Keith | pdf (7.8mb) |
| 10:00-11:00 | Noise Considerations | Dhruba Saikia | pdf (2.2mb) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Morning Tea | ||
| 11:30-12:30 | Millimetre Observing Techniques & Calibration | Maxim Voronkov | pdf (2.7mb) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | ||
| 13:30-14:30 | Principles of Interferometry I | Phil Edwards | pdf (5mb) |
| 14:30-17:00 | Tutorial Session 2 | Various | |
| 18:00 | Finish | ||
| Thursday 24th September | |||
| 09:00-10:00 | Source Detection | Matthew Whiting | pdf (3.4mb) |
| 10:00-11:00 | Principles of Interferometry II | Ray Norris | pdf (5mb) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Morning Tea | ||
| 11:30-12:30 | Principles of Interferometry III | Lister Staveley-Smith | pdf (4.3mb) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | ||
| 13:30-14:30 | VLBI | Steven Tingay | pdf (2.2mb) |
| 14:30-17:00 | Tutorial Session 3 | Various | |
| 18:00 | On-site Dinner & Evening Talk (Aboriginal Astronomy) | Ray Norris | |
| Friday 25th September | |||
| 09:00-09:40 | RFI: Frequency Allocations & Regulations | Erik Lensson | pdf (1.7mb) |
| 09:40-10:10 | RFI: Astronomical Considerations | Phil Edwards | pdf (2.5mb) |
| 10:10-11:00 | The Radio Astronomer’s IT Toolkit | Tara Murphy | pdf (4.8mb) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Morning Tea | ||
| 11:30-12:30 | Radio Astronomy in the Wider Context | Ron Ekers | pdf (4.8mb) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00 | End | ||